Best Practice and CBNRP&M
Otto Tawanda Chisiri
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Sufficiency Economy Philosophy
•the means to...
•1. Knowledge Based Economy
•2. Ethnic Economy
•3. Happiness Economy
•4. Sustainable Economy

What practical sustainable development requires
Indicators
Systems Analyses
Innovations
Strategies
Agreement & Action
Principles, Visions, Goals © AtKisson, Inc.
Information, data, knowledge
Cooperation, thinking skills
Concepts, imagination
“Best practices”, creativity
Experience, judgment, intuition
Trust, commitment, discipline

Sustainability is ...
A set of conditions and trends in a given
system that can continue indefinitely

Sustainable Development is ...
A strategic process of continuous change
in the direction of sustainability

Nature
Society
Wellbeing Economy
The Compass:
A Sustainability Framework
Uses: Introduce sustainability ... assess it ...
develop sustainability indicators ... communicate results ...
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Pyramid
A Sustainable Development Framework
INDICATORS
SYSTEMS
INNOVATIONS
STRATEGIES
AGREEMENTS & ACTIONS
Sustainability Principles
and Visions
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Trust, Commitment, and Discipline
Which kinds of change should we make?
How do we accomplish those changes?
We commit to a course of action ... and do it
Where are we headed?
What’s driving us? Where must we change?
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The
Iceberg
• Foundation (At the Bottom):
Vision or principles for how the
world should be (Sustainability)
• Level 1: Information and
understanding of what's actually
happening (Indicators & Trends)
• Level 2: Theory about how things
work, what needs to be changed,
and how (Systems)
• Level 3: New ideas for making
positive change (Innovation)
• Level 4: Plans for success
(Strategy)
• Capstone (Visible to Others):
What you're doing now
(Agreements and Actions)

Sufficiency Economy Philosophy: Composition
Economy/society/environment/culture
in a balanced, stable and sustainable way
Immunity to materialism and
social/environmental/cultural changes
Moderate
Reasonableness Self-
Immunity
Sufficiency Economy Philosophy
Lead to
Integrity Condition
(honesty, diligence,
wisdom, sharing,
perseverance)
Goal
Outcome
Input
Means
The Middle Path Sufficiency
Knowledge Condition
(Prudent and
appropriate
knowledge) 9

A shift in Development Paradigm..Towards Sufficiency
From Economic
Development
To people
centered
development
-well being
From
Compartmentalization
To integration
of all
dimensions
From top-down
approach
To bottom-up
approach
People
Benefit to
people
Popular
participation
A focus on people,
development benefit to
people, and well being
a focus on “geographical
conditions” that
vary according to
landscape and way of
life in each locality
“order” of development
from self-reliance-
grouping-networking
“exploding from the
inside”
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Guideline for Promoting the Just Society
strengthening the grass-root
Economy, expanding the coverage
of the social protection system,
promoting a fair allocation of
resources
Generating opportunity to gain
access to social services for the
underprivileged group in an
equitable and thorough manner
creating an accepting value
based on trust and
mutual support
Developing all citizens to have
ability to participate with dignity
in social, economic and politic
activities

Sufficiency Economy Application in Context of Country Development
quality human, moral and
knowledge based society
strong community, networks
develop to link with global
economy develop on strong
production base
natural resources base
strengthened
system set up and culture
created in line with good
governance and democracy
Individual
Community
Economics
Natural
resources
Good
governance
Moderation, Reasonableness, Self-
Immunity
People Centered/Foundation Balanced under Dynamism Condition
balance between
material and minds
Knowledge Perseverance
 Selfreliance
 Adapt to
changes
 Create
immunity
“Well-Being
Society”
balance between
rural-urban
Moral
balance between
local-global
balance between
utilize-conserve
balance between
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Various Application of Sufficiency Economy
Business
Sector
Agriculture
Sector
Press and
Media
Political
Institution
Public
Sector
Education
Institution
 Utilized the
“New Theory”
 Guidestudentstoa
betterunderstanding
ofSufficiencyEconomy
Philosophythrough
classroomcurriculum
andactivities
 disseminating“Best
Practices”ofthe
philosophy’sapplication
toinspireThaipeopleto
applyit.
 Law and regulation
lead to the principle
for government to
formulate policy and
budget with the
concern on
effectiveness ,
reasonable cost, and
response to people’s
needs.
 utilize resources efficiently with the concern on risk
management ,human resource development, innovation, and
create organizational culture (honesty, integrity, and knowledge
sharing.
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 Implements mega project with reasonableness and concern on
risk management. Budget allocation is designed with the focus
on balanced investment

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1 SEP : a central to alleviate poverty and reducing
the economic vulnerability of the poor
2. SEP : a central to community empowerment and
community strengthening to be a foundation of the
national economic
3. SEP :CSR
4. SEP :improve standard of governance in public
admin.
5. SEP :proved to suggest country against
Shock/crisis – sustainable dev.
6. SEP thinking demands a tranformation Of value
and revolution in the mindset both neccessary for
the advancement of human development
SIX MESSAGES FOR TAKING SEP FORWARD

SEP can be the way of life of an
organization whose own
particular view of the world
should be moderate, based on
reason, with a through
understanding of causes and
effects; it will prepare of changes
by creating self-immunity
through practicing morality and
utilizing knowledge prudently.

SEP can be the way of life of an
organization whose own
particular view of the world
should be moderate, based on
reason, with a through
understanding of causes and
effects; it will prepare of changes
by creating self-immunity
through practicing morality and
utilizing knowledge prudently.

A typical village in the highlands of
Swaziland
PR DEPT ODISHA & PRADAN

Activities

WATER HARVESTING TANK

Horticulture

Staggered Trench

30-40 with Plantation

Land Levelling & Bunding

Low land tank

5% Model

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