Our history
May 2019
October 2019
December 2019
February 2020
April 2020
Lee Ming-Han 李明翰 is recruited as a project manager and will hold the position for one month.
June 2020
A full establishment plan is written by Stéphanie Froissart. AEFECET recruits a management team, consisting of a head of school and an executive director.
Taroko ( under its CEO David Reynier’s impulse) works on a voluntary basis to create the logo and graphic charter of LIFT.
July 2020
September 2020
December 2020
An association under Taiwanese law is created in order to organise the future community of parents: UPLIFT (Union des Parents du Lycée International Français de Taipei), with thirty founding members. Alexandre Levy is appointed President.
The Kuan Architect firm is selected to design the LIFT premises.
January 2021
February 2021
September 2021
A Memorandum of Understanding is concluded with Taibei High School to host LIFT. Jenny Wu 吳宜真 is recruited as project manager. An executive committee of volunteer professionals was formed, under the authority of the UPLIFT Board of Directors, composed of Alexandre Levy, Frédéric Chevassus, Me Yen-Jong Lee and Thomas Chaumont. Under the management of the Executive Committee, UPLIFT’s parent members join working groups to set up LIFT.
David Reynier becomes the first private sponsor of LIFT, and provides a generous endowment to UPLIFT to fund the project management phase.
October 2021
With the gracious backing of the Director of the French Office in Taipei, Mr Jean-François Casabonne-Masonnave, the French business community in Taiwan meets at the Residence to initiate the LIFT fundraising campaign. (See Press Release)
November 2021
Under the auspices of the Director of the French Office in Taipei, Mr. Jean-François Casabonne-Masonnave, the heads of diplomatic posts of the French-speaking countries present in Taiwan met at the Residence in order to widen the scope of LIFT to all French-speaking communities. (See Press Release)
November 2021
November 2021
December 2021
January 2022
March 2022
April 2022
A rental agreement is concluded for three years with Liu Gong Guo Min high school to welcome LIFT.
LIFT met its fundraising target to finance the starting costs.
