THAILAND As an Emerging Donor

ORGANIZATION Department of Technical and Economic Cooperation (DTEC) Thailand International Development Cooperation Agency (TICA) Office of the Prime Minister Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1963 - 2002 2002 - 2004 2004 -

TICA Organization Chart Director General Deputy D-G Deputy D-G Office of the Director General Human Resources Development Bureau Development Cooperation Bureau Partnership Bureau Project Procurement and Privileges Bureau Planning & Monitoring for Partnership Branch General Affairs Unit Planning & Monitoring Branch HRD Branch I Project Procurement and Privileges Branch Countries Partnership Branch ICT and Public Relation Unit Thai Cooperation Branch I HRD Branch II Project Budget Branch International Organization Partnership Branch Technical Support and Evaluation Unit Thai Cooperation Branch II

Our Experiences ODA Beneficiary v Sense of Ownership v Alignment of aid v Absorptive Capacity

Emerging Donor v Capacity Building v Monitoring and Evaluation v Demand driven approach v Participation to sustainability v Capacity Building v Monitoring and Evaluation

Key Supporting Factors Cabinet Resolutions Thai Government’s Policy on Foreign Affairs Strategy According to Economic Cooperation Frame Development Cooperation Strategic Plan Committee on Technical and Economic Cooperation’s Policy Cooperating Partner’s Policy

Strategic Plan v Enhancing S-S Cooperation v Exploring N-S-S Cooperation

South – South Cooperation People – assets for National Development Sustainability MDGs

Key Areas of Cooperation v Agriculture v Education v Public Health

Potential Areas Social Development & Welfare Trade, Service v Sufficiency economy v Science & Technology v Public Administration Social Development & Welfare v Tourism Trade, Service & Investment v Economics Natural Resources & Environment

Target Countries Neighboring Countries (Cambodia Laos Myanmar Vietnam) 2. Strategic Countries 3. Post Conflict Countries 4. Other Developing Countries 5. Countries to be Explored Further Cooperation

Thai International Cooperation Programme Annual Training Programmes (TICP) Annual Training Programmes v Annual International Training Courses (AITC) v Thai International Post – graduate Programme (TIPP) v Third Country Training Program (TCTP) v Technical Cooperation among Developing Countries (TCDC)

Bilateral Cooperation Programme DEMAND- DRIVEN APPROCH (TICP) Bilateral Cooperation Programme v Development Projects v Experts v Fellowships v Equipments v Volunteer DEMAND- DRIVEN APPROCH

TICP by Programmes 2005 unit: million US$ Bilateral 4.00 AITC 1.00 TIPP 0.50 TCTP 0.45 Total 5.95

TICP by Country 2005 unit: million us$ Lao PDR 1.35 Cambodia 1.00 Vietnam 0.86 Myanmar 0.39 Nepal 0.20 Bhutan 0.15 Others 2.00 Total 5.95

TICP by Region 2005 unit: million us$

TICP Budget unit: million us$ 2005 5.95 2006 8.28 2007 8.85

North – South - South Cooperation v Emerging middle – income aid Provider v Intermediary role v Maintain relationships with development Partners explore more to provide

Other Developing Countries Trilateral Cooperation Development Partners Thailand Other Developing Countries

AusAID, CIDA, JICA France, Germany, Luxemburg, Hungary UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF, ESCAP, CPS

Regional Cooperation Colombo Plan APEC ASEM ACD AAF NEPAD ACMECS GMS MGC ASEAN IMT-GT BIMST-EC

REGIONAL COOPERATION ACMECS : GMS : IMT-GT: Ayeyawady- Chao Phraya- Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy GMS : Greater Mekong Sub-Region IMT-GT: Indonesia Malaysia Thailand Growth Triangle

BIMSTEC: Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical & Economic Cooperation ASEAN IAI: Initiative for Association of South - East Asian Nations Integration

Neighboring Countries Economic Development Cooperation Agency v Financial and Technical Assistance v Basic Infrastructure Development Projects v 89.4 million US$ in 2005 (Laos, Cambodia)

Thailand as an Emerging Donor Constraints Thailand as an Emerging Donor Budget - annual basis Mutual Understanding – coordination, regulation Data and Information Systems

Cooperating Countries Constraints Cooperating Countries Unprepared Absorptive Capacity Participation Knowledge and Skills Attitude

CHALLENGE v Matching of Demand and Supply v Avoiding Duplication v Harmonization Individual Requests. Bilateral Cooperation Program is fully supported by the RTG. The program includes a wide range of areas Development project – mostly are implemented in neighbouring countries Mission /Expert/Consultant Tailored-made group training program which require the identification and design of special courses in response to the needs of cooperating country. And equipments, Thai Volunteers/Friends from Thailand In 2005, 1420 fellowships, 176 Experts, 10 mil bt. equipment vNGOs & Private Sectors Participation

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