The private sector welcomed the NACC's resolution to move forward with government-private sector collaboration against corruption, promoting transparency and a bribery-free environment. It supports legal reforms to remove obstacles, reduce procedural steps and discretionary power, and enhance transparent public services, paving the way for Thailand's OECD membership.
Mr. Phot Aramwattanon, chairman of the Zero Corruption task force at the JFC and Friends Against Corruption, revealed after the 1/69 meeting of the Coordination Committee for Anti-Corruption (NACC), chaired by the Prime Minister, that many NACC resolutions align with private sector proposals. These include establishing anti-bribery mechanisms, promoting the "One Department, One Transparent, Bribery-Free" project, improving public permit and service processes, and raising national governance standards to support accession to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
Furthermore, the task force is ready to support driving the Facilitation Act of 2026, a key law reforming bureaucracy by cutting unnecessary steps, reducing officials' discretionary power, and upgrading public services to be more transparent, efficient, and accountable.
"This law employs the '2 reductions, 1 increase' mechanism: reducing discretion, reducing face-to-face encounters between officials, citizens, and intermediaries, and increasing transparency and accountability. This will lower opportunities for bribery, reduce hidden costs for citizens and businesses, boost investment confidence, and serve as a key tool to improve Thailand's Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) score while preparing the country for OECD membership."
Simultaneously, the task force will organize closed-door forums involving government agencies, businesses, academia, and civil society to gather data from surveys on bribery and business obstacles. This information will be used to develop policy proposals and pilot bureaucratic reforms that can be scaled effectively.
Mr. Phot added that the task force will drive six main strategic plans:
1. Campaign for the private sector to reject paying bribes.
2. Promote reporting and complaints about corruption through safe and accessible channels.
3. Hold closed-door forums to collect in-depth data from businesses and analyze pain points.
4. Support Thailand's elevation toward OECD membership.
5. Address issues of nominees, grey capital, and money laundering.
6. Expand pilot agencies focused on transparency to reduce hidden costs and raise service standards for citizens and businesses.
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