Good Governance Aspect in Budgeting Management for Suphanburi Province’s Local Government Agency

Abstract

This research has 3 objectives as follows: 1) to study the budgeting management of local government agencies; 2) to study characteristics of good governance principle conducted by local government agencies; and 3) to recommend a better budgeting management based on good governance concept for local government agencies. Qualitative research. The use of descriptive and analytical research to explore in-depth structured interviews is monitored by experts in accordance with the guidelines. And 11 group discussions that came from the public, private and academic sectors. The sample of 15 in-depth interviews consisted of 2 groups: political and civil servants.

The results were as follows: 1)  the budgeting management of local government agencies conducted by following the Nation Laws, Rules, and Officially Authorizied Documents. According to local government agency in Suphanburi province, the budgeting management, normally allocated in a quota portion, was formulated by local government officers towards a form of “Project” to reflect and solve local problems and, additionally, the current problems included the law’s article interpretation. However, it was found that the incompatibility in practical aspect between the new regulation and contextual context in community was the crucial problem in the targeted areas;  2) the three main principles of good governance management found in the local government agencies included rules of legitimacy, responsibility and transparency; and 3) the guideline for better budgeting management through good governance approach for local government agencies, recommended by the researcher, had its focus on a concept of “Participatory Budgeting Management”.