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Table of Contents

Motivation Letter

Supporting Letters

Welcome

Taipei, Taiwan

FMS-Taiwan

Why Should Taiwan Host AM2014?

Travel and Transportation

VISA Information

AM2014 Taiwan

Venue and accommodation

Theme Proposal

Social Program

Green GA

Pre-GA

Post-GA

Finance

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Dear IFMSA,

As a member of IFMSA for the last 18 years, we have seen a tremendous amount of growth in all of our committees by practicing what we have learned in the numerous General Assemblies, and applying them to local issues. Many times we have asked ourselves what we can do to contribute back to IFMSA in return, and on this particular year we have all come to the same conclusion. After more than 10 years since the last General Assembly was hosted in Taiwan, we are once again proud and excited to present our candidature for August Meeting 2014 in Taipei, Taiwan. The idea of hosting a General Assembly took seed during the participation of the March Meeting 2011 in Indonesia. The OC amazed us with their efficiency and cohesiveness as a team, and was a proof that we can all accomplish so much when we work as one with a common goal. What started as a small idea voiced by the day-dreamers in FMS-Taiwan gradually grew in momentum and support, as we begin to realize that not only do we want this opportunity to show what Taiwan has to offer, we need it to take FMS-Taiwan to the next level; to make us all stronger as an organiza-tion by working in unity and overcoming challenges. The recent General Assemblies further strengthened our resolve to candidate as host, while at the same time gave us invaluable foresight into the challenges we will have to overcome before we are ready. We are starting to realize the importance of financial sustainability, accountability and the value of realizing the line between necessity and excess. Since then, we have looked at every aspect of these General Assemblies and asked ourselves how we can do even better, make it more flawless, and use limited resources to unlimited potential. Should we have the honor to partake in this enormous responsibility, we would like to pledge to bring IFMSA GA back to the root of a student-based NGO by structuring our General Assembly with the core values of Sustainability in mind. This is how we would like to make FMS-Taiwan’s passions for IFMSA even more tangible, and most of all, serve to inspire the next generation of medical students around the world. So once again, we would like to welcome you all to Taiwan, a nation which has flawlessly merged the old with the modern, and has never ceased to hold on to our roots as we kept pace as with the rest of the world. Welcome to our home, or as the Portuguese sailor named it at first sight in 1544, “Ilha Formosa”, our beautiful island. Sincerely,

Motivation Letter

Po-Yu Hsieh (Debbie)Chair, August Meeting 2014 Taiwan Organizing Committee

Kai-Yuan Cheng (Kyle) President of FMS-Taiwan

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Supporting Letter for 63rd PreGA August Meeting of IFMSA from Taipei Medical University

Dear International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations, It is with great pleasure that I hereby declare my warmest support for the proposal to host the 63rd Pre-General Assembly August Meeting of International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations in Taipei Medical University, August 2014, organized by AM2014 Taiwan Organizing Committee. It is important to continually support the sharing of knowledge and experience of “Sustainable Healthcare” among medical students around the world. I am certain that arranging your prestigious assembly on the theme of “Sustainability Healthcare” in Taipei will forge collaboration and linkage among the future doctors and leaders in healthcare field on a global scale. Taiwan has been well-known for our national health insurance since 1995. The government puts a lot of effort into guaranteeing the citizen their accessibility to medical services and equality to enjoy the medical resources at every corner on this lovely island. This is our first step to start the journey of sustainable healthcare. Therefore, I see this conference as a unique opportunity for the future doctors and healthcare leaders of the world to meet in Taipei and discuss the advocacy of healthcare issue, physician-patient relationship, new upcoming researches and ethical issues among other interesting topics. I am confident that FMS-Taiwan and the AM2014 Taiwan Organizing Committee have the experience, enthusiasm and facilities to organize the conference and I fully support the initiative. Taipei Medical University will be very happy and proud to welcome you all in our university in August 2014. Yours faithfully,

Yun Yen M.D., PhD., F.A.C.P. President Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

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Taiwan, Formosa!

Taiwan in Figures Location: Western edge of the Pacific, lies 180

km off the southeastern coast of China

Area: 35,900 km2

Population: 23 million

Languages: Mandarin Chinese, Taiwanese and

Hakka

Climate: An oceanic and subtropical climate.

Mean monthly temperatures 17.5 °C/63.5 °F in

winter and 28 °C/82.4 °F in summer

Capital: Taipei

pectacular mountains, serene low-lying plains, rugged coastlines; bustling and teeming cities where centuries old tradi-

tions and architecture mix freely with a high-tech urban lifestyle; the fascinating variety of aboriginal tribal cultures, and the blend of dif-ferent cultural traditions; the truly heartwarm-ing welcome of its people, and much more to explore! Taiwan is a pleasant destination you have to come once in your lifetime.

