September 25 (Wednesday)

Venue: 2F, 1st Conference Room, Control Yuan

Open to APOR members only.

Time

Agenda

13:00-13:30

Registration

13:30-15:20

APOR Member Meeting

Chair: Peter Boshier, President of APOR, Office of the Ombudsman of New Zealand

15:20-15:50

Coffee Break

(Selected Works of Painting and Calligraphy by Yu You-ren and Liu Yian-tao and Control Yuan Historical Documents on Display)

15:50-17:30

APOR Member Meeting

Chair: Peter Boshier, President of APOR, Office of the Ombudsman of New Zealand

19:00-20:30

Welcome Reception (by invitation)

Venue: VF, International Reception Room, The Grand Hotel Taipei

September 26 (Thursday)

Venue: B2, Joyful Ballroom, Sheraton Grand Taipei Hotel

Language: English.

Interpretation receiver can be borrowed with your personal ID, no deposit is required.

Time

Agenda

09:00-09:20

Registration

09:20-10:00

Opening Addresses

Po-ya Chang, President, Control Yuan, Republic of China (Taiwan)

Werner Amon, International Ombudsman Institute (IOI) Secretary General, Austrian Ombudsman Board

Peter Boshier, President of APOR, Office of the Ombudsman of New Zealand

10:00-10:30

Tea Break

10:30-11:50

Workshop 1: Practices and Recent Development of the International Ombudsman Institute

Moderator:

Hsiao-hung Nancy Chen, Member, Control Yuan, Republic of China (Taiwan)

Speakers:

Chris Field, International Ombudsman Institute (IOI) Second Vice President, Ombudsman Western Australia

Carmen Comas-Mata Mira, Ibero-American Federation of Ombudsman (FIO) Secretary General, Head of International Affairs in the office of Spanish Ombudsman

Werner Amon, International Ombudsman Institute (IOI) Secretary General, Austrian Ombudsman Board

11:50-13:20

Lunch

13:20-14:40

Workshop 2: The Ombudsman and the Protection of Economically and Socially Disadvantaged People’s Human Rights

Moderator:

Michael Dick, Chief Ombudsman, Ombudsman Commission of Papua New Guinea

Speakers:

Deborah Glass, Director of APOR, Victorian Ombudsman

Mei-yu Wang, Member, Control Yuan, Republic of China (Taiwan) 

Michael Manthorpe, Ombudsman, Commonwealth Ombudsman

14:40-15:00

Tea Break

15:00-16:40

Workshop 3: The Multifunctional Role of the Ombudsman

Moderator:

Phil Clarke, Ombudsman, Queensland Ombudsman

Speakers:

Peter Boshier, President of APOR, Office of the Ombudsman of New Zealand

Tzong-ho Bau, Convener, International Affairs Committee, Control Yuan, Member, Control Yuan, Republic of China (Taiwan)

Iitsuka Masao, Director of Administrative Counseling Office, Administrative Evaluation Bureau, MIC, Japan

Elisabeth Rynning, Chief Parliamentary Ombudsman, The Swedish Parliamentary Ombudsmen

16:40-17:00

Closing Addresses

Sun Ta-chuan, Vice President, Control Yuan, Republic of China (Taiwan)

Chris Field, International Ombudsman Institute (IOI) Second Vice President, Ombudsman Western Australia

18:50-20:30

Gala Dinner (by invitation)

Venue: B2, Joyful Ballroom, Sheraton Grand Taipei Hotel

September 27 (Friday)

City Tour (by invitation)