ASEAN Communities: Challenges and Opportunities For Vulnerable groups in Thailand

The objective of this study to investigate the role of various sectors in the local level to performance vulnerable and marginalized groups including to study an appropriate strengthening policy and mechanism to protection and advocacy for the vulnerable and marginalized groups to prepare for these changing patterns in ASEAN Communities. Methodologies employed in this study are documentary research study and Qualitative study. Data was collected from the population involved in the welfare protection of the rights related to working of the vulnerable and marginalized groups, such as Ministry of Social Development and Human Security, Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Justice, Private Sectors, Non-Government Sectors, Community leaders including vulnerable and marginalized groups. Number of samples in total is 500 persons.
The result also point out that Local Government would like to integrate capacity of government agencies, institutions and civil society to carry out social budgeting exercises aimed at improving financial sustainability of social services in support of policy goals of broadening coverage and raising benefit levels (health insurance, pensions, access to quality education, health care and other social services) includes on the principles of the sufficiency economy.