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Suchada Dejtrakul Parinat Sakphanich9th March 2011

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Public Participation THAILAND

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1. Country Snapshot

2. Public Participation in Thailand

3. Local and International CSOs in ThailandRole of CSOs Impact of CSOs

4. Recommendation to improve relations with

MediaCitizens and CSOs

Presentation Agenda

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Country Snapshot

513 Total Area (in

thousand sq km)

93 Literacy Rate (%)

74 Life Expectancy at

Birth (years)

67 Total Population (in

million)

44 Monarchy Countries

9 Minimum Wage per

day (in S$)

0.7 Unemployment

Rate (%)

Source: CIA Fact Book, National Statistic Office, Board of Investment and Bangkok Post Newspaper

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Public Participation

Problem Identification

Policy Formulation

Policy Implementation

Policy Evaluation

PUBLIC POLICY CYCLE

๏Public participation is required by the constitution and the national economic and social development plan

SURVEY in 2001

๏40% participated in a formal association and 14% participated in an informal associations

๏Public participation is for old and upcountry people

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Public Participation

Problem Identification

Policy Formulation

Policy Implementation

Policy Evaluation

๏Public hearing is considered as the mainstream channel of public participation

๏Public participation is commonly headed by the CSOs which is led by the government (and often excludes grassroots level )

๏Public participation is then viewed as the confrontation between the grassroots level and the government

PUBLIC POLICY CYCLE

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Local and International CSOs

๏More than 50 international CSOs and 13,000 local CSOs in operation nationwide*

๏International CSOs commonly highlight on a number of key developmental areas, for example, health care and education

WorldVision 91 projects 45 geographical areas 110,000 boys and girls

Remark: *CIA Fact Book and National Economic and Social Advisory Council

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Local and International CSOs

๏Local CSOs focus more on specific issues of the well-being of the organizations

Ban Kru Noi (The Shelter)Focuses on tramp childBangkok area128 boys and girls

๏The most politically well known local CSOs are United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (Red Shirt) and People’s Alliance for Democracy (Yellow Shirt)

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The Impact of CSOs

SOCIAL IMPACT

Social impact from local CSOs is minimal

due to

Fund raising ability

Weak civil society

POLITICAL IMPACT

Strong people’s organization as one type

of CSOs

is fostering the democracy but it costs

for

an absolute fortune

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GO

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NM

EN

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N

FR

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BLIC

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Recommendation

PUBLIC OPINION AND AGENDA SETTING

๏Mainstream media has a strong influence to shape public opinion

๏The government then needs to understand the agenda setting role of the media in public policy

๏In addition, the government should prepare to deal with the media during the crisis

๏The best fit method to be used is Nine-Day Wonder (be opened)

Media“Media agenda =

Public agenda”

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Recommendation

NEW PUBLIC MANAGEMENT AND COLLABORATIVE GOVERNANCE

๏Paradigm shift from steering to serving the citizens

๏Collaborate with private and non-profit through networks which will flourish the social capital

๏However, need to have a good foundation on strong civil society, for example, truly decentralization to locals

Citizens & CSOs“Here is the

problem. Let’s work solutions

together and make it happen.”

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References

Orapin Sopchokchai, Good Local Governance and Anti-corruption Through People’s Participation: A Case of Thailand (Bangkok: The Office of Civil Service Commission, 2001)

Robert B. Albritton, Civil Society and the Consolidation of Democracy in Thailand (Taiwan: National Taiwan University and Academia Sinica, 2002)

Bongkot Suthat Na Ayudhaya, Civil Society: The key for a successful Development (Chiang Mai: North-Chiang Mai University, 2010)

Martha Rozelle and Douglas J. Sarno, Training on Public Participation in Thailand (Virginia: The Perspective Group, 2005)

Bart W. Edes, CSO Sourcebook: A Staff Guide to Cooperation with Civil Society Organizations (Manila: Asian Development Bank, 2005)

Salvatore Schiavo-Campo and Hazel M. McFerson, Public Management in Global Perspective (New York: M.E. Sharpe, 2008)

B. Guy Peters, The Politics of Bureaucracy (London: Routledge, 2010)

Hal G. Rainey, Understanding and managing public organizations (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2009)

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Suchada Dejtrakul Parinat Sakphanich9th March 2011

Any views or opinions presented in this slide/presentation are those of the speakers and are not necessarily endorsed by the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKY School)

Public Participation THAILAND

Country PresentationPP5503 Managing The Public Sector