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Project proposal to Thailand Research Fund (TRF)English version
Well-Being Society s cenario project
SCHOOL FOR WELLBEING STUDIES AND RESEARCH
Well-Being Society scenario project
15 September 2010 15 September 2013 (3 years)
Proposal Year I (+ outline for Year II and III)
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SCHOOL FOR WELLBEING STUDIES AND RESEARCH
Well-Being Society scenario project
CONTENTS
Pages
I. Introduction 3
Rationale 5
Well-Being Society scenario in comparison with two contrasting
scenarios: ourthesis 9
II. Description of Well-Being Society scenario project 11
Coordination and Synthesis; Social Innovation 11
Conceptual Research: Re-thinking Property 20
Action-research: Bridging the Urban Rural Divide 24
Sub-proposal (1)
Organic Farmers as Social Entrepreneurs.
Sustainable Agriculture: a Trend towards Community Interest
Companies? 25
Sub-proposal (2)
ICT and Well-Being Policy 31
III. Appendices 35
School for Wellbeing Studies and ResearchPatron, Advisors, Organization 35
Addresses and Contacts 37
Summary past, present and future activities 39
Communication strategy 40
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SCHOOL FOR WELLBEING STUDIES AND RESEARCH
Well-Being Society scenario project
15 September 2010 15 September 2013 (3 years)
Proposal Year I (+ outline for Year II and III)
Introduction
As one of the major results of the GNH Movement research development projectrealized with support of Thailand Research Fund and ThaiHealth/TGLIP in the period
August 2008-March 2010, the School for Wellbeing Studies and Research was
established by MOU in August 2009. Another major result of the GNH Movement
project is the formation of a coalition of research groups within the framework of the
School for Wellbeing to formulate and submit a second phase of the GNHMovement projectover the period 2010-2013, characterized by conceptual innovation
and action-research. The project proposed here by the coalition of research groups is
titled the Wellbeing Society Scenario project.
ULTIMATE AIM
of the School for Wellbeing Studies and Research
To strengthen transformation movements
towards sustainable communities
and a global wellbeing society
The founding partners of the School for Wellbeing are: the Faculty of Political
Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok; the Centre for Bhutan Studies,
Thimphu, Bhutan; and the Sathirakoses Nagapradipa Foundation. The Patron of the
School for Wellbeing is the Prime Minister of Bhutan, H.E. Jigmi Y. Thinley. A
short description of the School for Wellbeing and the list with its Advisors is attached
to this proposal.
School for Wellbeing Studies and ResearchStrategic Objective
To strengthen transformation movements towards a Wellbeing Society:
Re-shaping an intercultural Third Way supported by a Tri-Sector
Development Dialogue. The target of this emerging Tri-Sector dialogue is the
realization of sustainable and just development in the decade 2010-2020 by
improvement of participatory decision making. The major three stakeholder-
sectors in this dialogue to be initiated at all levels (rural communities, urban
centres, nations, regional and global platforms) being: 1. governments, 2.
business and 3. civil society.
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Articulation of Well-Being Society: Impact
As much as the aims, impacts and social awareness regarding a wellbeing society-
scenario will be articulated, the application of the positive aspects of diverse systemsor scenarios, realized on the ground in unique combinations, will be enabled (see
pages 4-7). Evidence-based foresight of the impacts of the wellbeing society in
comparison to the neo-liberal and socialist alternatives will support mindful decision
making and informed public participation. The Well-Being Society scenario project
aims to innovate an academic platform and social lab where participatory decision
making can be exercised and multiplied into publicly available learning materials.
Target groups
The project aspires to extend and intensify the experiences gained in the GNH
Movement projectwith dialogue among three basic stakeholder categories:
Governments and inter-gouvernmental agencies; the business sector; and civil society.
As the aim of the Wellbeing Society Scenario projectis to raise the level of public
participation in articulating policies towards sustainable and just development, the
fourth target group consists of the education and media sectors. This fourth sector is
considered not to be a political factor on its own but a support-system, in principal
equally, serving the three major stakeholder categories identified here.
Civil society: networks of diverse NGOs (dedicated to a diversity of issues) andPOs; groups and independent leaders dedicated to engaged spirituality; religious
organizations and networks for inter-faith dialogue
Business : business owners and shareholders; urban and rural responsible business
networks; consumer groups and entities mediating between producers and consumers;
investors; managers; middle management; labour groups; co-operatives; trainers and
consultants; farmers
Governments : policy makers in ministries; government agencies; politicians, political
parties; inter-governmental agencies; advisors
Education and the Media: diversity of universities and disciplines; policy makers;
lectures, assistants, students; independent researchers and research groups; teachers
and education consultants; media policy makers; producers and journalists; media
groups
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Rationale
The Third Way between socialism and capitalism has never matured into an
alternative in its own right. The most recent attempts to create a Third Way1,
notably by political leaders Bill Clinton and Tony Blair have resulted in compromises
between free-market and socialist systems that honoured the negative aspects of both
rather than combining the positive dimensions of each.
Parallel to this effort a comparable approach was conceived in Asia by Nicanor
Perlas, Philippines, but it never reached the mainstream like the Third Way did in
England and USA2.
The Third Way never matured into a systemic alternative realized massively and
consequently on the ground over a longer period of time.
A major obstacle towards emergence of a genuine alternative economy has been the
assassination of Mahatma Gandhi before he could start his governance experiment,
including trusteeship ruling property, and a village-based economy, in independent
India.
The emerging blend of liberalization within communist China still maintains a lighterecological footprint than that of the West, but the Chinese economy as it develops, is
not genuinely sustainable and just.
The European social-market economy, instead of carving out its own course,
increasingly followed the principles of the USA economy. It was hard hit by the
economic crisis of 2008 which revealed its unsustainable characteristics, in spite of
enormous efforts to change the course.
The co-operative movement was articulated in modern history as a potentially
alternative economic framework, for example by Robert Owen (1771-1858) in
England. The movement now includes an enormous number of co-operatives,including some of the largest enterprises, spread all over the world. However co-
operatives in general adjusted to the economic environment and the movement did
hardly offer a systemic alternative for national economies.
1The USA-British initiative of Bill Clinton and Tony Blair was advised by Anthony Giddens author of
The Third Way: the renewal of Social Democracy , 1998. After initial success the efforts were reversed
and the economies nearly collapsed in 2008.
2Shaping Globalization. Civil Society, Cultural Power and Threefoldingby Nicanor Perlas, Centre for
Alternative Development Ininitatives (CADI), 2000.
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In Africa Julius Nyerere induced co-operatives nation-wide in Tanzania. However the
original impulse evolved towards a restrictive government-driven system. While the
inspiration towards endogenous development, including traditional forms of co-
operative business, as pioneered by Joseph Ki-Zerbo in Burkina Faso, was
marginalized.
