Thammasat University engages local stakeholders in monitoring university good governance through an assessment scheme called “Integrity and Transparency Assessment or ITA.
The ITA is an assessment scheme initiated by the Office of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) and used for assessing government agencies the level of integrity and transparency. ITA is comparable to its global counterpart, Corruption Perception Index: CPI”. Thammasat University has participated in the ITA since 2016 as a university policy. The rector delegated the responsibility for participating in this assessment to the Vice-Rector on Administration and Human Resources.
There are three parts to the assessment.
First, Internal Integrity and Transparency Assessment (IIT), accounted for 30% of the total score, surveys opinions of 400 managers and executives of units inside the university on (1) performance and operation (2) budget and expense (3) the use of power (4) the use of government property (5) how the university dealing with corruption problems.
Second, External Integrity and Transparency Assessment (EIT), accounted for 30% of the total score, surveys opinions of external stakeholders, university customers, students, and partners of contracts on (6) quality of operation (7) communication efficiency (8) operation improvement.
The first two parts were surveyed through online surveys.
Third, Open Data Integrity and Transparency Assessment (OIT), accounted for 40% of the total score, focuses on whether the evidence in the assessment is public. There are two main indicators namely, (9) data disclosure and (10) prevention of corruption.
In 2020, Thammasat University was assessed with A grade, 92.08 out of 100 points. In 2021, the assessment period was from February until August 2021. There are 8,393 government agencies all over Thailand participated in the ITA.
In 2021, Thammasat University enacted a policy called “Stakeholder Participation Measure 2021”, to ensure transparency and accountability to all parties involved in accordance with Good Governance principles. See the policy here.
