Abstract:
The research, the factors that affect the implementation of self-management policies
in communities of Chanthaburi : case study of the Community District, Chanthaburi, has carried
out with objectives of studying the significance of the affected factors and the approaches that
related to the effectiveness of the implementation of the self-management policies in Chanthaburi.
The methods of study consist of applying the mixed model by using focus-group discussion method
with the delegates from 51 community districts and using in-depth interview method and the
observation method also has been employed.
The study has found that the effectiveness of the process for the implementation of selfmanagement
policies in communities of Chanthaburi was at high level. The factors that affect the
effectiveness of the process were the meeting efficiency, the supports from the network of
provincial communities and the provincial level co-operation. Furthermore, the study also found
that the approaches and measures for implementation of the self-management policies that are
suitable for the conditions that have been existed in Chanthaburi are to support the community
districts becoming a device for decentralization of authority, co-operate with other organizations
which include the local governing organization, community district organizations, and other civil
servant agencies, in order to create mutual rules and regulations for communities that will become
local legislations and to push forward the local self-management policies to become public policies
at later stages.