Taipei City is the capital of Taiwan. Situated at the northern tip of Taiwan, it is about 25 km southwest of Keelung, a port city on the Pacif-ic Ocean. It is home to an estimated 2,620,000 people and act as the political, economic, and cultural centre of Taiwan. Railways, high speed rail, highways, airports, and bus lines connect Taipei with all parts of the island. The city is served by two airports –Taiwan Taoyuan (TPE) and Taipei Songshan (TSA).

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he Federation of Medical Students in Tai-wan (FMS-Taiwan), reaching its 26th year, is one of the most active students associa-

tions in Taiwan. FMS-Taiwan members include medical students, traditional Chinese medical students, and post baccalaureate medical stu-dents from all over the country. With more than 20 projects on national level executed every year, FMS-Taiwan continues its commitment to inspire more and more medical students to take initiative action in making a better future.

FMS-Taiwan

Having been full members of the Internation-al Federation of Medical Students’ Association (IFMSA) since August of 1995 in Barcelona, our Standing Committees has increasing involved ourselves in international projects. Believing in “think globally, act locally”, we focus on specific issues and organize activities, gathering efforts of medical students to improve the society and raise the public awareness to health and human right issues. Every year FMS-Taiwan also sends out around 150 students for SCOPE and SCORE exchange in 90 different countries/regions.

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Basic Profile

Founded in: 1988Member of IFMSA since: 1995NMO name registered: FMS-TaiwanCountry: TaiwanMembership status: Full memberLocal Committee: 17Total members: 9,000NMO activity: Active in all Standing Committee, and also...MR. ICE (Joint-Workshop of Medicine, pharmacy, Internationalization, Climate and Environment )Literature & Photography AwardMedCup Spot CompetitionCharity ConcertNational AssemblyLocal presidents’ Meeting & Standing Committee Meetings

International Conferences hosted by FMS-Taiwan

IFMSA2002 51th August Meeting 2008 6th Asia Pacific Regional Meeting 2012 7th ACTION International Disaster Conference AMSA1988 9th Asian Medical Students’ Conference 1993 14th Asian Medical Students’ Conference 1999 12th East Asian Medical Students’ Conference 2000 13th East Asian Medical Students’ Conference 2004 17th East Asian Medical Students’ Conference 2007 20th East Asian Medical Students’ Conference 2009 30th Asian Medical Students’ Conference (AMSC)

IFMSA Officials from FMS-Taiwan2001 Asia Pacific Regional Coordinator, Dr. Tony Yu-Chen Tsai 2002 Vice President Internal, Dr. Tony Yu-Chen Tsai2003 Supervising Council, Dr. Tony Yu-Chen Tsai2003 Training Supporting Division Director, Dr. Hai-Hua Chuang2008 Asia Pacific Regional Coordinator, Dr. Roy Jen-Hsiang Shen2009 Honorary Life Member, Dr. Tony Yu-Chen Tsai2010 Secretary General, Leo Heng-Hao Chang

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Why Should Taiwan Host AM2014?

Go GreenWe offer every single attendee a name card with combination of EasyCard, which enable your delegates to get on metro, buses and U-bike with just a simple “beep”. Besides, our venue has over 40,000m² of outdoor area with trees and lawn which provide serene atmosphere for SWG and private space. Last but not least, we are committed to completing 3R (Reduce, Re-use and Recycle) to minimize environmental impacts. For more information, see Green GA.

Get connected, whenever and whereverWe will provide free SIM card and (or) cell phone rental for delegates in need up to 30days. During the whole period of preGA and GA, high quality Wi-Fi network will be guaranteed in venue and accommodation. All delegates have to do is to take out your laptop, turn on Wi-Fi and you are good to go. It is even more traveler friendly in Taipei that there is free public Taipei Wi-Fi with over 6,000 hotspots. Our OC team will prepare an account number of Taipei Wi-Fi for each individual delegate on arrival. Once you are in Taipei, you are online.

Culture DiversityTaiwan is a small island with high culture di-versity. We show high respect to different cul-tures of religions from the world. For example, there are prayer rooms in our Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport for Muslims, Christians and Buddhists respectively. Prayer rooms in-side our venue will also be provided if needed.

Food, festivals, and much moreAs for food, our venue provides a wide variety of food including eastern, western and Taiwan-ese dishes for our delegates. Halal dishes, vege-tarian and other special needs will also be pro-vided if needed. Last but not least, during GA, Taiwan celebrates Chi Shi, our traditional Val-entines’ Day. There will be some special events for Chi Shi arranged. For more information, see Chi Shi and Social Program

Natural Sceneries in DiversityTaiwan has plenty of natural sceneries which lead to its cultural diversity and provide vari-ous kinds of outdoor activities. For more infor-mation, see PostGA.

