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KPI Congress 20th
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2018
Thai Democracy on the Move

Group 2: Democracy with Good Governance

Like a tree, democracy needs strong roots. Developing a strong,
sustainable democratic foundation involves many factors. “Good Governance”

is a primary factor because good governance and democracy support
each other. In addition, good governance is necessary in the process of

building up individuals and key principles for national and global governance.
Promoting good governance is critical and necessary to establishing

a strong foundation for democracy.

In Thailand, the formal introduction of good governance to state
administration has taken place over the last two decades, in compliance

with the Royal Decree on Rules and Procedures for the Administration of

Good Governance, B.E. 2546 [2003]. The main principle is to emphasize
the effective performance of government agencies to strengthen national
development and public service to achieve the state’s missions by cutting

unnecessary work procedures in order to serve the people better. How-

ever, in practice, the implementation of such principles still faces many
problems such as ineffective state services, inconvenience in using public
services, a black box in public bureaucracy, unfair treatment from public

servants, the lack of private sector and public participation, opposition

to change by government officials, and unfair transfer and promotion.
Despite assistance to promote understanding of good governance applied in
practice, concrete results are not confirmed and the lack of good governance

has continuously been a major cause of political change in the past two

decades.
On the reform of the country, practices of good governance

must be promoted by reviewing and finding successful examples from

both inside and outside the country. Quick wins and policy proposals for
prioritized missions with accompanying performance indicators can also
หลักการและก�าหนดการ . will contribute to the acceleration of developing democracy with good
be considered in a concrete way among the concerned parties. All sectors

governance in a sustainable manner in Thai society.