Part III : Development Strategies and Guidelines
1. A major guideline for potential development of humankind is to reform their learning process. The ultimate goals in this regard are to develop people to respect ethics, and acquire certain quality and ability to enable their self-actualization and keep pace with the global changes. Their learning process, therefore, should be adjusted to urge people to continuously upgrade their intellectual ability to create, investigate and learn all over their lifetime, in diverse methodologies appropriate for each target group.
Agree (97%)
Disagree (1%)
Others (0%)
No answer (2%)
2. The underprivileged group of people in society should obtain equal opportunity in education services and employment. Every group should get equal access to social services, welfare system, security in life, property and employment, as well as protection of their legitimate rights.
Agree (97%)
Disagree (0%)
Others (1%)
No answer (2%)
3. To achieve the development of social surrounding in advocate to human development, it is necessary to strengthen community and family, while promoting culture and value contributing to potential development of humankind.
Agree (95%)
Disagree (1%)
Others (0%)
No answer (4%)
4. To develop a favourable social surrounding, it is necessary to encourage family, community, religious institution and private enterprises to participate with the government service in preventing and alleviating immediate social problems, such as crimes, narcotics and youth problems, etc. Safety and security in life should be emphasized as well, by improving preventive and alleviating system for accidents and disasters.
Agree (95%)
Disagree (1%)
Others (2%)
No answer (2%)
5. Private businesses should be encouraged to play greater role in assisting community in terms of management, capital provision, and production technology which will enable certain community to develop its own businesses. This is a way to ensure economic stability and upgrade economic managerial capability of the community itself.
Agree (93%)
Disagree (2%)
Others (2%)
No answer (3%)
6. Adjustment towards a multilateral co-operation of the government service, private sector non-governmental organizations, and the general public, via the so-called "Provincial Community", is an administrative mechanism that mostly fits the community needs. It will, moreover, strengthen the province as a coordination centre among central, regional and local parts.
Agree (89%)
Disagree (5%)
Others (4%)
No answer (2%)
7. To strengthen national economy to enhance human and quality of life development, the Eighth Plan has mapped out a strategy to upgrade economic potential in every area of the country. Each will contain essential elements, with sound environmental conservation, dispersion of social services, and infrastructure development that links the urban areas with rural community in order to increase investment opportunity, income and services to the general public.
Agree (96%)
Disagree (1%)
Others (0%)
No answer (3%)
8. The government should urgently decentralize development prosperity from Bangkok Metropolitan Region (BMR) to every part of the country, together with generating new development opportunities, by encouraging grouping of provinces in the same geographical locations and border provinces to co-operate with the neighbouring economies which will serve as a new production base for the entire economy in the long run. This will increase employment opportunity and income, as well as upgrading people's quality of life.
Agree (94%)
Disagree (2%)
Others (2%)
No answer (2%)
9. Decentralization of economic activities must encourage relocation of industrial production and financial services from BMR to regional areas, and set up networks for rural industries and community industries to link with the entire industrial structure of the country, as to generate employment opportunity and income to rural and regional community and people.
Agree (92%)
Disagree (2%)
Others (3%)
No answer (3%)
10. To upgrade the national production base to cope with the global changes and contribute to sustainable development in the long run, it is necessary to upgrade the national economic efficiency and maintain sound equilibrium between economic production and the natural resource and environmental conservation.
Agree (94%)
Disagree (1%)
Others (2%)
No answer (3%)
11. To strengthen and maintain stability in the national economic system, the Eighth Plan must emphasize reduction of the current account deficit, increase of domestic savings, and maintenance of stability of consumer price index.
Agree (90%)
Disagree (3%)
Others (3%)
No answer (4%)
12. A major condition for success of the natural resource and environmental rehabilitation is popular participation of the people and local community. They should be encouraged to play greater role in planning, implementation, inspection, and evaluation. The government, in this regard, should only be a supporter for the plan implementation and evaluation.
Agree (95%)
Disagree (1%)
Others (1%)
No answer (3%)
13.To promote popular participation in natural resource and environmental administration, it is necessary to improve operational efficiency of government agencies, amend related rules and regulations, increase budgetary assistance, and develop related information networks. Also included is the dissemination of relevant information to the public, and measures to adjust the government role to act as supporter and facilitator for private sector operations.
Agree (93%)
Disagree (1%)
Others (3%)
No answer (3%)
Part IV: Plan Implementation
1. A real national development target is the "development of public governance" which will ensure better understanding between the government and the general public. Mutual accountability between the two parties should be assured. Each party should be strengthened so that everybody in society can achieve both physical and intellectual betterment, self-reliance in occupation, including ability to adapt themselves to the globalization process.
