THE POLITICS FOR MAKING POLICY IN BORDER TRADING ECONOMIC ZONE: CHONGSANGAM BORDER CROSSING, PHUSING DISTRICT, SISAKET

Abstract

This research aims to 1) study the relation between Thailand and Cambodia on the basis of Chongsangam Border Crossing contexts, Phusing District, Sisaket; 2) study the making of policy to develop trading economic at  Chongsangam Border Crossing, Phusing District, Sisaket; and  3) study the way to improve  trading economic competency  at  Chongsangam Border Crossing, Phusing District, Sisaket. The author applied qualitative research to this paper. The populations in this research were groups of government agencies who related to policy driving process in each level, groups of private organizations and residents, and academicians.This research aims to 1) study the relation between Thailand and Cambodia on the basis of Chongsangam Border Crossing contexts, Phusing District, Sisaket; 2) study the making of policy to develop trading economic at  Chongsangam Border Crossing, Phusing District, Sisaket; and  3) study the way to improve  trading economic competency  at  Chongsangam Border Crossing, Phusing District, Sisaket. The author applied qualitative research to this paper. The populations in this research were groups of government agencies who related to policy driving process in each level, groups of private organizations and residents, and academicians. The result showed that: 1)  The relation between Thailand and Cambodia on the basis of Chongsangam Border Crossing contexts, Phusing District, Sisaket, the author found  relation between Thailand and Cambodia on trading economic has been being developed on the basis of understanding each other. There were cooperation frameworks to drive the good relationship to trade and invest for agricultural products, strengthening links, investment supporting encouragement, academic cooperation, and new field of cooperation which both sides agreed to extend to tourism cooperation by using the stage of cooperation discussion with many participants who related to the area of Sisaket including brainstorming from region strategies and staffs. 2) The making of trading economic policy for Chongsangam Border Crossing, Phusing District, Sisaket, there was  policy management to manage resources, knowledge, technology, cooperation, approach to achieve the objectives by establishing Thai-Cambodian Trade Center which makes the stability along the border of Sisaket. For this place, it is way of traveling between 2 countries – so, the staffs from 2 countries have to care much about sensitivity. There were physical logistic linking infrastructure management of Chongsangam Border Crossing; institute structure management; and resident management which linked to religions, cultures, environment, tourism, education, and cooperation between community and agencies. The competency of Chongsangam Border Crossing for being in AEC, the author found the establishment of Special Economic Border Area which expressed the point of trading and investment expansion – as we can see that the trading has been being grown up in ASEAN market. Also, there had been being the investment cooperation between 2 countries: both governments and private enterprises to exchange labors and experts. The growing of trading and investment made positive effects to service business: medical service, education and tourism which have been being grown up respectively 3) The way to develop business activity competency in Thailand and Cambodia border at  Chongsangam Border Crossing. The governments had defined the policy of establishing border economic zone to accord industry, commerce, and international economic. For influenced factors which affected to the development of Thailand and Cambodia border trading policy, the author found that there were both internal and external factors which were very important to develop Thailand and Cambodia border trading policy and drove the policy to encourage expansion of trading continuously. There were improvement of infrastructure and logistic system to adjust laws and rules for border trading to be up to date, the development of border trading competency, and the development of resident competency in Sisaket to be the member of AEC.