Nearly all over the world natural resources are governed by private property-
(individuals and corporates) or public property- (the state) regimes, often maintained
from far and anonymously. In traditional, endogenous and contemporary alternative
worldviews nature is considered to be common property shared by all in a multiple
generational perspective and cared for not exploited by communities directly
involved.
Socio-political crisis-ridden Thailands struggle to comply with sufficiency economy,and the positive charisma surrounding the newly constituted democracy Bhutan with
its Gross National Happiness, offer two possible important social labs for exploring
new combinations that include elements of capitalist and socialist systems but aboveall could draw their guidance towards a new direction in development, from a possible
third scenario: the wellbeing society.
In order to facilitate countries and above all civil societies to determine their own
unique mix of development philosophy and economic theory guiding practice, it is
important to give the wellbeing society a stronger, transformative, profile.
The wellbeing society should not be seen as a compromise between neo-liberal and
socialist systems but as a development path based on a distinct vision, worldview and
authentic, intrinsic values.
Bhutan launched its Gross National Happiness philosophy as a new development paradigm. Whether it really can make a difference will be determined within a
decade3. Thailand is exploring avenues beyond ritual towards a genuine
sufficiency economy and since the political crisis of May 2010, no longer can escapefrom facing the challenge to bridging the gap between rich and poor. A new
development paradigm, however, may as much emerge from efforts to bridging the
urban-rural divide, as from focusing on wealth distribution, though not at all
ignoring the urgent need for economic justice.
Best practices gathered in the framework of this project from both agriculture and ICT(Information and Communication Technology) undertakings, as well as
contemplation on property regimes will offer analytical material to test this
assumption: skillfully addressing the urban-rural divide has strong transformational
impact. The relevant pioneering minority in agriculture being the organic agriculture
movement. And within the world of ICT this is the creative commons approach.
Not only will this assumption be tested by means of academic dialogue but as well in
simulation of decision making regarding the policy dilemmas involved. Assessing and
re-thinking Food Security policies provide a challenging framework for this exercise.
3As stated by H.E. Prime Minister Jigmi Y. Thinley of Bhutan at several occasions.
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Thailand and Bhutan offer two exemplary opportunities to co-create unique
development pathways. Both countries have their complex problems as well as their
unique cultural capital. From Thailand-Bhutan interaction in this perspective, links
can be established to regional (Mekong countries, S.E. Asia), continental (Asia
Pacific) and global networks operating in the same field of articulating an alternative,
new Third Way economy, an economy of sharing.
In addition to secular initiatives, a new generation Buddhist Economics is being
explored and may offer new windows to alternative development4.
Common denominators to be revealed among this diversity of alternatives unique
but in many ways representative for other unique cultures in Asia could provide the
foundations of a wellbeing society - perspective.
If common ground can indeed be found and given a strong profile, this would
strengthen the contributions of movements in Thailand and in Bhutan to the debate onre-thinking economic performance and social progress
5in South-East and in South
Asia6.
The discourse could influence the new role of Asia in shaping progress towards
appropriate global governance, including interaction with initiatives evolving from
other continents7.
The construction of a wellbeing society scenario is intended to provide a framework
for dialogue at various levels. The purpose is to engage the government, business and
civil society sectors as equal partners in a common effort to shape development. Forthis reason the concept deserves an exploration into more depth.
4 See the Buddhist Economics Research platform e.g. the academic papers of Apichai Puntasen,
Thailand, and the practitioners exchanges within the International Network of Engaged Buddhists
(INEB) guided by Japanese economist Nakamura Hisashi.
5See the Stiglitz-Sen-Fitoussi Commission Report on Measurement of Economic Performance and
Social Progress.
6 Thailand and Bhutan are engaged respectively in the political frameworks ASEAN and SAARC.
Neighbouring countries of Thailand are bound together in the Mekong-region network the Mekong
river springs from the Tibetan plateau north of Bhutan while Bhutan is an independent country at the
core of the Himalayan region, neighboring India and China. Both Thailand and Bhutan are involved in
the BIMSTEC regional framework and UN-ESCAP, the regional UN Social and Economic
Commission for Asia-Pacific .
7Asia-Europe is formalized in the ASEM (Asia-Europe Meeting). The first ASEM was held in
Bangkok, 1995. Example of a NGO-driven intercontinental network is Asia-Africa collaboration was
initiated in the Bandung conference which commemorates its 55th anniversary in Indonesia, October
2010.
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Participatory decision making in policy development can be exercised by modes of
simulation games with backing of academic research, forecasting the impacts of
alternate decisions. The design, experimentation and evaluation of the informed
simulation offers material for a multi-media communication project which brings
decision-making on contemporary global dilemmas into the direct face-to-face human
sphere, and beyond mere intellectual exchange. The simulated decision making process can possibly be shared with the public, including by means of social
networking.
The School for Wellbeing Studies and Research aims to provide a platform for
exchanges and debate on wellbeing-driven policy development. The School
intends to be an independent think-tank in this field.
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Well-Being Society scenario in comparison with two contrasting
scenarios: our thesis
General characteristics
All three scenarios have both good and bad characteristics and impacts.
Development reality will always result in a unique mix of systems. However, for
right choices to make, principles have to be clearly distinguished so that synergies
indeed enable the achievement of intended results.
Assumption
Local diversity will lead to optimal holistic added value, if global networks serve a
common cause determined by consensus building. This common cause is tentatively
perceived as the global well-being society: well-being for all.
Scenario Scenario towards
wellbeing societies
Socialist scenario Neo-liberal scenario
Systemic characteristic Wellbeing society Welfare state Free market abundance
Responsibility Common responsibility
in social systems
Collective
responsibility
Individual
responsibility
Indicators of progress Wellbeing; happiness;
altruism
(Basic) income;
Equality
Profit; wealth;
individual success
Major actors Major actor is civilsociety
Major actor is the state Major actor is privatebusiness
Governance focus Community spirit and
localized regulation;
global inter-cultural
networking
Collectivism and state
regulation; state-driven
global governance
Individualism and de-
regulation; global
governance dominated
by multinational
corporations
Governance mode Democratically
supported consensus-
building mechanisms
Multi-party democracy
(in communist system:
single party); majority
rule
Money- (lobby-ism)
and media- manipulated
democratic system;
security
Core values
underpinningWorldview
Solidarity Justice Freedom
Ethics Responsibility towards
the common good and
shared values
Duty towards collective
aims and equal rights
Freedom to conquer
individual success;
competition
Social security system;
education; health care
Co-responsibility of
civil society (families,
communities, religious
and ethics-based
organizations), the state
and the business sector.
