Khonkaen Province, Thailand Concept of Governance and Capacity Building GSID Nagoya University

1. UN ESCAP (2002) governance means the process of decision-making and the
process by which decisions are implemented.
Kooiman (2002)
governance is all those interactive arrangements in which public
as well as private actors participate aimed at solving societal
problems, or creating societal opportunities, attending to the
institutions within which these governance activities take place.
Good
Governance
Good process of decision-making
Good implementation of policy
HOW ?

2. Kud Nam Sai TAO (level 2)
Rural Area (90% population
engage in agriculture)
RURAL
DEVELOPMENT
TAO
Govt
Local
People
Private
Business
Sustainable and
Improving Rural
Development !!
31 functions of TAO:
16. Promote people participation
in the local development process.

3. the process by which individuals, groups, organizations,
institutions and societies increase their abilities to: 1) perform
core functions, solve problems, define and achieve objectives;
and 2) understand and deal with their development needs in a
broad context and in a sustainable manner (UNDP: 1997).
Capacity Building /
Devt
Capacity
Good
Governance
the ability of individuals and organizations or organizational units
to perform functions effectively, efficiently and sustainably.
(UNDP: 1998).
Capacity
Building / Devt
Capacity

4. Table 1. Strategies and Focus of Capacity-Building
Strategy /
Dimension
Focus Types of Activities
Human resource
development
Supply of professional &
technical personnel
Training, salaries, condition of
work, recruitment。
Organizational
strengthening
Management system to
improve performance and
specific tasks & functions
Incentive systems, utilization of
personnel, leadership,
organizational culture, network
communication, managerial
structures。
Institutional
reform
Institutions and systems Rules of the game for economic &
political regimes, policy and legal
change, constitutional reform,
decentralized governance。

5. Types of Training (10):
 New clerk chief training
 Staff training
 Freshmen training
 Freshmen training at employment
 New section chief training
 Incumbent acting section training
 New acting section chief training
 Incumbent clerk chief training
 Incumbent department head training
 Incumbent section chief training
Length of Training : 1 day (2 highest level)
6 day (staff training)
Additional Information:
 Training are designed based on
employee’s experience or job position
 Specialist and instructor nurturing
training are also offered
 Make a significant contribution to the
effectiveness, efficiency and capacity of
Nagakute government