This proposal is the second year of the strategic plan of SorKorPor. SKP aims to be organization that supports knowledge, local wishdom, develop standard of living by Self Sufficieny Economy and project benefits and farmers rights by cooperate with alliances. SKP drew up three strategic objectives for 2006-2009: strengthening the organization, institutional development and improvement of services to its members. In 2008, SKP finds it possible to concretely focus its principal activities on policy advocacy, instead of allowing them to be part of the institutional development task. The project objectives for 2008: 1. Strengthening the Organization 2. Institutional Development and Sustainability of the Organization 3. Improvement of Services to Members 4. Development of Policy

Activity description: • Activities following on plan of year 2007 appointed on the objective for achieving on the 3 years strategic planning of SorKorPor, planning and policy of Agriterra that there is concrete work to be in line with condition in each region. • Activities will focus on strengthening to regional SorKorPor and sub-district SorKorPor and also to promote role of women and youth that will has piloted into 2 regions that are SorKorPor-Upper Northern Region and SorKorPor-Southern E-sarn. • Activities will have originated project on agricultural economics on the subject of producing, exchange marketing and savings. • All together will focus on the activities that are important and to have condition that each region able to do on some activities.

The proposal for 2006 forms part of a strategic 3 year plan. In 2006 SKP aims to elaborate a youth and women development plan. SKP will also provide capacity building at national, regional, provincial and local level for farmers leaders, who will receive administrative training. With the development of the SKP information system members will be informed accurate via web-site and the newsletter service. SKP will assist in business planning for marketing of agricultural products at regional and provincial SKP level. A new activity will be the promotion eco tourism. To enhance financial management capacities SKP will give follow-up on the regional FinBase workshops and service orientation.

SorKorPor has in 2003 formulated a 3-years strategic plan. On the basis of the strategic plan annual activity plans are established. The present proposal is the 3rd and last succesive annual activity plan based on the 3-years programme. In the 3-years period SKP has formulated it´s ambition to become the leading, independent farmers organisation in Thailand, truly representing the farmers. In order to reach this goal SKP has in this period to strengthen significantly it´s organisation, structures, systems, improve it´s functional relation to the Regional chapters and built up it´s institutional network with relevant governmental and non-governmental agencies and institutions. The present proposal is split up in 3 seperate sub-programmes and budgets. 1) Overhead and main activities of the national office with establishing central structures and systems as main attention point 2) Overhead and activities of the 10 regional chapters with establishing service programmes for members as main activity 3) Assistance to development programmes implemented by regional associates and which are mainly subsidized by Governmental funds but do need additional support. The required contribution for sub-programme 1) national level is Euro 86.000. Sub-Programme 2: support to 10 regional offices Euro 95.000 and additional contribution to development programmes 3) Euro 220.000

The project is embedded in the continued and lasting partnership between ZLTO, Agritera and the Farmers Association for Development (FAD) Thailand.It aims at building a strong and independent farmers organisation nationwide. The proposal builts upon earlier acomplishments which resulted in the establishment and operation of 10 regional FAD committees, guided and steered by the National Committee and covering almost the entire country. This particular project aims at strengthening several organisational and insitutional aspects in the functionning of FAD Thailand and focusses especially on strengthening the regional chapters and the internal linkages with the national body and with grassroot affiliates. Special attention is given to the development of economic activities, preferably in alliance with private sector to enhance FAD financial sustainability.

In the first phase FAD has established a national office, has elected a national committee and 10 regional FAD committees covering the whole of Thailand. In the next phase the extension of the FAD organisation up to tambon level has to be realised. The first step is the establishment of 10 operational regional offices covering 5-7 Provinces each. The chosen representatives of the regional committees will hold office at these regional secretariats. During the reporting period, structural linkanges between the different level (national, regional, tambon) will be strengthened and the capacity of the FAD representatives will be enhanced through training programmes. At local level FAD will be functionning to assess local funds and subsidies available for rural development. Next to building up, extending and strengthening the internal organisation, FAD aims at improving it´s external network and linkages on national and inter-national level. Existing contacts with Government organisations have to be structured / institutionalised and contacts with other parties in society (private business, NGOs) have to be strengthened.

Farmers Federation Association for Development, FAD-Thailand, was established in the year 2000 as an independent farmers organisation. The challenge is to develop an independent, democratic functionning, rural membership organisation from scratch. The project is aiming at consolidating and strengthening the national structure, establishment of a nation wide organisational structure through the establishment of 10 regional committees (representing 5-7 Provinces each, establishing an effective network and the development, formulation and incorporation of a shared vision, strategy and programme. The project involves activities aiming at organisational built-up and strengthening, capacity building and network development. FAD national wants to render services to members through the regional FADs in the field of capacity building (organisational & technical), lobby and advocacy and the initiation of economic activities.