Education and health
care owned by civil
society
Rights-based social
security arranged by
state and taxation of
business and private
persons; state education
and health care
Social security
determined by market
mechanism; private
education and
privatized health care
Equitable economic Multi-stakeholder Wealth distribution by Regime that suppresses
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development dialogue between civil
society- government-
business- sectors
leading to bridging the
gap between rich and
poor; bridging the
urban-rural divide
taxation; governance
by the masses
conflict between rich
and poor; balanced by
philanthropy
Scientific orientation Holistic science Historic materialism Pragmatism
Property Emphasis on common
property
Emphasis on public
property
Emphasis on private
property
Agriculture system and
Food security
Community based
small-scale organic
farming and natural
resources management;
bio-diversity and fair
trade through local and
international networks;
food sovereignty
Collective and large-
scale farming under
government
regulations; state
distribution
Large scale farming;
land, seeds, processing
and marketing channels
owned by private
business; free market
mechanism
Information and
communication
Networks of creative
commons; responsibleand participatory
media; equal efforts
and customized service
catering urban and
rural participants
ICT sector in hands of
state enterprises;government sector
primary customer;
censorship
Private sector driven,
commerciallystructured services and
products; purchasing
power of urban
customers drives
product development
and services; free
expression
Description Well-Being Society scenario project
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Coordination and Synthesis; Social Innovation
The Coordination Team will be responsible for aligning the various research projects
and to enable synthesis. The Coordination Team intends to innovate conceptual and
action-research progress towards new insights and experimentation.
WELL-BEING SOCIETY SCENARIO PROJECT
Sharpening Evidence by Simulated Decision Making
The Well-Being Society scenario as drafted above (pages 9-10) will be graduallyfine-tuned during the 3 years project, based on academic evidence and
Scenario Comparison
Re-thinking Property
ICT creativecommons for Well-
Being Policies
Bridging the Urban-Rural Divide
From HIA to Wellbeing Impact Assessment?
Organic Farmers asSocial Entrepreneurs
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forecasting, and in comparison with the socialist and neo-liberalist scenarios.
The comparison will focus on Re-thinking Property and Bridging the Urban-
Rural Divide as two critical factors defining the Well-Being Society scenario.
Academic evidence will be gathered (within the limitations of this project) guided
by the Health Impact Assessment (HIA)- approach. The HIA- approach will begradually developed towards a Well-Being Assessment approach.
Rationale of selecting Re-thinking Property and Bridging the
Uraban-Rural Divide as the core areas of research
The core issue proposed to be studied in order to understand the current economic
system and its impact on the wellbeing of people is the notion of property. Much
attention has been given to monetary turn-over, indicators to monitor it like Gross
Domestic Product (GDP), and critique on GDP as a misleading measurement ofwellbeing.
In contrast new indicators of wellbeing like Gross National Happiness in Bhutan have
been explored and have guided us towards in-depth research on utility, contentment
and altruism as manifestations of happiness or wellbeing (Amartya Sen, Matthieu
Ricard) and how a shift in producer-consumer orientations from this point of view
could result in new approaches to economics (Apichai Puntasen).
However, during the GNH-movement platform on Bridging the Urban-Rural Divide
the diversity of (often conflicting) property regimes as uphold by different
stakeholders was highlighted, mainly as an obstacle for transformation towards
sustainable development. A leading traditional notion of property, the commons
(Vandana Shiva), has been almost wiped out by the primacy of state ownership in
communist systems, and is at present overruled by a neo-liberal monoculture of
private property claims.
In order to find windows towards re-setting the economy as the backbone of the
future wellbeing society, it is necessary to gain full understanding of this factor that
programmes society and to find sources for bringing about alternative approaches:
re-defining property.
It is a challenging research question whether and in what ways property regimes
correlate with the perceived urban-rural divide; and how insights can help to bridging
this divide. One assumption is that traditional notions of common property arerevitalized in regenerative rural development and that this movement resonates with
new approaches to intellectual property, notable the creative commons movement in
the area of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) a typically urban-
driven response to the supremacy of mainstream private and public property regimes.
A further rationale for selection of the theme Bridging the Urban-Rural Divide for
this research project is provided in that section.
Coordination and Synthesis; Social Innovation
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Part I: Administrative Information
1.1. Names: Wallapa van Willenswaard, Co-Manager School
forWellbeing Studies and Research
Jarin Boonmathya, Process Coordinator
Patcharee Chonmamat, Project Coordinator
Hans van Willenswaard, Project Director
1.2 Organization: Suan Nguen Mee Ma social enterprise, Project
Management on behalf of the School for Wellbeing
Studies and Research
1.3 Title of Project: Wellbeing Society Scenario project
1.4 Starting Date: 15 Septemeber 2010
1.5 Duration: 3 years;
first stage one year (15 Sept. 201015 Sept. 2011)
1.6. Coalition
School for Wellbeing coalition of research groups
Faculty of Political Science, School for Wellbeing Studies and Research,
Chulalongkorn University
Centre for Ethics of Science and Technology, Chulalongkorn University
(CEST) Healthy Public Policy Foundation (HPPF)
Suan Nguen Mee Ma social enterprise Project Management, on behalf
of the School for Wellbeing Studies and Research
The Researchers (supervisors) of each group will meet bi-monthly, while Research
Assistants to be appointed will meet one day every two weeks, coordinated by the
Project Management.
Part II: Project Description
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Coordination and Synthesis; Social Innovation
2.1 Rationale See pages 5-8
2.2 Aim and Objectives
Wellbeing Society scenario development and capacity building by means of
simulation of participatory decision making processes and a multi-media project.
1. Activating a network to construct and assess a Wellbeing Society
scenario and comparing the impacts to neo-liberal and socialist
scenarios.
2. To support development of a Wellbeing Impact Assessment approach,
taking experiences with the Health Impact Assessment (HIA) and
capital approach (Decharut Sukkumnoed) as the starting point. With
input from the GNH Index as developed by the Centre for Bhutan
Studies, Bhutan; and towards National Wellbeing Accounting by the
Centre for Wellbeing, New Economics Foundation (nef), U.K. and
other agencies.
3. To guide, coordinate and synthesize in-depth conceptual- and action-
research concerning aspects critical to the Wellbeing Society scenario
to be implemented by research groups of the coalition: Re-thinking
Property and Bridging the Urban-Rural Divide (Regenerative
Agriculture and ICT for Well-being policies).
4. To prepare a multi-media project in which the impacts of the diverse
scenarios will be clarified with academic support (forecasting) and by
means of an intensive process of simulated participatory decision
making. [The multi-media project to be implemented in phase 2 and 3].
5. To evaluate and share the lessons learned from this exercise, in
particular in the perspective of capacity building and transformative
learning. To prepare dissemination in phase 3.
6. To improve public participation in giving direction to the developmentof Thailand ~ enabled by articulation of the wellbeing society
scenario ~, in the perspective national reform efforts and international
movements to shape sustainable and just development.
