1. THAILAND As an Emerging Donor

2. ORGANIZATION Department of Technical and Economic Cooperation (DTEC)
Thailand
International
Development
Cooperation
Agency (TICA)
Office of the
Prime Minister
Ministry of
Foreign Affairs
Ministry of
Foreign Affairs
2004 -

3. TICA Organization Chart
Director General
Deputy D-G
Deputy D-G
Office of the Director General
Human Resources Development Bureau
Development Cooperation Bureau
Partnership Bureau
Project Procurement and Privileges Bureau
Planning & Monitoring for Partnership Branch
General Affairs Unit
Planning & Monitoring Branch
HRD Branch I
Project Procurement and Privileges Branch
Countries Partnership Branch
ICT and Public Relation Unit
Thai Cooperation Branch I
HRD Branch II
Project Budget Branch
International Organization Partnership Branch
Technical Support and Evaluation Unit
Thai Cooperation Branch II

4. Our Experiences ODA Beneficiary
v Sense of Ownership
v Alignment of aid
v Absorptive Capacity

5. Emerging Donor v Capacity Building v Monitoring and Evaluation
v Demand driven approach
v Participation to sustainability
v Capacity Building
v Monitoring and Evaluation

6. Key Supporting Factors
Cabinet
Resolutions
Thai Government’s Policy on Foreign Affairs
Strategy According to Economic Cooperation Frame
Development Cooperation Strategic Plan
Committee on Technical and Economic Cooperation’s Policy
Cooperating Partner’s Policy

7. Strategic Plan v Enhancing S-S Cooperation
v Exploring N-S-S Cooperation

8. South – South Cooperation
People – assets for National
Development
Sustainability
MDGs

9. Key Areas of Cooperation
v Agriculture
v Education
v Public Health

10. Potential Areas Social Development & Welfare Trade, Service
v Sufficiency economy
v Science & Technology
v Public Administration
Social Development
& Welfare
v Tourism
Trade, Service
& Investment
v Economics
Natural Resources
& Environment

11. Target Countries Neighboring Countries (Cambodia Laos Myanmar Vietnam)
2. Strategic Countries
3. Post Conflict Countries
4. Other Developing Countries
5. Countries to be Explored Further Cooperation

12. Thai International Cooperation Programme Annual Training Programmes
(TICP)
Annual Training Programmes
v Annual International Training Courses (AITC)
v Thai International Post – graduate Programme (TIPP)
v Third Country Training Program (TCTP)
v Technical Cooperation among Developing Countries (TCDC)

13. Bilateral Cooperation Programme DEMAND- DRIVEN APPROCH
(TICP)
Bilateral Cooperation Programme
v Development Projects
v Experts
v Fellowships
v Equipments
v Volunteer
DEMAND- DRIVEN APPROCH

14. TICP by Programmes 2005 unit: million US$
Bilateral
AITC
TIPP
TCTP
Total

15. TICP by Country 2005 unit: million us$
Lao PDR
Cambodia
Vietnam
Myanmar
Nepal
Bhutan
Others
Total

16. TICP by Region 2005 unit: million us$

17. TICP Budget unit: million us$

18. North – South - South Cooperation
v Emerging middle – income aid Provider
v Intermediary role
v Maintain relationships with development
Partners explore more to provide

19. Other Developing Countries
Trilateral Cooperation
Development
Partners
Thailand
Other Developing Countries

20. AusAID, CIDA, JICA
France, Germany, Luxemburg, Hungary
UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF, ESCAP, CPS

21. Regional Cooperation Colombo Plan APEC ASEM ACD AAF NEPAD ACMECS GMS
MGC
ASEAN
IMT-GT
BIMST-EC

22. REGIONAL COOPERATION ACMECS : GMS : IMT-GT:
Ayeyawady- Chao Phraya- Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy
GMS :
Greater Mekong Sub-Region
IMT-GT:
Indonesia Malaysia Thailand Growth Triangle

23. BIMSTEC:
Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical & Economic Cooperation
ASEAN IAI:
Initiative for Association of South - East Asian Nations Integration

24. Neighboring Countries Economic Development Cooperation Agency
v Financial and Technical Assistance
v Basic Infrastructure Development Projects
v 89.4 million US$ in 2005 (Laos, Cambodia)

25. Thailand as an Emerging Donor
Constraints
Thailand as an Emerging Donor
Budget - annual basis
Mutual Understanding – coordination, regulation
Data and Information Systems

26. Cooperating Countries
Constraints
Cooperating Countries
Unprepared
Absorptive Capacity
Participation
Knowledge and Skills
Attitude

27. CHALLENGE v Matching of Demand and Supply v Avoiding Duplication
v Harmonization
Individual Requests.
Bilateral Cooperation Program is fully supported by the RTG.
The program includes a wide range of areas
Development project – mostly are implemented in neighbouring countries
Mission /Expert/Consultant
Tailored-made group training program which require the identification and design of special courses in response to the needs of cooperating country.
And equipments,
Thai Volunteers/Friends from Thailand
In 2005, 1420 fellowships, 176 Experts, 10 mil bt. equipment
vNGOs & Private Sectors Participation

28. THANK YOU
THANK YOU