Everything within your reachImaging that you pick up your surfboard or hiking backpack, go outdoors, and it only takes you no more than 30 minutes from our venue to reach wonderful beaches or arduous moun-tains. That’s what travelers love the most about Taiwan. This island is totally amazing! From tropical coast to frozen mountains and from busy city to natural hotspots, you can reach all of them no more than 100 minutes in Taiwan.

Limitless choices, tailor-made tourOur thoughtful and experienced Social Pro-gram Directors have came out with three types of postGA including 2~8 days options, 40 dif-ferent routes, chances to earn 2,000~3,000 USD bonus and much more. Most important of all, we have already raised one-day trip sponsor for every delegate on the last day of GA. For more information, see PostGA.

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any assistance. So never be afraid to seek help whether you are at the airport, at metro station, or even just on a stroll in the city.

Financial Sustainability. The OC has worked out a comprehensive anal-ysis of budget, countable resource, pledges and even the backed-up guarantee. We aimed to host this General Assembly in Taiwan without worrying financial crisis. For more information, see Finance.

Peaceful and Safe Taiwan and its capital are ranked top 20% most peaceful country in the world by the Global Peace Index of 2013. Taipei is friendly and safe, and is a perfectly peaceful environment for all our delegates. In addition, our venue has a com-plete security system. The city is equipped with efficient EMT system and four medical centers which can be reached within 5 minutes from the venue if any medical service is needed.

24-Hour LifestyleAround our venue and accommodation, there are 24-hour convenience stores, which give this city life even late at night. From daily necessar-ies to food and snacks, convenience stores in Taiwan provided as many services as you can imagine. Hot coffee, foods, beverage, stamp, EasyCard top up, ATM and even all kinds of tickets could be bought here 24 hours. The fast food restaurants also provide round-the-clock service in Taipei..

Vibrant NightlifeFeel bored at night? Not here in Taipei. Besides the social programs we provide, one of the most famous Shilin night market and plenty of night clubs could be reached by walking distance or by public transportation within ten minutes.

Friendly FolksTaipei is well-known not only by the coexis-tence of natural beauty and modernized build-ings, but also the friendliness of our citizens. You can always expect polite conversations and a helpful hand whenever you approach Tai-pei citizens. A warm welcoming and helping hand will always be shown whenever you need

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Travel and Transportation

Enjoyable and Anxiety-free ArrivalTransportation from Taoyuan Airport to Taipei is highly accessible and convenient. Bus, High Speed Railway or Taxi can be chosen and it will take no more than 40 minutes. To help the del-egates, the OC team will have buses reserved at the airport to bring delegates directly to the venue during at arrival date of preGA and GA.

Green TransportationAs for the transportation in Taipei city, Taipei metro is one of the cleanest, most efficient and user friendly MRT (Mass Rapid Transit) system. If you’d like to enjoy this green city with a bit of exercise, the U-bike system allows our dele-gates to borrow bikes and pedal around Taipei with ease.

EasyCard, Easy LifeTo ensure an environmental friendly GA, we of-fer every single attendee a name card with com-bination of EasyCard, which enable your dele-gates to get on metro, buses and U-bike with just a simple scan. Hop on and enjoy strolling through this city with everything within your reach. If card runs out of money, you can top up the EasyCard at any metro station or conve-nience store. EasyCard not only provides easy access to public transportation but also making your life here in Taipei easier.

For more information, please visit:http://www.easycard.com.tw/english/use/index.asp

Welcome to Taiwan!

Easy Reach, Less CostOur delegates will land at Taoyuan Interna-tional Airport (TPE). Served by 60 airlines with 5,000 international flights weekly and it covers 113 countries around the world. The OC team has chosen Eva Airways as Official Airline for August Meeting 2014, with a joint offer from all Star Alliance Members or any subset of Mem-bers. Special conference discounts for up to 20 percent would be available for the delegates and one accompany companion.

*A Star AllianceTM Conventions Plus Official Airline Agreement would be made available af-ter Taiwan being chosen as destination for Au-gust Meeting 2014.

** Combining the routings of up to 28 member airlines to facilitate your journeys to Taiwan, Star Alliance Members include:

Adria Airways, Aegean Airlines, Air Canada, Air China, Air New Zealand, ANA, Asiana, Austrian Airlines, Avianca, Brussels Airlines, Copa Airlines, Croatia Airlines, EgyptAir, Ethi-opian Airlines, Eva Airways, LOT Polish Air-lines, Lufthansa, Scandinavian Airlines, Shen-zhen Airlines, Singapore Airlines, South African Airways, SWISS, TAP Portugal, Thai Airways, Turkish Airlines and United Airlines.

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VISA Information

countries, Australia or New Zealand, are eligi-ble for the visa exemption program, which per-mits a duration of stay up to 30 days.