2.3 Conceptual Framework Process Development
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The scenario is developed and tested by simulation. The simulation is presented as amedia event and educational tool. The impact of the media event on publicparticipation is evaluated and continuous feed-back provides new input in scenariodevelopment and recommendations for policy makers.
Year I Year II Year III
Developing an alternative Exercising informeddecision making to test
alternatives
Sharing experiences;capacity building;
dissemination
Coordination and Synthesis;Social Innovation
1. Conceptual Research
Re-thinking Property
2. Best practices
Bridging the Urban-RuralDivide
2.1. Regenerative OrganicAgriculture
2.2. ICT and Wellbeing policydevelopment
Televised Simulation Gamewith academic researchbacking
Dialogue, Synthesis andAdvanced Research
Production of SimulationGame for educationalpurpose and publicdistribution
Curriculum Development
2.4 Activities
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Where relevant together with the Researchers, the Coordination Team will
intensify the network build-up as a result of the GNH Movement project, and extend
it with new stakeholder representatives and expertise. In a joint effort the wellbeing
society scenario will be given profile in comparison with other scenarios.
Preparations will be made to make the step from exchanges and exploration toexercising informed decision making by simulation. By undertaking interviews and
organizing an innovation process, participation in seminars and conferences, co-
organizing events and exchanging research results.
Overview of examples:
Name Organization
Patron, Partners and Advisors;
resource persons and
participants in GNH Movement
project (see: Appendix)
School for Wellbeing Studies and Research
Universities in Thailand and abroad
Sufficiency Economy network
CSR networks (including Global Compact)
Social Quality network / ISS The Hague
Quality of Life network
Buddhist Economics network
International Network of Engaged Buddhists
(INEB) / Buddhist Economics working groupInterfaith networks working on development,
wellbeing, happiness
World Future Council, Germany
Right Livelihood Award, Sweden
World Social Forum
World Economic Forum
Thai and international experts on scenario writing(government, business, civil society sectors) and
monitoring
Experts in transformative education, in particular
working with simulation games and role play
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2.6 Expected Outputs and Outcomes
Outputs
Synthesis Report : In this report the results of conceptual and action-research
undertaken by the partners of the research-coalition will be presented and
integrated as a contribution towards the re-formulated wellbeing society
scenario.
Conferences and Dialogues: at the beginning of the first and secondyear
conferences will be organized to share results and research questions. If
additional sponsorship can be found an international conference onRe-thinking Property will be held and a series of dialogues between internationaland Thai experts will be organized.
Multi-media database : the partners will gather and produce materials that will
be systematically stored and made available for the second and third stages of
the project, future research, media productions and capacity building
Outline for Wellbeing Impact Assessment methodology : starting from the
example of the Health Impact Assessment (HIA) approach steps will be
explored towards development of an inter-disciplinary Wellbeing Impact
Assessment approach
Outline for Wellbeing Society s cenario : a reworked version of the WellbeingSociety Scenario will be presented including the links to bodies of knowledge
and research groups able to help test the scenario in simulated decision making
and as a tool supporting policy development
Design for Decision Making Simulation Game; operational team for multi-
media programme (publications, social networking, t.v. series, public
dialogue): based on academic debate and dialogue with stakeholders a
simulation game will be designed enabling testing of the impacts of decisions
based on the various scenarios; a partnership with media-groups and experts
will be forged which can implement the game in year 2 and can produce
educational material for broad dissemination in year 3
Outcomes
Strengthened network (Thailand, international) of School for Wellbeing
Studies and Research: continuous contribution as an independent think tank
towards reconciliation, social transformation and the shaping of a sustainable
and just society
New tools for capacity building and participation in public policy
development; strengthening informed decision-making towards wellbeing
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Conceptual research : Re-thinking Property
Part I: Administrative Information
1.1 Name: Surat Horachaikul
1.2 Organization: Faculty of Political Science, School for Wellbeing
1.3 Title of Project: Re-thinking Property. Towards a conceptual framework
enabling social transformation
1.4 Starting Date: 15 September 2010
1.5 Estimated Duration: 12 months (15 Sept. 201015 Sept. 2011)
2.1 Rationale
Re-thinking Property. Towards a conceptual framework enabling social
transformation.
It is difficult to deny that the nations present development follows a similar
direction as the stream emphasizing the economic growth dogma: the neo-liberalism
paradigm. This, in the words of Jan Nederveen Pieterse8, is neo-liberal globalization.
From empirical evidence, we can see that the turning point towards neo-liberal
development began in 1970s when the US faced an economic crisis of stagflation (ahigh inflation rate coupled with a high unemployment rate).
The crisis presented the opportunity for economists from the Chicago School
lead by Milton Friedman to attack the mixed-market development idea leaning
towards Keynesianism. Eventually it evolved into a clear-cut neo-liberal development
paradigm.
Currently, neo-liberal development together with globalization or neo-liberal
globalization, for a period of 40 years, has built up the status of an almost universal
development pattern. Privatization, deregulation, and GDP-driven economic
development can be seen all over the world. Neo-liberal globalization is thus both a
process/means and a phenomenon/end of worldwide homogenization.
Neo-liberal development has caused concerns among many groups ofdevelopment practitioners and academics alike. This is due to the evidence based on
many pieces of research that under neo-liberal development there are numerous
negative impacts. These include increasing absolute poverty in various places, ever
widening socio-economic disparity, environmental degradation caused by over-
exploitation of natural resources, and epidemics of infectious diseases. At the same
time, prevention and treatment have not been able to forge collective cooperation
amidst, though military conflicts and interstate wars are declining, peoples conflicts
8Development Theory. Deconstructions/Reconstructions, Jan Nederveen Pieterse, London 2001.
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are growing. Access to and possession of weapons of mass destruction become easier.
All these actions are amounting to what Ulrich Beck calls the Risk Society9.
These negative impacts have prompted people to look for a way out or an
alternative to neo-liberal development. The motivating alternative is a balance
between capitalism and extreme socialism, or a transformation to a society where an
alternative is to be implemented. A new balance or alternative can only be achievedwhen the understanding of the concept of property is clear. Because within either
extreme capitalism, radical socialism, a balance between the two ideologies, or an
alternative, the property regime is obviously the indication of the guidingdevelopment principle. For example in neo-liberal development, possession of
property by private entities is seen as righteous. Therefore it is not surprising that
emphasis on private property not only leads to a push for turning almost everything
into private properties, but it also creates a fierce competition for property rights.
Public property is emphasized in socialist regimes. While common property
has nearly lost its meaning10
.
Consequently the heart of development rests at the concept of property.Because various approaches to possession, to property rights, are indicators of
development regimes. Without understanding property, the search for the harmony of
living together happily will not lead to completion.
In the politico-economic situation of neo-liberal globalization, the study of
property is crucial since properties in the present day have wider boundaries than in
the past. It therefore should be called the new property regime which also includes
intellectual property rights.
