Abstract:
The complex management and careful use of living heritage sites causing the operation to
be delayed from the original, scheduled to be completed in 2015, but currently still being in
operation by Nakhon Si Thammarat people expecting Wat Phra Mahathat Woramahawihan to be
registered as a World Heritage. The study of this topic Mobilization for the Inscription of Wat
Phra Mahathat Worramahawihan, Nakhon Si Thammarat, as a World Heritage is occupied with
the present which has the object for studying operations from the public sector, private sector and
civil society.
The result showed that the mobilization for the inscription of Wat Phra Mahathat
Worramahawihan, Nakhon Si Thammarat, as a world heritage was a collaboration of local people
under the concept of Public-Private Partnership. The public sectors primary duty was to ensure
that its operation would meet the inscription criteria of UNESCO. Entrepreneurs, communities,
and local people whose way of living connected to the cultural heritage realized the value of the
cultural heritage, engaging in their community and taking part in the preservation and
development of this cultural site. To be inscribed on the World Heritage List, many problems were
found. The research found that major problems were caused by the community engagement. On
the other hand, the key success factor was teamwork cooperated by the public sector, the private
sector and civil society in the operation on the basis of participation management and deliberative
democracy.