Group D – Citizens must have a visaThe rest of the countries may apply for visa within their own country, and the applicant’s passport has validity of at least six months upon entry. Single Entry Visitor Visa – Approximately 40 euro

*In case of countries where there are no ROC embassies, consulates or representative offices, applicants can apply for visas at any Taiwan embassy, consulate or representative office in another country.

**Special Landing VisaFor Group D, Special Landing Visa will be avail-able. By submitting an application form, a scan of bio page of passport and Travel Itinerary to OC VISA Coordinator 15 days prior to arrival, approved delegates by Bureau of Foreign Trade and Bureau of Foreign Affairs are allowed to obtain Visa on Arrival – Approximately 60 euro

The OC is here to Help YouAll delegates will be provided with an official Invitation Letter after approval by their respec-tive presidents. Our Visa team has plenty of practical experiences in assisting Visa applica-tion process for international conferences and they will be here to make the visa application process as easy and efficient as possible.For more details, please consult the following website: http://www.boca.gov.tw/lp.asp?ct-Node=801&CtUnit=72&BaseDSD=18&mp=2

Foreign nationals may obtain tourist visas if they hold foreign passports valid for more than six months upon entry to Taiwan (the Republic of China, ROC).

General requirements:A passport with validity of at least six months upon entry. • Japanese passport holders with their passports valid for more than 3 months are eligible for visa-exempt entry. A confirmed return air/sea ticket or an air/sea ticket and a visa for the next destina-tion, and a confirmed seat reservation for departure.

Group A – Citizens do not need a visa (up to 90 days)The nationals of the following countries are el-igible for the visa exemption program, which permits a duration of stay up to 90 days: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Ger-many, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Swit-zerland, The Netherlands, U.K., U.S.A..

Group B - Citizens do not need a visa (up to 30 days)The nationals of the following countries are el-igible for the visa exemption program, which permits a duration of stay up to 30 days: Australia, Malaysia, and Singapore.

Group CThe nationals of India, Thailand, Philippines, Viet-nam, Indonesia, who also possess a valid visa or permanent resident certificate issued by U.S.A., Canada, Japan, U.K., Schengen Convention

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Venue and accommodation

Easily Accessible LocationChientan Overseas Youth Activity Center is sit-uated conveniently in downtown Taipei, reach-able from the international airport within 40 minutes, and adjacent to Shilin night market shopping district. The transit station of Metro Taipei is also situated close-by and is well with-in walking distance, allowing one to access oth-er parts of Taipei with ease.

With bringing GA back to the root of a stu-dent-based conference and the core values of Sustainability in mind, The Grant Hotel and Chientan Activity Center are perfect locations for AM2014 Taiwan with venue and accommo-dation all in one spot.

A Perfect Start of AM2014 To start the GA, our Opening banquet, cere-mony and welcome party will be hosted in the Grand Hotel of Taipei.

Spectacular Outside, Gorgeous InsideThe Grand Hotel retains the elements of clas-sic Chinese architecture in its building. Facing Keelung River, with Yangming Mountain, the hotel offers an amazing view of the whole Tai-pei Basin. In addition, it enjoys a location across the street of Chientan Overseas Youth Activity Center, the main venue and at which IFMSA delegates will be accommodated.

Be Prepared to be AmazedTo ensure every delegate a wonderful opening banquet and welcome party, The Grand Ban-quet Hall adorned in an undertone luxurious style will relieve the tiredness from the journey. Buffet of great variety of dishes will provided by the Grand Restaurant will definitely get every-one’s taste satisfied. This over 1400-square-me-tered room with more than 1000-guest capacity will initiate a perfect start for the ceremony and day one plenary. The Grand Hotel with beau-tiful architecture, delicious dining, and appro-priate location from the accommodation will be sure to give all delegates a perfect start of AM 2014 in Taipei, Taiwan!

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2 minutes to walk from their bedroom to their conference rooms. The lodging comes in a vari-ety of two-person, four-person and six-person suites, enough to accommodate up to 1000 peo-ple in total. All the rooms and public areas of Chientan Activity Center are also guaranteed to have wireless internet connection.

Moreover, sufficient and nutritious food with variety of choices will be provided. Meals will mainly be served by buffet to meet different needs. Last but not least, to ensure a fruitful and disturbance-free GA, booking the whole venue and accommodation is considered.

Other ServicesOther services such as luggage storage, ATM, safety deposit boxes, self-serve laundry, curren-cy exchange, tourist information, mailbox and Café are also provided in the activity center.

Chientan Activity Center is the perfect venue for our General Assembly due to its excellent lo-cation in our capital city, beautiful environment and convenient transportation; for besides par-taking in the daily events of the August Meet-ing, we would also like our delegates to fully take the opportunity to sightsee and experience all that Taiwan has to offer!

