The OECD Open and Connected Government Review of Thailand was prepared by the OECD Directorate for Public Governance (GOV), under the leadership of Elsa Pilichowski, Director of GOV. The review is part of the Open Government and Digital Government Reviews developed by the Open and Innovative Government Division (GOV/OIG).
The review was drafted under the strategic direction of Barbara-Chiara Ubaldi, Acting Head of the Open and Innovative Government Division and Head of the Digital Government and Data Unit in OIG, and Alessandro Bellantoni, Head of the Open Government and Civic Space Unit in OIG, who provided comments on all chapters.
The review was co-ordinated and co-drafted by Jacob Arturo Rivera Perez, Policy Analyst and Data-Driven Public Sector Lead, Digital Government and Data Unit; Johannes Klein, Policy Analyst, Open Government and Civic Space Unit; and Ethel Hui Yan Tan, Junior Policy Analyst, Digital Government and Data Unit. Hille Hinsberg, former Policy Analyst, Open Government and Civic Space Unit, contributed to the project in its early stages. Benjamin Welby, Policy Analyst, and Cecilia Emilsson, Junior Policy Analyst, Digital Government and Data Unit, contributed with inputs and comments to specific chapters. Nachon Bunnag provided translation work for the review. Eleonore Morena provided copy-editing and formatting support.
The OECD Secretariat wishes to express its gratitude to all those who made this Open and Connected Government Review of Thailand possible, especially the government of Thailand. In particular, the OECD would like to thank the team of the Strategic Foresight Directorate in the Office of the Public Sector Development Commission (OPDC), in particular Chotima Sanguanphant Wechaporn, Public Sector Development Officer, as well as Tanes Rianglaem, Public Sector Development Officer, and his predecessor Lyn Thanaporn Tengratanaprasert, for their continuous support and dedication.
The review team also wishes to thank the respondents to the different questionnaires that allowed the evidence base for this review to be built. During the fact-finding mission in April 2019, the OECD conducted interviews with more than 30 institutions from the executive, legislature, independent public institutions, international organisations, the private sector and non-governmental actors, including a wide range of civil society organisations and academics. These in-depth interviews were instrumental in further improving the OECD’s understanding of the Thai context and helping to recommend courses of action.
This review would not have been possible without the important contributions of the peer reviewers, who shared their extensive country-based knowledge and experience during the process:
Greece: Ms Nancy Routzouni, former Digital and Open Government Policy Adviser, Hellenic Ministry of Administrative Reform, Government of Greece.
United Kingdom: Ms Liz Lutgendorff, Lead Insights and Analysis Advisor, International Team, Government Digital Service, Cabinet Office, Government of the United Kingdom.