The new property regime thus covers both the old properties familiar to mostpeople and the new properties as intellectual property, not only unfamiliar to many
but also posing threats to humanity, directly and indirectly. Obvious examples of this
are agriculture products, including designer seeds and a new regime calledGenetically Modified Organisms (GMOs).
The new property regime inevitably relates to global politics. Numerouspieces of empirical evidence point to the USA as the creator and supporter of this
regime. Those studies also reveal that this property regime connects profoundly to the
profits of transnational corporations which are considered directly benefitting the
USA. Therefore studies about property regimes have to look into the dimension of
international political economy, and principles of unilateralism, bilateralism, and
multilateralism applied to scrutiny through various international agencies.
It is undeniable that throughout the global economic evolution which supports
the neo-liberal development, there still are societies and communities striving to hold
on to the traditional development or create new development alternatives as a way out
of neo-liberal development. These societies are trying to find a balance between
development extremes and create a contextualized development towards
sustainability.
It is as a result important to understand what property regimes these societies
and communities have because this understanding will bring about realization of the
attitudes and cultures in management of economy valuing sharing and not stressing
only GDP growth rates. However before making efforts to understand alternative
9Risk Society: Towards a New Modernity, Ulrich Beck, London 1992:10
Earth Democracy. Justice, Sustainability, and Peace, Vandana Shiva, 2005.
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property regimes, it is absolutely necessary to grasp the details of the neoliberal
property regime. These details should cover
(1.) History of property regimes from liberalism to neo-liberalism
(2.)The differences between old and new property regimes
(3.) The process of gaining recognition of the new property regime(4.) The impacts of the new property regime on human wellbeing
The understanding of the new property regime or the neo-liberal property
regime is necessary since it makes us appreciate the ideas and the challenges of
alternative societies and communities challenged by a neo-liberal context. The
comprehension of conceptual and practical models of these communities will present
a concrete pathway to development that is sustainable, fair to people and nature, lower
in-justice, and supportive to sharing towards a wellbeing society.
2.2 Objectives
To clarify how neo-liberalism emerged from liberalism and how neo-
liberal globalization influences current property regimes
To analyze the conceptual foundations of the neo-liberal property regime;
recognition of alternative concepts
To explore pathways to the development of alternative property regimes,
essential for a possible wellbeing society scenario, and the impacts on
human wellbeing
2.3 Scope of Research
A number of scholars and practitioners (some from abroad) and some
emerging groups are asked to write papers, share their experiences and perspectives
on how to define and re-think property: what changes in property regimes will be
needed to support transformation towards sustainable and just development. Examples
are given in the list below:
Name Perspective
Human Rights approach
Philosophy of Law; diversity of legal systems and
International LawThe Neo-liberal paradigm; corporate law in USA
Co-operative Movement; its emergence and
present status
The commons movement
Community forestry movement in Thailand
Common property in Bhutan
The Land Reform Movement in India
Evolution of property regimes in China
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Intellectual property and ICT: the creative
commons
Property of living nature (seeds, species, genes):
ethical considerations
Property regimes and corresponding world views,
including perceptions of wellbeing and happiness.
2.4 Action Plan
Step 1: Literature review; methodology sharing seminar
Step 2: Data collection: in depth interviews with experts and series of
papers
Step 3: Decoding and synthesizing process; conceptual synthesis paper
Step 4: International conference Re-thinking Property Step 5: Building multi-media database (for year II and III); ongoing
Step 6: Preparing simulation game through team process (for year II
and III)
ProcedureTimeline*) (2010-2011: 12 months); year II and III
Jul Sep Nov Jan Mar May Year II III
Literature review and
conceptual paper
In depth interviews with expertsand papers
International conference
Decoding and synthesizing
process
Multi-media database
Methodology development
Simulation game development
*) to be adjusted to delayed start per 15 September 2010
2.5 Expected Outputs and Outcomes
Outputs
Collection of papers and Synthesis Paper: Re-thinking Property.(Book
publication as part of multi-media project in year II)
International conference: co-sponsored
Multi-media database: material for multi-media project in year II and III
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Decision making simulation game: contribution to design process from the
perspective of producing educational material and new ICT-supported inter-
active learning approaches for political science studies at various levels
Outcomes
New perspectives on common, private and public property as foundation fordevelopment towards a wellbeing society scenario
Overview of academic views and governance practices regarding property
regimes and the way these influence wellbeing
Action-research: Bridging the Urban Rural Divide
Rationale for selection of Bridging the Urban-Rural Divide as amajor theme of the Wellbeing Society Scenario project
The urban-industrial complex is characterized by application of materialist
science and reductionism, and technology enabling mass production which has
pushed the rural-based, human-scale economies and culture to a minority
position, even though at least still half of the population in Thailand is living
in rural settings, despite growing migration to the mega-cities.
Even the agriculture sector is now almost completely defined by industrial
applications, as well as by the neo-liberal property regime (land ownership,
seeds, fertility, technology, specialized knowledge and intellectual property). An attempt will be made to produce a balance sheet of urban and rural
contributions to the Wellbeing Society scenario, applying the Wellbeing
Impact Assessment approach (to be developed) as a tool.
Selection of organic agriculture movement and ICT creative
commons as strategic impulses towards innovating urban-rural
bridges and towards social transformation
Both within the agriculture and industrial sectors, strategic initiatives and best
practices are identified that carry a promise towards bridging the urban-rural
divide (conflict of interest can be transcended by common purpose and
adjustments of lifestyle) and therefore to the articulation and realization of the
wellbeing scenario.
The assumption is that within the agriculture sector regenerative agriculture
or the organic agriculture movement contributes most to the realization of
the Wellbeing Society scenario. This assumption will be tested by providing
evidence based on comparison of various seed technologies, using the HIA-
and capital-approach as evaluation tool. This process of gathering evidence
also will serve as an exercise to develop a Wellbeing Impact Assessment-
approach applicable to the Wellbeing Society scenario as a whole and
comparison with other scenarios. More in depth information on ICT creative commons and related urban
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movements will be gathered by interviews and workshops with independent
persons, groups and networks that operate along these lines.
It will be explored how these initiatives can be brought together in platforms
like the Thai Green Market Networkin order to formulate common interest inrealizing the vision of a Wellbeing Society. And how (agriculture and ICT)
services and products can be catered to the real needs of urban and ruralpopulations in pilot models of an economy of sharing.
During Year II in particular by means of a series of sessions of a simulation
game, it will be experimented how these groups can influence decision making
while interacting with a broader group of actors representing the three basic
stakeholder categories: governments, business sector and civil society.