Sufficient CapacityWe have selected Chientan Activity Center as our venue for their abundance of conference rooms and meeting halls. The largest banquet hall can accommodate more than 800 people. With 240 seats on the upper deck, delegates are able to join in only some parts of plenary with-out disturbing the process. High quality AV equipment is guaranteeing efficient and fruitful plenary. While Besides, there are 32 other con-ference rooms for sessions, training and SWGs, which have a flexible capacity ranging from 20 to 300 people. It also has plenty of public area and extra rooms being preserved during the whole period; it has everything we need for SWGs and sessions.

Inspiring Outdoor SpacesThis 40,000m² site has rich, traditional commu-nity architecture, surrounded by a beautiful en-vironment of green pasture and large outdoor activity spaces. The green space and tranquil pond makes a quiet oasis in the middle of the bustling Taipei city.

All in One SpotOne of the best part of Chientan Activity Center is that the lodgings are also part of the facili-ty, which means our delegates will only need

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Theme Proposal

The idea of sustainable development has also been a central issue behind many past discus-sions on health-care related forums, and contin-ues to be a current issue on recent conferences. The Rio 2012 UN conference on Sustainable Development has specifically made the state-ment that defined “Commitment to sustainable development and ensuring the promotion of an economically, socially, and environmentally sustainable future for our planet and for present and future generations” as our common vision. We have taken the statement above as a plat-form for the extension of our health-care related theme topics. By closer examining these under-pinning issues of developmental sustainabili-ty, we hope to raise the awareness and under-standing on current impediments to obtaining true sustainability, and how we may together take action to overcome these obstacles.

We sincerely hope that through our theme event, this topic of “Sustainability for the New Era” may continue to spark actions and contin-uous involvements within IFMSA in the future, and that the knowledge we share in this inter-national conference may further be adopted lo-cally across the globe.

Sustainability for the New EraThe health-care system of Taiwan, considered one of the most exemplary and ideal system for the purpose of distributing all-encompass-ing, quality health-care to its citizens, has been burdened with increasing financial weight over the past few years. Now under the tremendous financial upkeep required to keep the system running, both the government and its citizens are starting to revise for a more long-term solu-tion in face of our diminishing resources. Like-wise around the world, similar issues are being faced as we all struggle to sustain our health-care under various factors, such as the aging population, low birth-rate, misuse of financial and human resource, and hospital shopping. These seeming unrelated issues can actually all be attributed to one single idea that we as the OC team would like to promote as our theme: Sustainability.

Within our IFMSA, the awareness on “Sustain-ability” has been brought up on many times be-fore, for example the policy statement of “Envi-ronmentally Sustainable Healthcare Facilities” and “Sustainable Development and Health” both adopted in Ghana, and also as a topic for many workshops. These contributions have been invaluable to IFMSA, and in many ways has had much influence on the direction of our proposal. This time, we feel that a stronger con-tinuity should be supported for such an im-portant topic deserving much more discussion and action. The theme presentation and work-shops hereby proposed will aim to focus on the three sub-topics of health-care sustainability: Economic Sustainability, Environmental Sus-tainability, and Human Resource Sustainabil-ity; with an emphasis on what we as medical students or young physicians can do to make a difference in the upcoming generation.

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Social Program

Culture Night The buildings seen at the Folk Arts World are mostly the recreation of traditional architecture from Minnan and Yuedong. Here you can see the “swallow tail” or horseback shaped ridges that only traditional residences or temples pos-sess. With the traditional architecture surround-ing; this amphitheatre will be the perfect spot for our delegates to fully immerse and enjoy a night of cultural performances.

National Food & Drink Party – “LUXY”LUXY has long been recognized as the most prestigious and popular nightclub in Taipei, known to regularly host performances by big names such as Steve Aoki, Armin van Buuren, Black Eyed Peas and so on. The venue itself will be spacious enough to host all of our delegates and much more! While the lounge will be re-served for us, the main floor will also be open for you to head down and meet our local par-ty-goers, or mingle on the dance floor

Color Party – “Green Bottles Adventure”Hosted in EcoARK, the world’s first fully func-tional, public structure made of POLLIBRICK™, built out of 1.5 million recycled plastic bottles. The nine- story-tall EcoARK cover an area the size of six basketball courts. Solar power cap-tured during the day runs EcoARK’s LED light-ing systems at night.This eco-friendly green building is a statement from our Social Program Team on the future of environmental sustain-ability.

AM2014 Taiwan Feature Pro-gram – “Taiwanese Culture Expo”Want to experience the true taste of Taiwan? Then you won’t want to miss this one! Vendors of all kinds will allow our delegates to experi-ence, feel and taste all Taiwan has to offer. Dele-gates will be able to experience traditional arts, crafts and dance; get a feel of the features of the well-known night markets around Taiwan all in one spot.