Agree (95%)
Disagree (1%)
Others (2%)
No answer (2%)
2. To attain the above public governance development target, the public sector should provide opportunity and mechanism to translate the plan into action, under the following measures:
(1) Assure security and freedom of individuals in political activities and information accessibility.
(2) Encourage popular participation and dispute-settlement through a peaceful manner.
(3) Reduce the role of government officials, ensure a compact bureaucratic system, and improve efficiency in public administration.
(4) Ensure continuity and stability in public policy administration.
Agree (93%)
Disagree (2%)
Others (3%)
No answer (2%)
3. To facilitate partnership to designate the national operation targets, there should be a joint annual meeting among political parties, government agencies, state enterprises, the private sector, non- governmental organizations, people's organizations, the press, and representatives of people from different occupations, as to designate and review national visions and operation targets.
Agree (90%)
Disagree (5%)
Others (2%)
No answer (3%)
4. To upgrade central agencies to translate the Plan into action, it is necessary to adjust the roles of certain agencies, including the Office of the Civil Service Commission, the Bureau of the Budget, the Natioanl Auditing Office, and the Office NESDB, as to achieve sound co- ordination in operation plans, budgetary plan, man-power plan, as well as the plan evaluation.
Agree (91%)
Disagree (1%)
Others (4%)
No answer (4%)
5. It is necessary to adjust a program formulation and budget preparationprocesses by shifting emphasis from departmental basis to area- oriented approach, focusing mainly on provinces, districts and tambons (sub-districts). Local authorities should participate in the central resource allocation.
Agree (89%)
Disagree (5%)
Others (4%)
No answer (2%)
6. Promotion of popular participation should be simultaneously conducted in two aspects. The first aspect is the currently implemented system which the government takes a leading role, with participation of local people in development operations, and, second, it is a new dimension which local people will take a leading role, with the government as a supporter.
Agree (87%)
Disagree (5%)
Others (3%)
No answer (5%)
7.A meeting to discuss the plan monitoring and evaluation should be organized in order to allow broader participation of the people and all relevant parties.
In the last year of the Plan (4%)
Mid-Plan, and last year of the Plan (24%)
Every year (69%)
No answer (3%)
--Development News Bulletin, National Economic and Social Development Board, Volume 11, No. 5--
1. A major guideline for potential development of humankind is to reform their learning process. The ultimate goals in this regard are to develop people to respect ethics, and acquire certain quality and ability to enable their self-actualization and keep pace with the global changes. Their learning process, therefore, should be adjusted to urge people to continuously upgrade their intellectual ability to create, investigate and learn all over their lifetime, in diverse methodologies appropriate for each target group.
Agree (97%)
Disagree (1%)
Others (0%)
No answer (2%)
2. The underprivileged group of people in society should obtain equal opportunity in education services and employment. Every group should get equal access to social services, welfare system, security in life, property and employment, as well as protection of their legitimate rights.
Agree (97%)
Disagree (0%)
Others (1%)
No answer (2%)
3. To achieve the development of social surrounding in advocate to human development, it is necessary to strengthen community and family, while promoting culture and value contributing to potential development of humankind.
Agree (95%)
Disagree (1%)
Others (0%)
No answer (4%)
4. To develop a favourable social surrounding, it is necessary to encourage family, community, religious institution and private enterprises to participate with the government service in preventing and alleviating immediate social problems, such as crimes, narcotics and youth problems, etc. Safety and security in life should be emphasized as well, by improving preventive and alleviating system for accidents and disasters.
Agree (95%)
Disagree (1%)
Others (2%)
No answer (2%)
5. Private businesses should be encouraged to play greater role in assisting community in terms of management, capital provision, and production technology which will enable certain community to develop its own businesses. This is a way to ensure economic stability and upgrade economic managerial capability of the community itself.
Agree (93%)
Disagree (2%)
Others (2%)
No answer (3%)
6. Adjustment towards a multilateral co-operation of the government service, private sector non-governmental organizations, and the general public, via the so-called "Provincial Community", is an administrative mechanism that mostly fits the community needs. It will, moreover, strengthen the province as a coordination centre among central, regional and local parts.
Agree (89%)
Disagree (5%)
Others (4%)
No answer (2%)
7. To strengthen national economy to enhance human and quality of life development, the Eighth Plan has mapped out a strategy to upgrade economic potential in every area of the country. Each will contain essential elements, with sound environmental conservation, dispersion of social services, and infrastructure development that links the urban areas with rural community in order to increase investment opportunity, income and services to the general public.
