CIVIL SOCIETY ENGAGEMENTS TO GEAR THE COMMUNAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN

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Civil Society; Engagements Society; Communal Development Plan

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Xu De
Faculty of Social Science, Major in Social Development, Buddhapanya Sri Thawarawadee Buddhist College Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University
Suchita Songmatcha
Faculty Faculty of Social Science, Major in Public Administration, Suphanburi Srisuvarnabhumi Buddhist College Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University

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In the studies of Civil Society Engagements to Gear the Communal Development Plan in Rai Khing Municipality, Samphran District, Nakhon Pathom Province, the author intended to present civil society engagement to find and the approach to drive the Rai Khing Municipal Development Plans, concept of development, engagement/ participation, civil society and how to gear the municipal development plans. The author found 3 major strategies and plans, their 14 sub-strategies and plans with their analyses. The author recommended that the municipality should apply strong collaboration with win-win sharing strategy, strong and literate bilingual schools, vocational schools, colleges and universities. The communal elites should raise intimate connection with Most Venerable from 9 renowned temples in the Rai Khing municipality and other renowned temples in Nakhon Pathom province to eliminate ignorance of the local political elites. In stimulating investments to restructure target industries towards the Rai Khing Municipality not only 4.0 but 5.0-6.0, should be resumed but revise in each phase of development and it needs to explore and update the 3rd Strategy and Plans.

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De, X. ., & Songmatcha, S. (2025). CIVIL SOCIETY ENGAGEMENTS TO GEAR THE COMMUNAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN . Asia Pacific Journal of Religions and Cultures, 9(1), 186–201. retrieved from https://so06.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/ajrc/article/view/278330
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