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Green GA

pencil, staple-free staplers.

Recycled paper for publications, printing, copying and all the papers needed.

Green program partnerships with Acer, from which the OC is working on getting sponsored PC and tablet PC to be used for OC’s work during GA. It would not only promote the efficiency of OC, but also min-imize the use of printed paper.

Green program partnerships with Bu-reau of Foreign Trade, which sponsors tailored-made Application Software for AM2014 Taiwan. Delegate would get new-ly-updated information of meeting process anywhere and anytime. Increased utiliza-tion of electronic data should further cut down our need of printed paper.

Eco-Friendly PreGATaipei Medical University, our venue of preGA, has been devoted in carbon reduction as well as sustainable management. It recently received the Taipei City Green Procurement and the Min-istry of the Interior’s Green Building Award.

Equipped with convenient public transporta-tion network, plenty of green fields, and com-pleted recycling system, Taipei fits the defini-tion of a green city for us to host this green GA.

EasyCardTaipei has a user-friendly transportation net-work to remarkably reduce its carbon footprint. Making use of EasyCard will fully utilize this en-vironmentally-friendly mode of transportation for our delegates. For more information, see Travel and Transportation

3R, Responsibly GreenWe are committed to completing 3R (Reduce, Reuse and Recycle) to minimize environmental impacts through the following initiatives:

Avoid the use of disposable items such as tableware, plastic bottles and cans. Dis-pensers are available throughout our venue and accommodation.

Chientan Activity Center itself is an exqui-site architecture of abundant natural light-ing to minimize the use of electricity.

Our venue and accommodation are in the same spot so no transportation will be need-ed. Making use of the EasyCard for public transportation will be suggested.

Meals will be locally grown food to reduce carbon footprints.

Green program partnerships with Eco Premium, which offers a wide range of eco-friendly products such as GPET TM products, corn cups, bamboo USB; oth-er stationary such as corn pens, woodfree

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of scent and taste with one of our planned ex-cursion where we will taste the finest tea-cui-sine in Taiwan.

Postpartum Care CenterPostpartum care has a big difference in ap-proach between Eastern and Western Medicine. In the postpartum care center of Taiwan, besides the professionals responsible for taking care of the mother and baby, some concepts of comple-mentary and alternative medicine are also used. Herbal medicine is used in the meal to maintain the balance between “Qi” and “Xue” of mother. Sounds interesting? Let’s explore more about the fusion of unique postpartum maternal care and alternative medicine. Our PreGA Directors, who are both SCORAngels, will be showing you the Taiwanese sustainable healthcare from a different perspective.

Venue and Accommodation The venue and the accommodation of PreGA are located in the heart of Taipei, Xinyi District. Everything is located within walking distance from the landmark skyscraper of Taipei 101, vi-brant nightclubs and Taipei City Hall.

The workshops will take place at the Taipei Medical University (TMU). TMU participates in carbon reduction as well as sustainable man-agement which recently received the Taipei City “Green Procurement” and the Ministry of the Interior’s “Green Building Award”. TMU is able to provide 15 classrooms for up to 15 work-shops with capacity ranging from 30 to 100 people, all equipped with movable chairs and touch panels.

Lodging for 250 delegates will be at Pacific Business Center Hotel, which is within 10 min-utes walk or 3 minutes bike to Taipei Medical University or sightseeing spots around Xinyi Commercial Center. Breakfast will be served at the hotel, whereas the rest of the meal will be served in TMU. You are what you eat, and we are eager to share our Taiwanese cuisine with you.

PreGA Feature Programs

MaokongMaokong is used to be the biggest tea growing area of Taipei and it is now a popular place for tea, which is famous for Bouzhong tea and Tai-guan Ing. Visitors taste tea, chat with each other and admire the nightfall. Exploring the journey

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If you’re obsessed with deli-cious food, come to Taiwan! Speaking of food, Taiwan has a lot to offer, from fancy Dim Sum restaurants to sidewalk stands; from the world-famous Pearl Milk Tea to the no-torious Pig’s Blood Cake, you’ll enjoy plenty of choices during the entire GA. Stepping in either one of the 60 or so Taiwanese Night Markets, you will find yourself walking in “night market pace”, eating authentic Taiwanese food, and en-joying it all at an affordable price. All in all, you won’t leave Taiwan with an empty stomach.