Agree (96%)
Disagree (1%)
Others (0%)
No answer (3%)
8. The government should urgently decentralize development prosperity from Bangkok Metropolitan Region (BMR) to every part of the country, together with generating new development opportunities, by encouraging grouping of provinces in the same geographical locations and border provinces to co-operate with the neighbouring economies which will serve as a new production base for the entire economy in the long run. This will increase employment opportunity and income, as well as upgrading people's quality of life.
Agree (94%)
Disagree (2%)
Others (2%)
No answer (2%)
9. Decentralization of economic activities must encourage relocation of industrial production and financial services from BMR to regional areas, and set up networks for rural industries and community industries to link with the entire industrial structure of the country, as to generate employment opportunity and income to rural and regional community and people.
Agree (92%)
Disagree (2%)
Others (3%)
No answer (3%)
10. To upgrade the national production base to cope with the global changes and contribute to sustainable development in the long run, it is necessary to upgrade the national economic efficiency and maintain sound equilibrium between economic production and the natural resource and environmental conservation.
Agree (94%)
Disagree (1%)
Others (2%)
No answer (3%)
11. To strengthen and maintain stability in the national economic system, the Eighth Plan must emphasize reduction of the current account deficit, increase of domestic savings, and maintenance of stability of consumer price index.
Agree (90%)
Disagree (3%)
Others (3%)
No answer (4%)
12. A major condition for success of the natural resource and environmental rehabilitation is popular participation of the people and local community. They should be encouraged to play greater role in planning, implementation, inspection, and evaluation. The government, in this regard, should only be a supporter for the plan implementation and evaluation.
Agree (95%)
Disagree (1%)
Others (1%)
No answer (3%)
13.To promote popular participation in natural resource and environmental administration, it is necessary to improve operational efficiency of government agencies, amend related rules and regulations, increase budgetary assistance, and develop related information networks. Also included is the dissemination of relevant information to the public, and measures to adjust the government role to act as supporter and facilitator for private sector operations.
Agree (93%)
Disagree (1%)
Others (3%)
No answer (3%)
Part IV: Plan Implementation
1. A real national development target is the "development of public governance" which will ensure better understanding between the government and the general public. Mutual accountability between the two parties should be assured. Each party should be strengthened so that everybody in society can achieve both physical and intellectual betterment, self-reliance in occupation, including ability to adapt themselves to the globalization process.
Agree (95%)
Disagree (1%)
Others (2%)
No answer (2%)
2. To attain the above public governance development target, the public sector should provide opportunity and mechanism to translate the plan into action, under the following measures:
(1) Assure security and freedom of individuals in political activities and information accessibility.
(2) Encourage popular participation and dispute-settlement through a peaceful manner.
(3) Reduce the role of government officials, ensure a compact bureaucratic system, and improve efficiency in public administration.
(4) Ensure continuity and stability in public policy administration.
Agree (93%)
Disagree (2%)
Others (3%)
No answer (2%)
3. To facilitate partnership to designate the national operation targets, there should be a joint annual meeting among political parties, government agencies, state enterprises, the private sector, non- governmental organizations, people's organizations, the press, and representatives of people from different occupations, as to designate and review national visions and operation targets.
Agree (90%)
Disagree (5%)
Others (2%)
No answer (3%)
4. To upgrade central agencies to translate the Plan into action, it is necessary to adjust the roles of certain agencies, including the Office of the Civil Service Commission, the Bureau of the Budget, the Natioanl Auditing Office, and the Office NESDB, as to achieve sound co- ordination in operation plans, budgetary plan, man-power plan, as well as the plan evaluation.
Agree (91%)
Disagree (1%)
Others (4%)
No answer (4%)
5. It is necessary to adjust a program formulation and budget preparationprocesses by shifting emphasis from departmental basis to area- oriented approach, focusing mainly on provinces, districts and tambons (sub-districts). Local authorities should participate in the central resource allocation.
Agree (89%)
Disagree (5%)
Others (4%)
No answer (2%)
6. Promotion of popular participation should be simultaneously conducted in two aspects. The first aspect is the currently implemented system which the government takes a leading role, with participation of local people in development operations, and, second, it is a new dimension which local people will take a leading role, with the government as a supporter.
Agree (87%)
Disagree (5%)
Others (3%)
No answer (5%)
7.A meeting to discuss the plan monitoring and evaluation should be organized in order to allow broader participation of the people and all relevant parties.
In the last year of the Plan (4%)
Mid-Plan, and last year of the Plan (24%)
Every year (69%)
No answer (3%)
--Development News Bulletin, National Economic and Social Development Board, Volume 11, No. 5--