Part II ＞ Our Efforts and Transformation in establishing their own NHRIs and provides them with professional training to empower the practical capability of member states. c. French Office in Taipei: Signing the Human Rights Cooperation MOU The APF has sent experts to exchange opinions and experience in Taiwan. In its report, it pointed out that it would be most appropriate and feasible to establish an NHRI in the Control Yuan based on the five-power division of Taiwan’s constitutional framework. In 2017 the APF recommended a significant amendment to the Organic Law of the Control Yuan and Control Act so as to comply with the Paris Principles. exchange on human rights issues between As their recommendations for amendment are significant to the NHRC we have already filed a legal amendment to the legislature. After the NHRC was established in 2020, we have been maintaining dialogue and exchange with the APF. At the high-level dialogue on May 16–17, 2022, we invited APF ambassador and NHRI expert Ms. Rosslyn Noonan participating in the international review of our national reports on the Two Covenants to the meeting to discuss the following three issues: the objectives and priorities of the NHRC, the interaction and cooperation with the national human rights system, and cooperation with other interested parties, such as the government, legislature, and civic groups. 68 To strengthen cooperation and human rights Taiwan and France, we signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for cooperation with the French Office in Taipei in July 2022. Based on this MOU, the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs (Ministère de l’Europe et des Affaires étrangères, MEAE) assigned the Expertise France to send a human rights expert to be stationed in the NHRC in September 2022 to provide a professional consultation service and assist the NHRC to promote services, as well as helping the NHRIs of Taiwan and France develop a dialogue mechanism and seek opportunities for multilateral collaboration. d. Promoting Cooperation with Taiwan-EU Human Rights Cooperation and Human Rights Exchange Taiwan and the EU began to hold a TaiwanEU Human Rights Consultation in 2018. This has continued on an annual basis. It reviews the recent status, policies, and advancement of actions on human rights and reiterates the unchanged commitment to the promotion and promotion of human rights, democracy, and the rule of law. After the NHRC was established, Additionally, the APF also sent Dr. Dnyaneshwar Manohar Mulay, a member of the National Human Rights Commission of India to the 2022 Human Rights Thematic Forum in November 2022 to give a keynote address on “Implementing the Human Rights-Based Sustainable Development Goals: The Role of National Human Rights Institutions.” we held the fourth and fifth Taiwan-EU Human To further develop partnership and build a dialogue and cooperation mechanism, we will plan high-level dialogue and training programs with the APF based on the priorities of themes to develop a regular exchange mechanism. NHRC in September 2022 to exchange opinions National Human Rights Commission 2022 Annual Report Rights Consultation in 2021 and 2022 to explain the working of the NHRC and express our intent to maintain cooperation on various human rights issues with the EU. Additionally, Filip Grzegorzewski, Head of the European Economic and Trade Office, visited the regarding the “EU Taiwan Engagement Support Facility”. Grzegorzewski praised Taiwan’s human rights development as a model in the AsiaPacific. He also hoped that Taiwan and the EU