The project “2019 International Exchange of Technical Experiences on Remediation for Soil and Groundwater Pollution” has been carried out to fulfill the concept of the original idea for the international exchange on the issue of soil and groundwater by executing the plans in detail. Although the related events have been influenced by the pandemic of COVID-19, the project team has accomplished the project missions through diverse conferencing tools, including on-line meeting, videoconferencing, and physical meeting. The major outcomes of this project are briefly summarized as below: 1.The Taiwan-US technical workshop on the topic of “High-Resolution Site Characterization of Soil and Groundwater” was held in Tainan on the 17th and 18th of November 2020. The two-day workshop was mediated by combining virtual and physical meetings with 266 participants in-person and 226 participants on-line. According to the results of post-workshop survey, participants were highly satisfied with the workshop topic selected, workshop organization, and content of the workshop. 2.The 9th Steering Committee Meeting of Working Group on Remediation for Soil and Groundwater Pollution of Asian and Pacific Region (ReSAG) was held via videoconferencing on the 19th of November, 2020. There were representatives from 8 member countries attending the meeting. Taiwan was elected as the chair country of the ReSAG for the 6th term (2021-2022) and Thailand was elected as the vice chair country. 3.The 10th Taiwan-Korea Soil ＆ Groundwater Steering Committee Meeting has been held in Taipei on 17 December, 2019. There were 15 officers and experts from industry, government, and academia in Taiwan as the representatives. On the other hand, the delegates from South Korea were led by the Director General of the Ministry of Environment of South Korea attending the steering committee meeting. The Joint Research Projects (JRPs) took oint ReOperational Strategies for Groundwater Resources and Water Qualityes and“Redevelopment Policy for Contaminated Landg committee meeting. Enviros The institutes in charge of “in charge of Policy for Contaminated Landg committee meeting. Enviros beemet at South Korea on 15-18 January, 2020 to exchange the research achievement and share the thoughts. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the activities of the 11th Korea-Taiwan Soil ＆ Groundwater Steering Committee Meeting and joint research project visiting tours in 2020 were put on halt indefinitely. 4.The activities related to the 3rd Steering Committee Meeting of Agreement between Taiwan EPA and Vietnam MONRE have been carried out via video conferencing on 16 December 2020. The event consisted of: (1)“Vietnaming consisted ofto the 3rd Steering C Protection” , with experts and scholars specializing in soil and groundwater contamination site remediation from Taiwan and Vietnam, was held to exchange knowledge and experience on " Technologies for Soil and Groundwater Contamination Remediation ", "Health Risk Assessment" and " Regulations on Soil and Groundwater " from both countries; (2)Completed the 3rd Steering Committee Meeting and the meeting concluded to extend the Taiwan-Vietnam industry-academia collaboration projects to 5 years, set up topics for information exchanges and cooperation, and schedule the next steering committee meeting on September 2021.。

Working Group on Remediation for Soil and Groundwater Pollution of Asian and Pacific Region, Memorandum of Understanding on Technical Cooperation in Soil and Groundwater Protection between the Taipei Mission in Korea and Korean Mission in Taipei, Agreement on Technical and Scientific Copporation in Soil and Groundwater Protection between Taiwan and Vietnam