Action-research: Bridging the Urban Rural Divide
Sub-Proposal (1)
Organic Farmers as Social Entrepreneurs. Sustainable Agriculture:
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Part I: Administrative Information
1.1 Researchers: Buddhina Nuntavorakarn
Duangjai Rungrojcharoenkit1.2 Projects Advisor: Decharut Sukkumnoed
1.2 Organization: Healthy Public Policy Foundation (HPPF)
1.4 Title of Project: Sustainable Agriculture: a Trend towards Community
Interest Companies?
1.5 Starting Date: 15 September 2010
1.6 Duration: 12 months (15 September 2010 August 2011)
Part II Project Description
Rationale
The Green Revolution after the World War II has changed the production pattern,
market system and consumption behaviours world wide including Thailand. Increased
productivity in the agricultural sector helped us initially towards better achievements
on food security. But these achievements have to be traded off with the deterioration
of natural resources and the environment as well as higher social (and cultural) costs.
Farmers could not harvest the benefit of increased yields as expected while they are
pushed into the debt-cycle leading to poverty and poor health. Consumers are
confronted with the higher risks of chemical contamination in their food. These
factors together put into question whether food security is guaranteed in the long term.
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In the late 1970s, the movement of sustainable and organic agriculture was formed in
Thai society by NGOs with the belief that it would be a solution helping farmers from
the vicious cycle of chemical agriculture. With obvious evidence on adverse impacts
of chemical agriculture such as poor health, degradation of ecosystem and less self
reliance, sustainable agricultural practices have gradually been accepted by some
farmers and civil servants as alternative to unhealthy modes of production. However,the sustainable agriculture movement is not (yet) strong enough to re-direct
mainstream agricultural development at both farm and policy levels.
According to the research titled CEO of the Field: Health impact assessment of the
transition to sustainable agriculture by Duangjai Rungrojcharoenkit and Buddhina
Nuntavorakarn, farmers have limited capital (defined in a multi-dimensional
perpective) due to socio-economic pressures. Therefore providing them with organic
agriculture skills is not enough to support them adequately. What is needed, according
to the research, are the skills of managing capitals for health ~ including human
capital, nature capital, physical capital, financial capital and social capital11
. The
skills of assessing, and mobilizing these capitals helps the farmers pass through
socio-economic difficulties during the transition period towards organic agriculture
production and marketing. This finding addresses the challenge that the role of
farmers has to be regenerated not only as the producer but also as the entrepreneur
who highly pays attention to risk management, cost effective investment in tackling
their own constraints, and in the green marketing of their products.
Attention will be given to the use of ICT-applications in green marketing efforts.
Although, health capital management is an essential skill encouraging farmer to step
out from the debt cycle and to move into the organic world, it seemed that fewfarmers could successfully manage their capitals towards a balance of socio-
economic, and environment development. Recently, there are several efforts to
support farmers in reaching that goal and the development of Community InterestCompanies (CIC) as proposed by the researchers is one of such efforts. The CIC-
approach aspires to be a key mechanism towards bridging producers and consumers
interests through mindful market efforts. The aim of the proposed CIC-approach
is to encourage small scale farmers to take up the role as social entrepreneurs who can
manage the complexity of health (in the broad sense of well-being) capitals in
productive and effective ways. At the same time, CICs are working closely with
market and consumers leading to the expansion of environmentally and socially
responsible consumers-networks. Therefore, the emergence of the CIC-approachmay become a factor of hope in strengthening the sustainable agriculture movement.
This research project aims to decode the concept and experiences of CICs taking up a
significant role in bridging farmers and consumers interests through various
approaches to innovative marketing and capital management such as strategies in
mobilizing capitals, resource allocation etc. This research will explore how the CIC-
approach can encourage farmers and consumers in tackling their constraints which
11 Birley, M.H. "A review of trends in health impact assessment and the nature of the evidence used."
Journal of Environmental Management and Health, 2002. Martin Birley was one of the authors of theReport of the World Commission on DamsDams and Development a new framework for decision
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then will lead to healthy supply chains as a consequence. In addition, the survival in
terms of self finance will be synthesized. This will lead to the assessment and
consequent recommendations for the practical realization of the CIC-approach in
Thai society.
When such a concrete movement in sustainable agriculture at operation level willemerge, this may induce changes at the policy level. The development path of
sustainable agriculture at present is given less confidence due to the concerns on food
security in a short term perspective, the adaptation in the severe environment like
global warming and the productive sector boosting economic growth. Comparisons
between sustainable agriculture and agrobusiness technologies such as conventional
farming, hybrid and GMOs usually do not fully take into account externalities (costs
not directly visible) and inherent value unveiled by the multiple capital approach as
in HIA.
Therefore, this research will conduct Health Impact Assessment (HIA) of a variety of
seeding technologies such as conventional, hybrid, GMOs and farm-saved seeds withthe aims to address the positive and negative consequences of applying each
technology. The results of this assessment will be applied as important input for
decision makers in formulating healthy agriculture policies. And well-being policies
in general, including the aim of bridging the urban-rural divide.
The findings from the decoding of CIC best practices and HIA of Seed
Technologies will be an input for the research team in designing the model of
property regime which liberate the society from the dominance of neo liberalism. The
expected outcome of new concept of property regime is recognized as critical
mechanism to move toward well-being economy.
Objectives
1. To decode the capital management of Community Interest Company (CIC)
recognized as a key mechanism accelerating the transition from chemical
to sustainable agriculture and the expansion of socially and
environmentally responsible consumers-networks
2. To assess whether sustainable agriculture is the best option under the
socio- economic and environmental challenges through applying HealthImpact Assessment of Seed Technologies as case study
3. To adapt the perspective of Health Impact Assessment towards the
initiative of Well-being Impact Assessment in relation to efforts to
bridging the urban-rural divide
4. To synthesize findings as critical input for a new model of property regime
moving toward well-being society
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Conceptual Framework
MechanismChallenges Goal
CIC-approach bridging
consumers and small scale farmers
12 Case Studies
Decoding Issues
Social goal and mission of CICs
Multi-capital management achieving
the social goal and the survival of
independent CICs
Outcome of CIC in the supply chain:
empowered farmers and socially and
environmentally responsible
consumers (+role of ICT)
Challenges at operational level
Socio-economic pressure on
small-scale farmers
The weakness of socially andenvironmentally responsible
consumers
Concerns
Is sustainable agriculture a
practical option under the
socio-economic pressures
and dynamics?
Output
The missing link in thesupply chain supporting
sustainable agriculture
movement
The catalysts promoting
CIC in Thai society
especially CIC in thesustainable agriculture
movement.
