Good Local Governance and Anti-corruption Through People’s Participation: A Case of Thailand By Dr.Orapin Sopchokchai Director Project Management Office.

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Good Local Governance and Anti-corruption Through People’s Participation: A Case of Thailand By Dr.Orapin Sopchokchai Director Project Management Office Public Sector Reform Project The Office of Civil Service Commission By Dr.Orapin Sopchokchai Director Project Management Office Public Sector Reform Project The Office of Civil Service Commission

Topics Decentralization and local governance Development and administrative problems Mobilizing people’s participation Lessons learned and experiences Next steps

About Thailand and its Government Location: Location: Southeast Asia Size: Size: About 517,000 square km. Capital: Capital: Bangkok Admin. Areas: Admin. Areas:75 Provinces and BMA 876 Districts and Sub-districts 7,255 Tambons 69,367 Villages Population: Population: 61,466,178 (30,874,576 females and 30,591,602 males)

Local Gov.: Local Gov.: 75 Provincial Administrative Organizations, PAO 1,129 municipalities (as of June 1, 1999) 2 special forms of Local Government (Bangkok Metropolitan Administration and Pattaya) 6,747 Tambon Administrative Organizations (as of March 2000) About Thailand and its Government

The Administrative Law of 1933 –Central administration –Provincial administration –Local administration Establishment of Provincial and Tambon Councils (1953 and 1956) The 5th Plan (1982) and new rural development The Tambon Act 1994

The National and Local Government Structure in Thailand National Level Ministry of Interior (MOI) Regional and Local Level Senate and Parliament Government (Cabinet) Ministries Departments BMA Council BMA Governor Provincial Administrative Organization Municipalities BMA Staff Provincial Governors ( MOI ) Provincial Offices District Offices TAO Staff District Agencies Regional or Provincial Agencies TAO Village Representat i ves Provincial Agencies

New concept of local governance The 8th Plan ( ) –people centered process/ participation/ enabling and empower local people The New Constitution 1997 –Good Governance (political and public sector reforms) –Decentralization

New framework for decentralization Self-regulated body Freedom to manage and develop own communities Elected representatives Transfer appropriate functions to local authority People’s participation

Local Governance at the Tambon Level TAO Council TAO Council policy and development direction TAO Executive Committee TAO Executive development plan Committee annual budget manage all affairs TAO permanent Staff TAO permanent day to day management Staff and implement development projects

Problems Unequal partnership Dominant roles of former community leaders Limited and unstable resources Financial and administrative crisis Lack of people’s participation Rigid and complex rules and regulations Lack of transparency and corruption

Benefits Promote democracy at the grassroots level in Thai society Stimulate political and public sector reforms Better development projects (to serve local needs)

Mobilizing People’s Participation Pilot studies at Tambon and villages levels ( ) Used A-I-C Approach at village level (a focus group technique) –Share and exchange information and concerns –Develop vision and plan future –Transform to actions –Share responsibility Involved TAO members

Lessons and Experiences Villagers understand and commit to develop own community TAO members gain confident and development responsibility Better TAO plan (more social related projects)

Lessons and Experiences Transparency Community’s watch (monitor progress and performance) Better election and representatives

Transparent Local Governance NCCC and EC implement a two-year community-based project to stimulate people’s participation in anti-corruption National agenda and P.M. regulations on good governance (1999) Ministry of Interior’s policy guidelines on good governance Whistle-blower and witness protection program

Table 1: Table 1: Date and number of TAOs elected

Table 2: Table 2: Number of TAO members by gender

Table 3: Table 3: Number of registered voters and the number who voted by gender