This project, lasting from April 2008 to March 2009, accomplished several assignments including the publication of the annual report on National Sustainable Development for the Year 2008, reorganization and maintenance of the National Council for Sustainable Development website, and assistance to the work of the Secretariat of the National Council for Sustainable Development. The results are summarized below: 1. Publication of the Annual Report Information was collected from each NCSD working group and interviews were conducted with counties, cities and NGOs with outstanding performance in the area of sustainable development. This information was carefully reviewed, translated and compiled into the 2008 Annual Report. After publication, the report was sent to related domestic and international organizations. 2. Website reorganization and maintenance: The website has been completely reorganized and updated with improved English content and more international sustainable development news. Important documents and the Sustainable Development Award page have been added to the website as well. 3. Assistance to the work of NCSD Secretariat Equivalent manpower of one full-time worker was assigned to assist the Secretariat in organizing meetings of the second National Sustainable Development Commission and various activities, as well as compiling information for the Annual Report. 4. Evaluation of 2008 National Sustainable Development Award The event is divided into preliminaries, semifinals, and finals. In the finals, 14 winners are chosen after deliberation among the judges. The winners are made up of three communities, three schools, two enterprises, three NGOs and three governmental agencies.

Sustainable Development, Annual Report, Executive Yuan