1 Thailand Status Report Recent S&T Information Activities Reena Batsomboon National Research Council of Thailand Presented at 6 th Co-EXIST-SEA WORKSHOP 7-8 December 2004 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2 Outline of Presentation S&T Policy and Development Plan in Thailand STI Activities in Thailand Database on Research Information of NRCT

3 S&T Policy and Development Plan in Thailand Strategic development on strengthening S&T and The ninth National Economic and Social Development Plan ( ) The national Strategic plan on S&T ( ) Government policy on S&T The Sixth National Research Policy and the National Research Plan ( )

4 STI Activities in Thailand (1) 1. 1.Development of Infrastructure Software Park Thailand (SPT) Computer technology cluster National Science Museum Science and Technology Knowledge Center (STKC)

5 STI Activities in Thailand (2) 2.Research and Development High-performance computer technology Information technology on the language and knowledge Software industry

6 STI Activities in Thailand (3) 3. Human Resource Development on S&T Training courses on technology applications Training courses and seminars to develop people working

7 STI Activities in Thailand (4) 4.Technology Transfer : Development of Computer network E-Commerce Pilot Telecenters

8 STI Activities in Thailand (5) 5.S&T Information Databases Database of research projects of 4 agencies (NRCT, TRF, HSRI, NSTDA) Research database of NRCT Database on Industry Special Databases - Herbal research - Marine shrimp research The Brain bank database

9 Database on Research Information of NRCT Research Information System of Thailand 1. Database on Researchers 2. Database on Research Projects : - - Research Projects - Research Agencies - Research Granting Agencies

10 Registered Researchers During Subject groups No. of Registered Researchers 1. Science and technology 6, Agriculture4, Social Science and humanity 5,862 total16,945 As of September 2004

11 Research Projects in the Database Subject groups No. of Projects Budget (Million Bath) 1. Science and technology 13,38612, Agriculture27,33110, Social Science and humanity 10,4784,889 total51,19527,796 As of September 2004

12 Research Agencies in the Database Subject groups No. of Research Agencies 1. Science and technology Agriculture Social Science and humanity 738 total1,445 As of September 2004

13 Research Funds in the Database Subject groupsNo. of Funds 1. Science and technology Agriculture85 3. Social Science and humanity 373 total864 As of September 2004

14 Dissemination of the Research Information Statistics of Research Information Research Database Research publication Web link (

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