If you’re a culture and history buff, come to Taiwan! Since 16th century, the fourteen tribes of aborig-ines, Dutch, Spanish, Japanese, and Chinese Han people have all been or come to Taiwan, giving birth to the many variety in religions, architecture styles, languages, lifestyles, and diets. The architectures built by the European colonists are still frequently visited today. An-cient temples and old streets tell us the story of the old era. You can also find the ruins of war on islands such as Kinmen, Matsu and Penghu islands. In addition to exploring historical sites, there’re also many unique artistic styles, such as Sanyi woodcarving, Yingge ceramics, and Ping-shi sky lanterns. Moreover, Taiwanese also have many festivals such as Spring Festival which celebrates New Year, and the Qingming Festival which we sweep the tombs of our forefathers. During August Meeting in 2014, you can have a dip into the romantic atmosphere of Chi-Shi Festival, our valentine’s day.

Dear friends from around the world, if you could have a few days off in August 2014, do you know where to find a journey that suits you the best?

If you’re an adventurer, come to Taiwan! On this sweet potato-shaped island, we own all kinds of terrains such as mountains over 3900 meters, tiny yet beautiful islands, breathtaking rift valleys and various coasts at the same time. The highly-diverse scenery will satisfy your desire for adventures with mountain-climbing, surfing, scuba diving, rafting, hang gliding, or even island rounding that combines them all. Last but not least, enjoying a nice outdoor hot spring will surely give you a relaxation after all the adrenaline-pumped activities.

If you love natural ecosystem, come to Taiwan! Since the Tropic of Cancer runs right through the middle of Taiwan, we own ecological views of tropical, subtropical and temperate within two degrees of latitude. Eight National Parks together with thirteen National Scenic Areas ac-commodate the essence of natural beauty and tourist resources. We can go spot the thrilling Taroko gorge, take the mountain railway of Mt. Ali to see the sunrise and the Clouds Sea, or go to Kenting, known as the “the Hawaii of Asia”. Also, don’t forget the Sun Moon Lake, a dazzling jewel in the mountains, and the be-yond-description sunrise at the East Coast, these two breathe-taking pieces of natural art will as-tonish you to the most. Now, do you hear the summon of Taiwan’s most beautiful scenery?

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Wanting More than GA? Feeling depressed of not having enough time to explore Taipei during GA due to hard work? Don’t be! We have already gotten sponsor which is aimed to offer every delegate free-of-charge day trip to explore the best of Taipei on the last day of GA.

Explore Taiwan Your WayTo explore the most of Taiwan, we also offer three types of options for those who wish to travel to their own schedule:

For those who prefer travelling with IFMSA friends in large groups, we provide typical tour trip. We recommend Kenting Nation-al Park. This is Taiwan’s first national park, dazzling bright sunshine, azure blue seawa-ter, clean shining sand beach and so on. It’s also known as “the Hawaii of Asia”, for its rich landscape of hills and water, abundant life, for everyone’s enjoyment. It is located at the southern tip of Taiwan. With warm climate, pleasant scenery, and easy access, it is one

For those who likes detailed exploration deep into Taiwan, we provide small tour trips (ranging from 7 to 20 persons, 2~8 days). We will be applying for Youth Devel-opment Administration’s Trekking Taiwan Program, which provides sponsorship for specially-projected tour to explore Taiwan unlike usual travelers do.

For those who plan to travel in Taiwan over 10 days, we provide assistance in applying for Youth Development Administration’s Youth Trekkers Wanted Campaign, from which you may get the offer of 2,000~3,000

USD for your postGA plan. Those who ap-plying for this campaign, an appointed OC will assist you during the application pro-cess and provide a Youth Travel Card with which you could have discount for particu-lar tourist spot and lodging.

For those who plan to travel to other Asia Pacific countries during transit, we will be providing respective package of related in-formation for traveling.

For adventures, natural beauties, delicacies, and splendid culture, welcome to Taiwan! Get in a mood for vacation and have fun in this amazing Shangri-La.

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having gone through numerous practical train-ings. Moreover, the Local Committees are locat-ed in different parts of Taiwan therefore we can easily gain medical students’ participation in fundraising from every corner of Taiwan.

Foundations/ Non-Govern-mental Organizations/ Enter-prisesWhile discovering new resources of every pos-sibility, we have gained ample assistance from FMS-Taiwan, with which we are bound to make the most of precious FMS-Taiwan fundraising network, including alumni, foundations, enter-prises and NGOs. We has been contacting all the potential enterprises whose aims match the topic of the AM2014, and many of them have al-ready expressed their interest and enthusiasm. External NGOs and foundations, such as TMA (Taiwan Medical Association) are all partners of FMS-Taiwan and will help us financially and technically.

Financial Backup PlanFMS-Taiwan has always been strongly finan-cial supported. Since the OC team has been planning for the best, prepared for the worst, FMS-Taiwan is confident enough to guarantee that in case of any financial crisis due to unfore-seeable problem, full financial support from FMS-Taiwan are ensured.

