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1. University and Community Linkages for
Sustainable Development
Building on Cultural Diversity and Community Engagement
Pornchai Mongkhonvanit
Prin Boondiskulchok
Noppawan Siriphol
Siam University, Bangkok, Thailand
March 2014
2. The Four Pillars of Learning
• Self analytical
and social skills
• Understanding
the relationships
between human
and society
• Practical skills• Cognitive
learning
Learning
to know
Learning
to do
Learning
to be
Learning
to live
together
Source: UNESCO
3. Learn to
know
Learn to
do
Learn to
be
Learn to
live
together
Sustainable Development
Universities of yesterday
Universities of today
Universities of tomorrow
Linkages between
universities
and communities
Siam University
Case Studies
• Major Flood
in Bangkok
2011
• Rural
Development
in Phu Chi
Fah, Chiang
Rai
• Communal
Healthy Space
The Evolving Role of Educational Institutions
4. University and Community Linkages –
Case Studies on Siam University, Bangkok, Thailand
Major Flood in
Bangkok 2011
Rural Development
in Phu Chi Fah,
Chiang Rai
Communal Healthy
Space
Siam University
Communities
5. University and Community Linkages –
Case Studies on Major Flood in Bangkok 2011
Context Key Engagement
Actions
Key Outcomes
Siam University
offers its campus
to serve people
in surrounding
community
during the major
flood in Bangkok
in 2011.
• Assigned a group of
20-30 staff to
facilitate flood
victims
• Allowed people to
use toilets, ATM,
etc. on campus
• Provided water
pumping for the
community
• Created a
community market
to supply daily
groceries for flood
victims
• Both the University
and community
were well recovered
from the flood
• The university was
awarded by APHEIT
(Associate of Private
Higher Education in
Thailand) for its
initiative
6. University and Community Linkages –
Case Studies on Rural Development
in Phu Chi Fah, Chiang Rai
Context Key Engagement
Actions
Key Outcomes
Tribal groups in
Phu Chi Fah,
Chiang Rai used
to plant crops to
produce drugs.
So Siam
University came
in to develop the
area to be a safer
and sustainable
living place for
community.
• Introduced local
tribes to do
agriculture instead
of planting crops
and producing drugs
• Led youths to build
wire, dike and small
dam for the
community
• Brought students
from Nursing and
Pharmacy Faculty
came to provide
health services to
local people
• Raised fund for the
community
• Built Pagoda as a
landmark for peace
and understanding
to unite the people
• Created and
distributed a
documentary about
Mhong culture in
Phu Chi Fah
• Developed a
sustainable living for
the next generation
7. University and Community Linkages –
Case Studies on Communal Healthy Space
Context Key Engagement
Actions
Key Outcomes
Siam University
strengthens
bonds with
surrounding
community
through the
development of
Communal
Healthy Space
that promotes
healthy learning
and healthy
lifestyle among
people.
Built four sustainable
networks within the
community:
1. Healthy Food Network:
• Nutrition food safety
and food security
group
• Breastfeed and
maternity care group
2. Clean and Green
Environment Network:
• Green Market and
Green Community
group
3. Healthy Sport and
Exercises Network
4. Sufficiency Economy
Network
• Received funding of
17 million Baht from
the Thai Health
Promotion
Foundation to drive
the project during
2012 and 2013
• Leveraged quality of
living for people in
the community
8. Through engagement with the community, the University extends
its educative territory beyond the campus as well as reinvents its
approach to education with a heightened sense of purpose.
The three major case
studies demonstrate not
only how universities can
be a catalyst for social
movement and social
change towards sustainable
development, but also how
community engagement
enables universities to
achieve its main missions
with a heightened sense of
purpose.