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“ประเทศไทยในอนาคต Future Thailand : มิติที่ 2 สังคม ชนบท ท้องถิ่น” โดย สถาบันพระปกเกล้า

balanced society as the action framework to achieve the desired society in the future. This

desired society is aligning with the goals of SDGs and the principal SDGs which aiming for a
bottom-up approach as well. More importantly, different sectors in a rural area such as
community organizations, local government organizations, and other local institutions should

play a significant role in implementing the national strategy, national reform plan, and SDGs.

3) Suggestion to create an economic, social, and political context to facilitate

the transitioning to a balanced and sustainable society.

To drive the rural society to the desired scenario of the future, the economic, social,

and political context of the country must be favourable. There needs to be an adaptation
to facilitate and erase any hindrances that might prevent the empowerment of the rural
community. At the policy level, there should be reforms as listed:

1) Reformation of the bureaucracy by emphasizing the role of the public sectors as
the facilitators and supporters of civil society empowerment instead of the public sector as

a role of policy-making mechanism.

2) Decentralize reformation by decentralizing authority, budget, resources, tax and

local treasury system enough to suffice the local development according to the area-based
principle. The local government organization should also increase their role in supplying the
production factors such as agricultural machinery, promoting production to be part of the

public service of the local governmental organization, and distribute the autonomy to the
community, allowing them to make their own decision of public policy and development

plan. This decentralizes reformation for the local community must design the new system of
local government organization. The old mechanism of local government needs to be a shift

to local governance where civil society has the authority to direct the local administration.
As for the guideline of implementing the decentralised reform, it can be done as listed:

2.1) State must have a policy that encourages local government autonomy
and strengthen fiscal and human resources management. It can create immunity

from the changes caused by internal and external factors. A community can be self-
reliant, achieve quality public services that meet with the standard quality, as well as
promote the relationship between people, local government organizations and

various organization to create a joint sense of ownership. They can also have a
transparent evaluation system and the ability to amend or revise the laws to support

the local autonomy. There will be innovation in public service to meet the needs of
local people.

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