Make the Most of Public Re-sourcesMaking the most of public resources is one of the core values we hold for fundraising. Public resources, from government branches to medi-cal universities; from foundations to non-gov-ernmental organizations, are all our fundraising objects. We will present them with the impor-tance of bringing AM2014 back to Taiwan and our strong passion to make it perfect by show-ing our detailed planning book as well as our sincere attitude. By their own will, they can sponsor us without a shred of pressure.

GovernmentFSM-Taiwan has been in close collaboration with related government braches, from which we re-ceive pledges of €58,701, including the Bureau of Foreign Trade and Taipei City Government. What’s more, we have stayed in close contact with more than ten high potential government branches, which have already responded with fully supportive words. The result is hopeful. Taiwanese Government has showed full sup-port to holding AM2014 in Taiwan, wishing all the guests can enjoy the most of our beloved country.

Universities/ Individual Our Public Relations Division team consists of one Vice Chair, two Fundraising Directors and sixteen subordinators from every Local Com-mittee of FMS-Taiwan. The team was founded in early 2013, from then on, we has increasing-ly obtained support from universities all over Taiwan. Meanwhile, our team has been widely approaching university administrators and pro-fessors. During this period, the team has gained experience and is prepared to take actions after

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All in all, we would be privileged and honored to host an excellent conference for every attendee by raising enough funds and making the fees reasonable and affordable. All the registration fee and fund will be made into limitless potential in hosting a spectacular GA in Taiwan.

Pharma-FreeUndoubtedly, we will not fundraise from the pharmaceutical industry. In accordance with “Pharmaceutical Promotion Awareness”, the IFMSA policy statement during AM2012, we will not reach out to nor accept any sponsorship from pharmaceutical objects.

Pledged Financial BalanceThe expenditure is precisely estimated, and the income alike. Besides the guaranteed 42.7%-covered sponsor from government, ev-ery single fund is prudently estimated either based on law or past experiences. By avoiding non evidence-based estimation, we are in full confidence of meeting the balance.

TAIWAN

*Not including TAF and Central Budget

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Chi-Shi Festival

ished to opposite sides of the Silver River (sym-bolizing the Milky Way). Once a year, on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month, all the magpies in the world would form a bridge to reunite the lovers for one day.

Special Event, only in AM2014 Taiwan!Chi-Shi Festival is originally celebrated with the loved one. However, it had gradually altered into the celebration among friends, family or classmates/colleague to commemorate the spe-cial fate that links each other together. On this particular day of the year, especially the upcom-ing 2014, we would like to celebrate this special moment of having IFMSAians from all over the world, overcoming distance barriers and gath-ering on our beautiful island. Special events will be organized by the OC for delegates to enjoy the festival atmosphere with us. As Zhinü and Niulang meeting once a year, let’s have medical students gathering together to join the celebra-tion with people all over Taiwan.

Chi-Shi Festival (Chinese: 七夕節), is a Chinese festival that celebrates the annual meeting of the cowherd boy and weaver girl in Chinese mythology. It falls on the seventh day of the 7th lunar month. It is sometimes called the Double Seventh Festival, the Chinese Valentine’s Day, or the Magpie Festival. This is an important fes-tival widely celebrated in Taiwan among stu-dents, friends, and lovers.

Romantic LegendThe festival originated from the romantic leg-end of two lovers, Zhinü and Niulang, who were the weaver maid and the cowherd. The tale of The Weaver Girl and the Cowherd has been celebrated in the Chi-Shi Festival since the Han Dynasty. The earliest-known reference to this famous myth dates back to over 2600 years ago, which was told in a poem from the Classic of Poetry. The festival inspired Tanabata in Ja-pan and Chilseok in Korea.The general tale is about a love story between Zhinu (the weaver girl, symbolizing Vega) and Niulang (the cowherd, symbolizing Altair). Their love was not allowed, thus they were ban-

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Chair

Vice Chair

Secretary General

Treasurer

Logistics Directors

Fundraising Directors

Social Program Directors

PreGA Directors

Publications Director

IT Director

Po-Yu Hsieh (Debbie)Yu-Jr Jeng (Eric)Po-Yu Chen (Barry)Yi-Hong He (Terrence)Han-Sian Yang (Julie)Yu-Hsuan KuoShen KoKuan-Ting Lin (Alvin)Fang-Yu Chang (Tammy)Chih-Hsien Chang (Lily)Hao-Ning ChiuHao Ning HsuLum Chih YeanAng Sau XiongChi-Hsien HuangTzu-Ping Tsai

If you have further questions, please contact us at:

AM2014 Taiwan Organizing Committee AM2014@fmstw.org

Facebook Pagewww.facebook.com/AM2014Taiwan

Special thanks to the sponsor:Bureau of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Economic Affairs

Department of Information and Tourism, Taipei City Government

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