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Master in Public AdministrationThe Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy Page 1
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
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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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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