of Major Cities 21 (ANMC21) (participates as Taipei City) Association of Asian Social Science Research Councils (AASSREC)(participates as associate member of Academia Sinica – Taipei) Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) (presents the Turing Award, participates as "Taiwan") Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) (provide country-specific information as "Taiwan") Association of Future Markets (AFM) (participates as "Taiwan Futures Exchange" (TAIFEX)) Association Montessori Internationale (AMI) (officially participates as "Taiwan/China", according to UN's definition of the territory of Taiwan and Taiwan, Province of China, which is separated from China) Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (referred to as "Taiwan (ROC)") Asian Productivity Organization (APO) (participates as Republic of China) Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) (on the basis of the Memorandum of Understanding of 1991 and partaking APEC Business Travel Card scheme) (participates as "Chinese Taipei") Asian Development Bank (ADB) (participates as "Taipei,China") Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) (located in the Kasumigaseki Building, participates as Taipei, China) Association for Information Systems (AIS) (participates as "Taiwan") Association of Asian Election Authorities (AAEA) (participates as Republic of China (Taiwan)) Asia-Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC) (participates as the economy of Taiwan by Taiwan Network Information Center) Asian-Pacific Parliamentarians' Union (APPU) (held the 16th and 40th plenary meeting, participates as Republic of China) Bank for International Settlements (BIS) (referred to as "Taiwan") Belmont Forum (Belmont Forum is a member of the Science and Technology Alliance for Global Sustainability, engaged by Ministry of Science and Technology (Taiwan)) Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) (participates as "Taiwan") Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) (participates as "Cross-Straits Common Market Foundation") Banco Centralamericano de Integración Economico (BCIE or CABEI) (participates as Republic of China) British Council (administers international distance education exams and professional exams and on behalf of other international exam boards in Taiwan) Caribbean Community (CARICOM) (with Member States of Belize, Haiti, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines recognising Republic of China) Centre for Energy Environment Resources Development (CEERD) (in contact with as "Chinese Taipei") Conservation International (CI) (listed in the annual Ocean Health Index) Consumers International (CI) (participates as "Consumers Foundation Chinese Taipei") Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (CSCAP) (participates as "participant with individual capacity" in this "Track Two of Asia-Pacific Diplomacy") Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) (participates as Taiwan, China) Citizen Cyberscience Centre (CCC) (founded by United Nations Institute for Training and Research, participates by Academia Sinica) Cumulus (recognised by UNESCO