Thammasat University has been providing outreach, general education, upskilling and capacity-building to policy and lawmakers on several topics which will contribute to the implementation and achievement of Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Accord.
The general education, upskilling, and capacity-building activities that were organised in 2021 were mainly focused on law concerning public health, climate change, and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in policy formulation. Beneficiaries of these activities include judges (not only in Thailand but in Asia), the Ministry of Natural Resource and Environment, the Ministry of Labor, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Agriculture, and the Secretariat of the House of Representatives. The followings are examples of capacity-building activities in which our academic staff were involved.
Law
On August, 6, 2021, Associate Professor Kesinee Vitoonchart, Rector of Thammasat University ,gave an opening speech for the Asian Regional Course for Judges on Intellectual Property Rights and Public Health, organized by a collaboration between the Faculty of Law, Thammasat University, and the South Centre, Switzerland.
This is a short course training for judges in Asia, aiming to be knowla edge exchange platform regarding the roles of intellectual property rights and public health, and the promotion of access to medical products for developing countries.
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Climate Change
Assoc. Prof. Bundit Limmeechokchai gave a lecture on the topics of “Principle and scope of Greenhouse Gas Account, according to the Framework of Paris Rulebook for the energy sector”, and “the Sectoral data collection and assessment of Greenhouse Gas for Energy Sector, with calculation practice”, in a workshop on “The data collection and quality control for the creation of the energy sector Greenhouse Gas account”, on April 1-2, 2021, organised by the Office of Natural Resource and Environmental Policy and Planning (ONEP), Ministry of Natural Resource and Environment and partner organisations, namely, GIZ and Thailand Greenhouse Gas Management Organization (Public Organization
https://climate.onep.go.th/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Agenda_1-2Apr2021.pdf
Policy formulation and SDGs
A team of Thammasat University professors gave lectures and facilitated a workshop integrating Sustainable Development Goals, National Human Rights Plan, BCG Economy for the formulation of action plan of the permanent secretary office of Ministry of Labor. The workshop was organized between December 14-16, 2021. Assistant Professor Dr.Tavida Kamolvej, Dean of Faculty of Political Science, Assistant Professor Dr.Supachai Srisuchart, Dean of Faculty of Economics, and Assistant Professor Chol Bunnag, Director of SDG Move were the instructors of the workshop.
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Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Assistant Professor Chol Bunnag, Director of SDG Move, Faculty of Economics, Thammasat University, gave lectures on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and how it can be implemented by government agencies to several government organisations, as shown in the list below.
June 15-16, 2021 – Seminar and workshops on SDG 101: basic principles and Sustainable Development Goals towards sustainable well-being of Thai people, organised by the International Health Policy Program (IHPP) for health officers and researchers.
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June 10, 2021 – A lecture on “Sustainable Development Goals, in a training course “Understand international organisations and agriculture, volume 7, (June 9-11, 2021), organised by the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives for provincial-level officers in the Ministry of Agriculture.
October 15, 2021- A lecture on “Sustainable Development”, in a training course “Pathway towards Sustainable Development following the Sufficiency Economy Philosophy, under Green Parliament Project, organised by The Secretariat of the House of Representatives.
