Activities in Thailand

The Project on the Capacity Building for Environmental Research in Thailand

Coping with health risks which occur as a negative impact of development

• (1) Term of Cooperation

  2005.6.12~2008.6.11

• (2) Implementing Organization in Thailand

  Environmental Research and Training Centre, Department of Environmental Quality Promotion under Ministry of Natural Resources and Environments

It is well known that industrial and economical development often causes negative impacts such as damage to natural resources and the environment. VOCs, Volatile Organic Compounds, are chemical compounds which cause negative effects on health, for example, increase the long-term risk of cancer.

This project aims to foster human resources development of personnel concerned with monitoring of VOCs as this needs quite high techniques to measure. This project has also contributed to setting up Environmental Standards of VOCs approved by National Environmental Board of Thailand in September 2007. It is expected that the emission of VOCs will decrease as a result of this project.

Capacity Building for Local Authorities through Local Public Services Standards and Local Cooperation

Working for improvement of local cooperation

• (1) Term of Cooperation

  2005.10.18~2008.10.17

• (2) Implementing Organization in Thailand

  Department of Local Administration, Ministry of Interior

Through the decentralization process, many tasks are transferred from central to local government. However, many local governments do not have enough resources and difficulties to take all the responsibility. There is work which is more efficiently done in cooperation with nearby authorities rather than one. Japan has had a history of local cooperation for 120 years. This project aims to make a local cooperation system with Japanese experience.

The Land Readjustment Promotion Project (LR)

Constructing livable towns and developing sustainable communities in the future

• (1) Term of Cooperation

2005.11.15~2009.11.14

• (2) Implementing Organization in Thailand

  Department of Public Works and Town & Country Planning(DPT)
  Ministry of Interior

This project is considered as a successful result of 20-year cooperation in urban development, in particular, technical cooperation in Land Readjustment. This project selects pilot projects for implementation from 10 provinces in Thailand to promote the Land Readjustment method in both public and private sectors for their capacity building.
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The Project on the Development of a Community Based Integrated Health Care and Social Welfare Services Model for Older Persons (CTOP)

Aiming at making society that is comfortable for senior citizens

• (1) Term of Cooperation

  2007.11.08~2011.11.07

• (2) Implementing Organization in Thailand
  

  Ministry of Public Health, and Ministry of Social Development and Human Security

The proportion of ageing people in the Thai population is growing rapidly.
However, preparation of ageing society is not enough.

Medical care and welfare service need to be delivered properly to older persons so that they can live in peace.

To convey Japanese experience and know-how of rapidly ageing, JICA started the technical cooperation project in November 2007.