“Environmental Protection Innovative Technology Incubation Center Project” is a five-year (2003-2007) project that was launched under the leadership of Environmental Protection Administration (EPA), Executive Yuan to facilitate the technological upgrading in the environmental industries and speed up the improvement of domestic environment. Meanwhile, “The Impetus Task of Environmental Protection Innovative Technology Research and Development” plays a managerial role in operating the Project above. Grants are made available for local incubators and companies to develop innovative or feasible environmental equipment or technologies. “The Impetus Task of Environmental Protection Innovative Technology Research and Development, which is also named “Promoting Plan for Environmental Protection Innovative Technology Incubation Center Project” during 2003 to 2004, was renamed since 2005. The main tasks of this Project including amendment of administrational procedures; control of funding projects’ execution schedule, budget account, and achievements compiling; draw up of grant scheme; tracing and compiling of the past years; and collecting information of foreign incubators. In Year 2006, 13 granted projects were funded. Due to the freeze of the budget by Legislation Yuan, this project could not finish until August 2007. The 6 major categories of this year’s grant scheme are for the “hazardous wastes treatment”, “remediation for soil and underground water polluted sites”, “resource recycling and reuse”, ”foreseeing environmental issues”, “R&D of innovative environmental inspection” and “waste/wastewater acting operation/management/treatment”. Foundation of Taiwan Industry Service (FTIS) endeavored to execute this project ever since it is funded. In the past four years, FTIS has assisted Taiwan EPA to establish mature running mechanism and administrational system. Moreover. 44 innovative technologies or equipments were produced since then. In summary, the grant practically issued is for the past four years is NT$ 74,700,000, and the budget raised by manufacturer is NT$ 83,750,000. The main outcome and contribution this year including the followings: 1.Through the implementation of “Environmental Protection Innovative Technology Incubation Center Project”, academic incubators and industry could joint together to co-develop environmental innovative technology, to make the most rational consumption of resources, and to accelerate the booming environmental industry. 2.For the past four years (2003-2006), 44 incubation plans have received the grant. And this practically leads to the cooperation between the foreseeing manufacturers and the academic. Furthermore, spread out the seeds of environmental technology research. 3.So far, domestic funding for incubators is somehow broader, and the issue of environmental technology is not specified. Through this Project, the field of environmental technology is focused, and this differentiation would make a great effort in promoting the development of environmental innovative technology.

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