About us

The first association of the Taiwanese community in the Czech Republic

We founded the association in June 2019 with the support of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Prague. We welcome Taiwanese living in the Czech Republic and Czechs who love Taiwan. We teach Mandarin in traditional characters, run a library of more than 600 books and hold Taiwanese festivals in Prague.

We are a non-profit organisation. The association runs on Taiwanese state grants (Overseas Community Affairs Council), City of Prague grants, membership fees and course fees. Most of the work is done by volunteers and board members hold unpaid or semi-voluntary posts.

Our mission under the statutes

• To connect Taiwanese people and their families in the Czech Republic, share information, help one another and pool resources for teaching Mandarin.
• To develop cultural exchange between the Czech Republic and Taiwan, bring in teachers of traditional Chinese characters and promote the good name of democratic Taiwan.

What we do

Courses

Taiwan Center for Mandarin Learning (TCML): semester Mandarin courses for anyone over 18, Business Lite for companies in Brno and Telč, and private courses. The centre was set up with the support of the Overseas Community Affairs Council.

School

The Prague Taiwan School (formerly the Prague Traditional Chinese School): for primary-school children, with Taiwanese textbooks, in person and online.

Library

The Prague Traditional Chinese Library: more than 600 books in Mandarin, over 300 for adults and over 300 for children, run by volunteers. A quarterly book club and online storytelling for children.

Events

Lunar New Year, the Dragon Boat Festival and other Taiwanese festivals, concerts and screenings. The integration projects HarmonyConnect and Czech Together, supported by the City of Prague. In 2024 the play group for families grew from 3 to 17 families. The fundraiser for flood-hit Jeseník raised 8,250 CZK for the Via Foundation.

Bodies of the association

The highest body is the members’ meeting of formal members. It meets once a year and elects the President for four years, re-electable at most twice. The board has at least five members and the President is a member ex officio. An auditor elected by the members’ meeting oversees the board’s resolutions and the finances. The financial year is the calendar year and the President presents the accounts to the members’ meeting every year. The association runs the Prague Taiwan School and the Taiwan Center for Mandarin Learning, and the board sets their rules.

Documents

• Statutes of the association
• School rules
• General terms and conditions
• Sexual harassment prevention and complaints procedure (TCML, PDF, in Chinese)
• For the minutes of members’ meetings write to info@taiwanese.cz.

Name

Czech Taiwanese Association (Česko-Tchaj-wanská společnost, z. s.)

Registered office

Verdunská 488/24, 160 00 Praha 6 – Bubeneč

Centre address

Sněmovní 174/7, 118 00 Praha 1 – Malá Strana

Registration no. (IČO)

08259496

Register

registered with the Municipal Court in Prague under file no. L 72155

Account

2401658929 / 2010 (Fio banka)

Taiwan

Unified Business No. 88398602