Factors to Sustainable Chai Nat Community Fund Management

Abstract

          This paper examined the current situation, problems, and necessity of the establishment and operationalization, factors and conditions that contribute to the outcomes of the sustainable Chai Nat community welfare fund management. This is a qualitative research. The key informants included internal auditors, external experts, and community members. The in-depth interview was adopted as research instrument. The Index of Item-Objective Congruency (IOC) and content validity was validated, and then validation was affirmed by the panel of five experts. The variables were then determined. The focus group of 12 participants was carried out to ascertain the validity of the content. The results demonstrated that most people were aware of the intent of establishing the community welfare fund and recognized that the community needs to rise to solve the challenging circumstances adequately by local people and must be capable of mobilizing the own community welfare fund. In addition, factors and conditions supporting the successful implementation of the community welfare fund must be taken into consideration; tangible serviceability to the local people, effective structural mechanism of the community welfare fund committee to the integrated synergy with other agencies and departments, systematic management, membership benefits system, disclosure and compliance, and support from local people and being a model to other communities in learning. These factors and conditions provide the framework and guidelines for community welfare fund management exactly that may extend the highest benefits to all people and community and parties involved.