Paper Title
The Implementation Problem Of The Public Policy On Promoting And Developing The Quality Of Life Of Persons With Disabilities By The Ministry Of Social Development And Human Security (Msdhs) Of Thailand
Abstract
The objective of this research is to study The implementation problem of the public policy on promoting and developing the quality of life of Persons with Disabilities by the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security (MSDHS) of Thailand In this qualitative research investigation, the researcher assembled data, official data, scholarly works of various institutions as well as from in-depth interviews conducted with key informants. The key informants consisted of three categories of officials or government functionningThe first category or consisted of high-ranking administrators responsible for implementing the policy conerning handicapped person at the National Office for Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (NEP) and the Department of Social Development and Welfare (DSDW), MSDHS. The second category consisted of operational officials, i.e. those concerned with providing assistance to those having social problems under the auspices of DSDW, MSDHS in Bangkok Metropolis and those working in Provincial Social Development and Human Security Offices (PSDHSO) in the greater Bangkok Metropolitan area. Those offices were in 4 adjacent provinces; namely: NakhonPathom, Nonthaburi, PathumThani and SamutSakhon. The third group consisted of representatives from a variety of organizations for the physically challenged. These representatives were from organizations for the visually impaired; the audio impaired, and the mobility impaired. The research instrument method consisted of an in-depth interview with relevant bureaucrats as well as interviews conducted with high-ranking administrators, operational personnel who were members of the Ministry, and those who were members of private sector organizations as well as those from specifically arranged organizations for the physically challenged. Research findings are as follows 1) So money rules and regulation to be followed-posing difficulties actual application since these are 7 categories of subsets of disabled persons 2) Each subset possess its own kind of bureaucratic Each subset possess its own kind of bureaucratic problems apart from obstacles caused by lack of sustainable 4 M's, Money, Man, Material and Management 3) Operational units and policy units often overlap, causes indecision 4) Abrupt shift or transfer of responsible officials
Keywords: Problems and barriers in the actual implementation of the policy, Implementation of the policy, promoting and developing the quality of life of Persons with Disabilities