Wissanu to oversee evaluation of state bodies

Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam came up with the idea and it is his responsibility to report his plan and details to the Cabinet, Sansern said. 

Starting at the “highest speed” on April 1, the evaluations will end up being considered during the annual reshuffle of government officials in October. It would also affect decisions on whether to expand or dissolve certain agencies, he said.

However, Sansern said, the government would have to determine evaluation guidelines for agencies, and will include points such as the agency’s ability to carry out both functional and special work in line with specific government priorities, such as Pracha Rat (state of the people) schemes. The guidelines would also assess agencies’ efficiency in working at local levels, he said.

To keep up with the global community, he said, the government would also adopt international indices as part of the evaluation of related agencies, for instance indices provided by the World Bank and the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO).

Wissanu plans to work on the evaluation programme with agencies, Sansern said, namely the Civil Service Commission on human resources, the Public Sector Development Commission on personnel systems, the Bureau of the Budget on budget management, the National Economic and Social Development Board on action planning and Kritsada Boonrat, permanent-secretary to the Interior Ministry on local management.

The evaluation would cover not only senior civil servants, he said, but also the heads of state enterprises and public organisations, local administrators and Thai envoys under the ranks of C10 or C11.

Officers with lower ranks will be evaluated by their director-generals, he added, with frameworks and timelines in line with plans taken up by upper-ranking officers.