Thai Civil Society’s Efforts to Achieve SDGs

This interactive presentation offers some insights into the current engagement of Civil Society in the National review process for reporting on progress towards achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).  Use the navigation tools (located on the bottom right) to scroll left and right through the presentation and expand to full screen if you […]

This interactive presentation offers some insights into the current engagement of Civil Society in the National review process for reporting on progress towards achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).  Use the navigation tools (located on the bottom right) to scroll left and right through the presentation and expand to full screen if you wish. To read more on the localisation context and implementation of SDGs in Thailand visit the Sustainable Development Goals page. 

 

Reference:

  1. KEPA. 2011. Reflections of Thai Civil Society., Bangkok.
  2. Pasuk Phongpaichit. Chulalongkorn University. 2000. Development, Civil Society, and NGOs. A lecture of a course on Development and Public Policy Analysis, organised by  Emeritus Professor Richard Mulgan of the Graduate Programme in Public Policy, ANU, financed by IDP, Australia. Bangkok.
  3. The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) was established when the military declared martial law on 20 May 2014. On 22 May 2014, the NCPO became the ruling body of Thailand after the coup.
  4. In 2017, CSOs under the name of Thailand HLPF Alliance prepared an independent report focusing on monitoring and evaluation of the processes and implementation of SDG No. 1, SDG No. 5, SDG No. 13 and SDG No. 14 to present some gaps and challenges of government implementation including recommendations towards SDG implementation, especially the needs of CSO’s involvement. Founding members of Thailand HLPF alliance include Forests and Farmers Foundation (FFF), Women Foundation, Foundation on Culture for Asia Development, People’s Empowerment Foundation, The Assembly of NGOs for the Protection and Conservation of Environment and Natural Resources, Campaign Committee for Human Rights (CCHR), Climate Watch Thailand, HomeNet Foundation, and ProRights Foundation.
  5. Foundation for Women. 2017. Monitoring and Review of the Sustainable Development Goals & Development Justice. Bangkok. Accessed June 2018.
  6. Shawkat Ali Tutul. 2017. Participation to ADA workshop in Thailand, 24th to 26th Feb 2017. Bangkok. Accessed June 2018.
  7. ThaiPublica. News: PM reassures investors on EEC as the eastern aviation hub. Dated 7 April 2017. Accessed April 2018.
  8. Sourcewatch. Thepha Power Station. Accessed April 2018.
  9. Wikipedia. Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thepha_District. Accessed April 2018.
  10. Thaipbs. News: PM Thanks Coal-fired Power Plant protesters for ending their protest. Dated 20 February 2018. Accessed April 2018.
  11. Bangkokbiz. 2018. News: The Environment Minister kicks off ‘Mae Chaem Model Plus’. Dated 12 February 2018. Bangkok. Accessed April 2018.
  12. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Thailand. 2017. Thailand’s Voluntary National Review on the Implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Bangkok.
  13. Witoon Lianchamroon, et al. Social Watch Thailand. 2017. Thailand Monitoring Sustainable Development: The State-Private Sector-People Nexus. Bangkok. Accessed June 2018.
  14. Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN). 2017. SDG Index & Dashboards Report: Global Responsibilities. New York. Accessed June 2018.
  15. Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN). 2017. SDG Index & Dashboards – Individual Country Profiles – Thailand. Page 224-225. New York. Accessed June 2018.  
  16. Ibid.  
  17. Action for Sustainable Development. 2017. Thailand – Civil Society Reports: Countries under review at 2017 High Level Political Forum. Available at https://action4sd.org/major-groups/hlpf/. Accessed June 2018.
  18. Ibid.
  19. Foundation for Women Thailand. 2017. People’s Development Justice Report: Monitoring and Review of the Sustainable Development Goal Implementation & Development Justice for Indigenous Women. Bangkok.  
  20. Ibid.
  21. They comprises 9 groups: 1) Karen, 2) Kachins, 3) Dara-ang, 4) Thai-Yai, 5) Mien, 6) Hmong, 7) Lua, 8) Lahu 9) Lisu, and 10) Akkha. The government use the term “ethnic” to represent the indigenous peoples or highlanders and other minorities living in different part of the country other than Thai. According to the Cabinet resolution on 29 August 2000 the indigenous peoples was classified into 3 categories: 1) those who was born in Thailand in between 10 April 1910 – 13 December 1972 who are entitled to the citizenship; 2) those who immigrate to Thailand before 3 October 1985 who are entitled to permanently live in Thailand with migrant status; and 3) those who illegally immigrate to Thailand after 3 October 1985 with illegal migrant status.
  22. Ibid.