PARTICIPATION DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNAL INNOVATION IN KRACHAENG SAM KHOK PATHUM THANI PROVINCE

Abstract

Objectives of this research article were: 1. To study the participation in communal innovation at Krachaeng community by collecting data from key informants and group discussion. 2. To Study participation level, problems, obstacles, and solutions for Krachaeng community development by quantitative research. 3. To develop a participatory model for Krachaeng community innovation development, and 4. To develop participation in Krachaeng communal innovation through participatory action research. The samples in the qualitative research were stakeholders in the Krachaeng community. In the quantitative research, the samples were 271 people chosen for the study from the actual population of Krachaeng Sub-District.

The results showed that developing participation in creating innovation in Krachaeng community required a coordinating organization to create a network of partners since the Krachaeng community had transformed into an urban society in which relationships based on family and kinship were those who had a coalition to share responsibilities and expect benefits clearly to be a model community for developing participation in creating community innovation by having an organization or outside agencies come to coordinate cooperation.