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<strong>Reform</strong>ing Local <strong>Government</strong> for the Achievement <strong>of</strong> Fairness in Thai Society<br />

village <strong>and</strong> community levels.<br />

4.2 Strong local organization councils established under the Local<br />

Organization Council Act B.E. 2550 (2007) at village level<br />

up to provincial level within a local administrative organization’s<br />

territory play a collective role in formulation <strong>of</strong> development<br />

<strong>and</strong> operational approaches <strong>of</strong> local administrative<br />

organization. In some areas, local administrators <strong>and</strong> local<br />

council members are selected without any competition so as<br />

to prevent political conflicts in sub-districts <strong>and</strong> villages.<br />

4.3 The Department <strong>of</strong> Local Administration, Ministry <strong>of</strong><br />

Interior, has expedited revitalization <strong>and</strong> development <strong>of</strong><br />

village committees pursuant to the Local Administrative<br />

Schemes Act (Issue 11) B.E. 2511 (1968), the Ministry <strong>of</strong><br />

Interior’s regulations, <strong>and</strong> the cabinet’s resolutions,<br />

particularly pertaining to its roles as a principal organization<br />

instrumental in consolidation <strong>of</strong> village plan/community<br />

plan. The components <strong>of</strong> a newly established village<br />

committee include village head, deputy village head, local<br />

council member who is a village resident, group leaders or<br />

representatives <strong>of</strong> activity groups in the village (e.g. SML,<br />

OTOP, village fund, public health volunteers, community<br />

shops, organizations set up under the community organization<br />

council law, farmer housewife group, saving for<br />

production group <strong>and</strong> women development volunteer group,<br />

etc.) If community committees are developed successfully,<br />

villages will become a strong “village institution” <strong>and</strong> will<br />

effect the administration <strong>of</strong> local administrative organizations<br />

(particularly sub-district administrative organizations <strong>and</strong><br />

sub-district municipalities that have been upgraded from a<br />

sub-district administrative organization)<br />

4.4 People in villages <strong>and</strong> communities (particularly sub-district<br />

administrative organization <strong>and</strong> sub-district municipality)<br />

give less importance to local council member compared to<br />

local administrator, sub-district head, village head or<br />

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