Populations in developing nations are rapidly growing, people now believe that we should turn to gentically modified crops to increase the productions of food grains. Discuss the Advantages and Disadvantages of this approach.

The objectives of

this

study

were: 1) to determine the

participation

of public

sector

affecting driving

community

participation

in sustainable

self-management

: a case

study

of

community

organization

networks

in

Krabi

Province

and

Phatthalung

Province

; 2) to analyze the factors affecting the

participation

of public

sector

which affects driving

community

participation

in sustainable

self-management

: a case

study

of

community

organization

networks

in

Krabi

Province

and

Phatthalung

Province

; and 3) to develop the situations for driving

community

organization

networks

in

Krabi

Province

and

Phatthalung

Province

in terms of

participation

of

community

organization

networks

in the

development

of

government

policies

(power and authority) from the perspective of self-organized local communities.

This

study

was a mixed-method

study

. For quantitative research process, the target

group

of 338

respondents

was determined by

community

organization

networks

, general public, local leaders, local

government

personnel, and related personnel in

Krabi

Province

and

Phatthalung

Province

, based on the registration of members under the

Community

Organization

Council Act B.E. 2551 (2008). The target

group

was divided into two groups with a number of

respondents

not exceeding the main target

group

including

Group

1, referred to

Krabi

Province

with 313

respondents

, and

Group

2, referred to

Phatthalung

Province

with 261

respondents

. The questionnaire was used to collect

data

and the

data

were analyzed using basic statistical tools: frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation.

In addition

, for qualitative research process,

data

were collected from 50 key informants, selected by purposive sampling, using in-depth interviews. The

data

were analyzed using content analysis and analytic induction. The research findings showed that the drivers of the

participation

of public

sector

were as follows. The public

sector

should be involved in budget management and should be allowed to participate in support of assets,

community

resources, or money for

community

activities in

Krabi

Province

and

Phatthalung

Province

especially joint ownership, and social information management which leads to an integrated provincial

development

strategy to create the 4th power in governing the country which is called the absolute civil power. Regarding the

participation

of

community

organizations in the

development

of

government

policies

in

Krabi

Province

and

Phatthalung

Province

,

community

supports should be assigned to participate in the determination of

policies

with local authorities and

community

councils in order to maintain the

participation

in the

development

of

government

policies

, especially the placement of driving mechanisms at the local level or rather than those managed by bureaucratic system. The guidelines for driving the

participation

of

community

organization

networks

from the perspective of self-organized local communities of

Krabi

Province

and

Phatthalung

Province

suggested that there should be

policies

for people in the area to drive

community

participation

in sustainable

self-management

;

moreover

, meetings should be held to gain public

participation

in policy formulation and project assessment in sustainable

self-management

in

Krabi

Province

and

Phatthalung

Province

according to

social impacts, laws, and

policies

which occurred in the context of each area. Keywords: local

community

, drivers of

participation

of public

sector

,

participation

of

community

organization

networks

in

development

of

government

policy, guidelines for driving

participation

.