Challenges at policy level
Environmental challenges
like global warming
Socio-economic pressures
under intensified capitalism
Concerns
Food security (well-being of
consumers)
The survival of small scale
farmers
HIA of Rice Seed Technologies
Conventional, Hybrid, GMOs and
Farm saved seeds
Impact Assessment
Economic security in terms of
productivity
Social security in terms of social
structure
Environmental security in terms of
efficient use of resources
Output
Evidence as critical input
for the direction of
agriculture policies,
resulting in increased food
security and better
livelihood of small-scalefarmers
Input for the model
of property regime
and bridging the
urban-rural divide
toward the Well-
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Action Plan
Step 1: Literature review
Step 2: Data collection: in depth interviews and HIA field work
Step 3: Decoding and synthesizing process
Step 4: Database preparation
Step 5: Input for Game Simulation through expert dialogues
ProceduresTimeline (Sep. 2010- Aug 2011: 12 months)
Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Apr Jun Aug
Literature review
HIA Training
Data collection: In depthinterview and HIA field work
Decoding and synthesizing
process
Database Preparation
Input for Game Simulation
Key Informants assumed to represent best practices of the CIC approach
CIC developed from NGOs1. Vitoon Panyakul Green Net, Bangkok
2. Wallapa van Willenswaard Suan Nguen Mee Ma, Bangkok: Green Market
Network
3. Chomchuan Boonrahong ISAC, Chiangmai
CIC developed from the private sector
4. Yuthakarn Makpun Khamsad Resort, Kanjanaburi
5. Waritsorn Rakpun Chumporn Cabana, Chumporn
CIC developed from peoples organizations
6. Klaew Boonrod Phon Yang Kham Coooperatives, Sakhonnakorn7. Thamrong Saengsuriyachan Organic Farming Network of Thailand, Santi
Asoke, Bangkok
CIC developed from community networks
8. Raweewan Srithong CSA, Suphanburi
9. Phoonpithak Luengsriorn Sanamchaiket, Chachoengsao
10. Amphorn Thanikrut Community Network on Agro-tourism,
Chumporn
11. Somboon Srisubut Organic Farmer Network, Chumporn
12. Vijit Boonsoong Fair Trade Organic Rice Network, Yasothorn
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Case studies (HIA of Seed Technologies)
Conventional Seed Rice Department and Farmers in Pathumthani
Hybrid Seed Farmers in Khampangpetch
Farm Saved Seed Kao Kwan Foundation, Suphanburi
GMO Seed Rice Department
2.6 Expected Outputs and Outcomes
Outputs
Paper on Health Impact Assessment of Rice Seed Technologies
Paper on Community Interest Company: Decoding capital management to
strengthen sustainable agriculture movement
Outcomes
Strengthen Community Interest Company as critical mechanism in sustainable
agriculture movement.
The policy proposal advocating healthy agricultural policy
The approach applying HIA in the initiative of Well-being Impact Assessment
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Action-research: Bridging the Urban Rural Divide
Sub-Proposal (2)
ICT and Wellbeing Policy
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Part I: Administrative Information
Names: Soraj HongladaromParkpume Vanichaka, Research Assistant
Organization: Center for Ethics of Science and Technology,
Chulalongkorn University (CEST)
Title of Project: ICT and Wellbeing Policy
Starting Date: 15 September 2010 Duration: 12 months (15 Sept. 201015 Sept. 2011)
Part II Project Description
2.1 Rationale
This section of the proposal on the Well-Being Society scenario project
focuses on the role played by information and communication technologies (ICTs)
for development, especially as they are concerned with what is known as sustainable
development as well as the philosophies behind His Majesty the King of ThailandsSufficiency Economic Principles and Bhutans Gross National Happiness
programs.
It is undeniable that ICTs are playing very important roles in our lives
nowadays. The question is how to harness the power of the technologies for real and
lasting benefits to the worlds population. Most policy proposals regarding ICTs and
development tend to subscribe to technological determinism, which argues that the
direction of development is a function of technological infusion and development
within the area where the development is to take place. In other words, the
technological determinists believe that providing technologies is sufficient in causing
economic development. A recent study by the World Bank, which argues that there
will be as much as 1.3 percent increase in economic growth rate if broadband internet
technologies are introduced to a country, is a case in point12
. The thinking behind this
is that technology determines development. However, many studies have shown that
it is far too simple to maintain that technological infusion alone will result in
economic development. Many factors are always involved which are difficult to
predict and fully control. For example, the level of education, awareness and
acceptance of technology by the population is also very important. What would
happen if, for example, broadband technology is introduced to Thailand but the
population in general are not exactly ready for it? Simply giving the people a mobile
phone connected to the Internet or notebook computers would not magically create an
12Telecommunications and Economic Growth Qiang, Christine Zhen-Wei, 2009 (World Bank,
unpublished paper)
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advanced, mature economy. There needs then to be a study that investigates these
contextual factors so that the path from technology to development is a workable one.
Furthermore, the issue of development itself is also contentious. The ideas
behind the alternative development concepts of Thailand and Bhutan are that simply
accumulation of wealth and material gain by themselves should not be taken as the
goal of development. For there are many more dimensions of development than justwealth accumulation. The economist Amartya Sen is of the same idea when he
introduces the notion of the capabilities approach which measures economic growth
and well-being in terms of realization of human potentials, what a human being could
be in accordance with his or her vision of what humans could indeed become in a
situation of perfect freedom. Capabilities are construed in terms of the freedoms
people have reason to value limited by the choices they can make in reality. Certainly
material wealth and its limited access is one factor in that vision, but it is clearly not
wealth alone. In order to create a more well-rounded perspective of development, a
re-think and dialogue are necessary. Hence the main question for the project here is:
Given the power and ubiquity of information and communication technologies in
todays world, what can the technologies do in order to effect the kind of more wellrounded development of human society and individuals, one that promotes their wellbeing rather than mere accumulation of wealth?
The project proposes to answer this question through a research program and a
series of activities described below. More specifically, the proposed project here aims
at providing policy recommendations that will bridge the existing gap between the
rural and urban areas in Thailand. It will identify the factors that are involved in
creating the gap and suggest ways to combat them. In other words, even though
technological infusion alone is not enough, the project will identify other factors
which when added to the technology will result in information and communication
technologies become sufficient for the desired development.
