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Executive Summary

The objective of this research is the rights and liberties of citizens and communities and the
performance of State duties as stipulated by the Constitution: Lesson for the development of mechanisms for
cooperation between government sector and citizens and communities. This research aims to study and

analyze the lesson about the functions of the State that will create the right of citizens and communities in

monitoring or expediting the operation of the State, or to create the citizen or community right to take legal
action against a State agency in order to gain benefits directly, to study and analyze the rules and process of

the exercise of citizens and communities rights as prescribed under Section 51 of the Constitution the

Kingdom of Thailand and relevant laws, to consider and summarize the model of the government agencies
in performing their duties under the Constitution in accordance with the rights to directly access and benefit

from such performance, and to suggest the guideline to develop the system on guaranteeing citizens and

community rights and develop the mechanism for the highest efficiency and effectiveness of the State
performance as prescribed under the Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand.

The research methodology is based on the concepts, theories and the literatures which are relevant

to the educational management, natural resources and environmental management and brain-storming by 26

people in group discussion focusing on the government sector and communities for considering the
mechanism of cooperation between the government sector and citizens and communities.

Result of research: The exercise of rights of citizens which is included the communities should

comply with the regulations and legal procedures stipulated by the organization which the regulations and
legal procedures are differences in each organization. Beginning with the ombudsman to the cabinet until

filing a case to the court, this is the formulation for the organization to have power and duties as a tool of

monitoring, finding the facts and exercising their discretion along with the legal principles in order to protect

the interests of citizens and communities from the State functions. Meanwhile, citizens and community also
enable to exercise their rights as provided by the Constitution in participating to benefit from the state duties

although there are some regulations and procedures may be an obstacle to the exercise of rights of the

citizens and communities. However, the exercise of rights of citizens and communities as provided by the