Sustaining Thailand’s Democratic Practice through Improvement of Inclusive Electoral Process

Goal 1: Develop a strategic plan for national civic education and recommendations institutional reform for inclusive representation

Produce national strategic plan for civic education to advocate democratic governance. This output is in response to the general public perspective that there needs to educate the public to enhance their understanding on democratic values and its practice. How?

• Establishing a committee on civic education;
• Drafting national strategies on civic education;
• Organizing consultative workshop and dialogues with stake holders;
• Commissioning studies and review gender equality and ration of women representation.

Goal 2: Develop modules and materials for training and advocacy

• Training and development of OECT
• Supporting dialogues and discussions on election and democratic values within national parameters. 
• Develop module on democratic governance for the public;
• Documentary film production for civic education on election and democratic governance
• Develop materials for civic education focusing on democratic values and electoral process

Goal 3: Complete comparative study papers and knowledge sharing on approach to improvement of electoral management and adjudication.

This project aims for two subset activities: desk reviews and workshops to explore best practices from other countries’ experiences. How?

• Commissioning comparative studies and international best practices in  strengthening mechanisms for election as well as management and adjudication
• Organizing national workshops on comparative best practices on the approach to strengthening electoral mechanisms and to promote democratic governance in Thailand.