Public Service of Thai Local Government Organizations : Power and Duties, Form and Issues

Abstract

         A Local government organizations as administrative agencies that perform public services according to missions assigned by the state and have their powers and duties according to law to provide public services that cover the needs and basic necessities of people's lives. public services of local government organizations must therefore have various formats and methods for providing public services, both in the dimension that the law allows them to carry out public service activities by themselves according to their potential or by entrusting the private sector to provide public services instead or may collaborate with another person or entity to provide certain public services in a mission that requires different personnel, tools, and technology.

         Public services of Thai local government organizations still face some problems, including (1) budget problems that are not balanced with the missions of small local government organizations, which the government should solve by allocating subsidies to local government organizations fairly (2) problems of cooperation among local administrative organizations in providing public services, in which local administrative organizations should prepare cooperation agreements together in important missions that affect the people and (3) problems of corruption in the provision of public services of local government organizations, where local councils and civil society organizations should create a strong role in jointly inspecting the work of local government organizations.