The NRSA’s information centre has received little more than 100 comments so far – some of them duplicates, according to NRSA vice chairwoman Walairat Sriaran. As such, it has rated public feedback unsatisfactory.

“It has shown us that while we have been working in Bangkok, our work has barely reached the people. They do not yet have a high degree of awareness or participation in the reform work,” said Walairat.

The NRSA has met with representatives of commerce councils, which have agreed to lend a hand in reforming the country. The Community Organisation Network, which encompasses over 4,000 communities, has also agreed to help disseminate the NRSA’s reform work via its local radio networks.

The NRSA will today meet representatives from educational institutes to discuss a plan to expand its outreach there, said NRSA first vice chair Alongkorn Ponlaboot.

Alongkorn said the NRSA had adjusted its work with the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) to expedite amendments and implementation of at least 126 Acts identified as being in need of reform.

However, Alongkorn refused to elaborate on which areas needed changes in the law, saying the NRSA was in the process of reviewing all the Acts in question and working alongside the NLA to make the necessary alterations.

So far it has finished drafting action plans for the 12 principal reform agendas. It has also been assigned by the government to come up with a 20-year national strategy plan, covering long-term reform, which will operate in tandem with the national plan for long-term social and economic development, expected to cover a 20-year development period.