In 2017, Premier of the Republic of China, William Lai Ching-te, said at the 30th committee meeting that he hoped to hold citizenship forums in 2018 to improve the contents of the draft of “Taiwan’s Sustainable Development Goals.” In response to Premier Lai’s instructions, the Environmental Protection Administration of the Executive Yuan entrusted this agency to create the “Project for Citizens’ Forums on National Sustainable Development Goals.” We created a booklet, “Taiwan’s Sustainable Development Goals for Dummies,” and organized “Sustainable Development Goals Citizenship Forums” in Taiwan’s northern, eastern, central and southern regions to gather suggestions from various circles on potential amendments. The forums took place in Taipei, Ilan, Taichung, and Tainan on April 28, April 29, May 5, and May 6 respectively. A total of 116 representatives from industry, academia, and other non-government representatives from across Taiwan were invited to jointly discuss key issues of the draft of “Taiwan’s Sustainable Development Goals” and determine Taiwan’s current core objectives. Before the forums were held, the texts provided by related government organizations were combined with related graphics into a booklet: “Taiwan’s Sustainable Development Goals for Dummies.” In order to have the discussion more focused, we pasted the content on the forums’ websites so that forum participants could browse it online beforehand.

United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, Taiwan Sustainable Development Goals, Citizen Participation