2.2 Objectives
To engage in research designed to answer the question of how best
information and communication technologies could foster visions of
alternative development in Thailand and Bhutan aiming at goals that go
beyond mere economic growth
To become a part in the overall project of the School for Wellbeing Studies
and Research and contribute to positioning it as an independent think tank
Exploring the possibilities (with the support of information andcommunication technologies applied by groups who pioneer social
networking and open sourcing) of developing a multi-media project
recording a decision making simulation game that clarifies the impact of
choices for well-being driven policy alternatives
To provide workable and effective policy recommendations to stakeholders
including local and national authorities on ICT policy and policy development
in related areas
2.3 Best practices
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A number of successful social entrepreneurs and civil networks as well as
some emerging groups in the ICT and media sector (including some foreign groups)
are resource persons sharing their experiences and the perspectives on how to manage
ethical and participatory ICT as well as common intellectual property practices, in
achieving the benefit of wellbeing driven development. Some examples:
Name Organization
Soraj Hongladarom
Pattarasinee Bhattarakosol
Center for Ethics of Science and Technology,
Chulalongkorn University
Thai PBS/Thailand Change
Thailand Creative Commons
Michel Bauwens P2P Foundation
Suan Nguen Mee Ma publishers
Social Venture Network
Budika Non Violent Peace network
Paul Hawken (author ofBlessed Unrest)initiated
database and website
New Economics Foundation (nef)
Roger Torrenti Sigma Oriones (France), Paradiso project
Wikiprogress of OECD
2.4 Action Plan
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Step 1: Literature review; methodology sharing seminar
Step 2: Data collection: in depth interviews, meetings and e-networking
Step 3: Decoding and synthesizing process; paper
Step 4: Building multi-media database (for year II and III); ongoing
Step 5: Preparing simulation game through team process (for year II and III)
ProcedureTimeline *) (2010-2011: 12 months); year II and III
Jul Sep Nov Jan Mar May Year II III
Literature review and report
Data collection: In depth
interviews
Decoding and synthesizing
processMulti-media database
HIA Methodology development
Simulation game development
*) to be adjusted to delayed start per 15 September 2010
2.5 Expected Outputs and Outcomes
Outputs
1. Report: ICT and media supporting participatory Well-Being policy
development
2. Multi-media database: material for multi-media project in year II and III
3. Simulation game approach: draft of working procedures and pooling of
expertise to involve
Outcomes
1. Strengthen the movement of creative commons as a leading factor of a
Well-Being Society scenario
2. Policy recommendations on how best to utilize ICT for economic and wellbeing development
3. Initiating and guiding a development process towards a simulation decision
making game in which the impact of scenarios can be compared, focused on
the Well-Being society scenario
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The School for Wellbeing is an independent think-tank being shaped byan international network of dedicated academics from diverse
disciplines, practitioners and policy makers, primarily inspired by theconcept of Gross National Happiness. By common effort the School for
Wellbeing offers a creative learning space for a diversity of stakeholders
inducing cross-cultural studies in happiness, wellbeing and quality of life.The School for Wellbeing nurtures an evidence-based research-platformguided by critical holism in order to explore alternative developmentparadigms. It enables (young) researchers to undertake related action-research initiatives.
The focus of the School for Wellbeing is on empowering people who areengaged in a much needed shift towards wellbeing-driven public policy
development.
Patron
H.E. Jigmi Y. Thinley, Honble Prime Minister of Bhutan
Executive Committee
Dasho Karma Ura, President, Centre for Bhutan Studies, Bhutan
Dean, Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
President, Sathirakoses Nagapradipa Foundation, Thailand
Advisors (Bhutan)
Dasho Kinley Dorji, Secretary, Ministry of Information and Communication
Karma Tshiteem, Secretary, Gross National Happiness Commission
Lam Gembo Dorji, Dratshang Lhentshog, Central Monastic Body
Daw Penjo, Foreign Secretary of Bhutan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Aum Sangay Zangmo, Secretary, Ministry of Education
Phuntsho Wangdi, Editor, Kuensel Corporation
Advisors (Thailand)
Sulak Sivaraksa, Founder, Sathirakoses Nagapradipa Foundation
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H.E. Surapong Jayanama, former Ambassador; Director Saranrom
Institute for Foreign Affairs (SIFA)
Phra Paisal Visalo, Abbot Wat Pa Sukkhato
Dr. Uthai Dulyakasem, Rector, Silapakorn University
Ven. Dhammananda Bhikkuni, Buddhasavika Foundation, formerProfessor, Thammasat University
Prida Tiasuwan, Chairman Pranda Group; Advisor Social Venture NetworkAsia (Thailand)
Assoc. Professor Surichai Wungaeo, Director Centre for Peace and Conflict
Studies, Chulalongkorn University
Advisors (International)
Vandana Shiva, Navdanya and Bija Vidyapeeth, India
Peter Hershock, East-West Centre, Hawaii, USA
Ronald Colman, Genuine Progress Index for Atlantic Canada (GPIAtlantic),
Canada Satish Kumar, Schumacher College and Resurgence, U.K./India
Susan Andrews, Instituto Visao Futuro, Brazil/USA
Benedikt Haerlin, Foundation on Future Farming, Germany
Helena Norberg Hodge, ISEC and Global Ecovillage Network,Australia/Ladakh/Sweden
Shen Hao, 21st Century News Group, P.R. China
Judith Simmer-Brown, Naropa University, USA
Harsha Navaratne, Sewalanka Foundation and International Network of
Engaged Buddhists (INEB), Sri Lanka
Cheah Vannath, independent development expert, Cambodia
Sombath Somphone, PADETC, Laos
Habib Chirzin, Islamic Forum on Peace and Human Security, Indonesia Ross MacDonald, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Nic Marks, Centre for Wellbeing, New Economics Foundation (nef), U.K.
Jean Timsit, lawyer/photographer, France
Takayoshi Kusago, Kansai University, Japan
Jan Nederveen Pieterse, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA/theNetherlands
Robert Biswas-Diener, Positive Psychology Services, LLC, USA
Darwis Khudori, Universite Le Havre; Centre Lebret; Bandung 55,
France/Indonesia
Management Committee
Surat Horachaikul Director; Assistant Professor, Faculty of Political
Science, Department of International Relations, Chulalongkorn University
Vira Somboon, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Political Science,
Chulalongkorn University
Wallapa van Willenswaard-Kuntiranont Co-Manager; Managing Director,
Suan Nguen Mee Ma social enterprise (Garden of Fruition); CouncilMember, Sathirakoses Nagapradipa Foundation
Somboon Chungprampree Co-Manager; Director, Sathirakoses
Nagapradipa Foundation; Spirit in Education Movement
Dorji Penjore Co-Manager; Senior Researcher, Centre for Bhutan Studies Sangay Thinley Researcher, Centre for Bhutan Studies
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Jarin Boonmathya Process Coordinator
Patcharee Chonmanat Project Coordinator
Hans van Willenswaard Project Director, Well-Being Society scenario
project
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THAILAND
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In 2010 a series of dialogues successfully took place with Dr. Robert Biswas-Diener,
Dr. Vandana Shiva with launching of the Thai edition of her bookEarth
Democracy and Helena Norberg Hodge.
Organized by the School for Wellbeing Studies and Research
Major sponsor: SIFA
Readings in International Relations, June September 2010; November
2010 March 2011 and ongoing
Module (in English) on Happiness and Wellbeing at the Faculty of Political Science,
Department of International Relations, Chulalongkorn University developed and
conducted by Surat Horachaikul
Major sponsor: Chulalongkorn University
Chart from final report GNH movement project:
Proposed Communication Strategy: