From March to June 2021, SDG Move undertook muti-stakeholder, policy-focused research for Thailand Science Research and Innovation (TSRI), an organization under the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation. It was the analysis of data and the design of future scenarios to support the science research and innovation plan. TSRI wants this development plan to be the catalyst of change that would steer Thailand to progress more sustainably and inclusively along the line of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The research in 2021 was conducted at two levels, namely regional level and provincial cluster level. For the regional level, SDG Move also worked with 6 regional teams from 8 regional universities. Foresight (i.e. Horizon Scanning and Delphi) was used as the research methodology. Data collection was conducted online due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Moreover, six regional foresight workshops were organized, engaging more than 200 stakeholders all over Thailand. At the provincial cluster level, the 6 regional teams took a deep-dive into the provincial clusters (sub-unit of the regional level), to find the provincial-cluster specific needs and priorities.
As the project was based on multi-stakeholder participatory approach, more than 1000 respondents and participants engaged in the Delphi and the workshops process. State actors were accounted for approximately 50% of the respondents and participants. Non-governmental organizations, Civil Society Organizations, and Community-based organizations were accounted for approximately 27% of the respondents and participants.
This project is the continuation of the SDG Foresight project organized in 2020.
