The survey results of the Doing Good Index (DGI) 2024 Report in Asia were released, and for the fourth time, Taiwan continued to be the “Doing Well” winner, together with Singapore, in the top place of Asia, surpassing Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, China, southeast Asia, south Asia and more than a dozen other countries in the four major areas of evaluation: regulations, tax and fiscal policy, ecosystem, and procurement.
The release of the survey results of the 2024 Doing Good Index (DGI) Report in Asia and the Generational Dialogue Forum be hold on the 6th, Nov.
Despite Taiwan's reputation for philanthropy, social delivery organizations still face the challenges of a generational gap and a lack of trust. At the same time, the rage of the worried underclass has led more and more people to engage in various social movements in an effort to open up more dialogues and try to get closer to the ideal civil society.
To this end, Eden Social Welfare Foundation, the Taiwan Nonprofit Enterprise Management Association, and the Centre Innovative Democracy and Sustainability at National Chengchi University co-organized the “The Survey Results of Doing Good Index (DGI) 2024 Report in Asia & Generational Dialogue Forum - Who Cares About Civil Society? “on 6th, Nov.
In the DGI report, it was found that in recent years, the new generation has been flinching and trust has been slipping.
According to Angel Chiang, Director of Research and Advisory, Greater China, Centre for Asian Philanthropy and Society, Taiwan's DGI 2024 report shows that nonprofit organizations and public welfare sectors are facing great challenges in fundraising and talent attraction, and that the phenomena of “flinching of the new generation” and “slipping of trust” are gradually emerging, which will impact on the social influence and the sustainable development of ESG. In the face of the digital era, how to effectively invest in capital and technology will also become a key challenge for the development of organizations.
As for how the public welfare sector can respond to the digital era and move towards evidence-based governance, Professor Helen K. Liu of the Department of Political Science at National Taiwan University has been sorting out the results of various international public welfare indexes, and has indicated that Taiwan's overall public welfare standard is excellent in Asia and even globally, and therefore encourages more nonprofit organizations to participate in the survey and accumulate relevant data together, so as to help the international community gain a better understanding of the development of public welfare in Taiwan. Mr. Hung-Hsien Tsai, CEO of Eastern Online Market Research Agency, also reminded that, according to the trend of sustainable consumption among Taiwanese consumers, the silver-haired generation's sustainable actions have increased significantly, but the youth generation prefers “passive behavior”. Associate Professor of Department of Business Administration at National Chengchi University and Board Director of Eden Foundation, Dr. Ping-De Huang, further analyzed that the strategic development of nonprofit organizations needs to focus on the collaborative participation of the silver-haired generation and automated investment in social services, as the application of technology can facilitate the advancement of the assistive professions, and it is also an important foundation for strengthening social trust.
Under the theme of generational dialogue, to explore how civic organizations can face the rapid changes in society.
Under the theme of generational dialogue, Ms. Isabel Hou, an Attorney and the member of Decision-Making Committee, g0v Jothon, Mr. Yi-Hsin Sun, Secretary General of Taiwan Social Welfare League, and Ms. Shu-lan Chen, Secretary General of Social Enterorise Development Association, shared their respective experiences of how public welfare community groups face rapid social change, as well as the differences between different generations in terms of their work partners and service users. Ms. Chen mentioned that nearly half of Taiwan's workforce is contributed by people over the age of 45, in other words, half of the workforce is made up of young people under the age of 45. With the difference in generations, it is necessary to re-explore new possibilities and ways of interaction, and we hope that both inside and outside of the organization, there will be more imaginative and space for NGO task, and that we should “believe” in the young generation to lead the civil society of Taiwan into a new atmosphere.
Singer Panai led the participants in a dance.
The finale of the forum was titled “Reflections and Struggles on the Road to Citizenship”, which featured Dr. Kin-Man Chan, Visiting Researcher Fellow of Academia Sinica, Mr. Yen-Te Wu, Co-founder of Do You A Flavor, Mr. Yu-Sheng Lu, Manager of Leader for Taiwan, and Mr. Shih-Ying Chu, INGO worker, along with Ms. Panai Kusui, indigenous singer/songwriter who each gave a 20-minute speech or singing about their own journeys from their personal identities to citizenship in the community. They hope to touch the participants to think together about how to review, persevere, and communicate on social issues, and ultimately to gather a strong energy to fulfill their beliefs in justice.
Singer Panai expresses her concern on social issues through her music creation.
Mr. Yu-Chao Chen, President of Eden Foundation, said” Eden is honored to executive in the Asian survey of Doing Good Index (DGI) 2024 in Taiwan, We are grateful to the NPO partners who assisted us to conduct the survey and to the experts and scholars who provided us with their insights.” Eden has been established for 43 years and has been closely related to the Taiwanese society, and how to strengthen the trust of the society in the future and to recruit the talents of the young generation is the direction of every organization's continuous efforts. We believe this forum will inspire more people to become an important force in the promotion of civil society.
Mr. Yu-Chao Chen, President of Eden Foundation, hopes to gather all people's efforts to promote a mature civil society.
