The Roles of the Southern Border Provinces Administrative Center (SBPAC) in the Development of the Conflict Area from the Perspectives of Civil Society Organizations

Abstract

Unrest in the southern border provinces is protracted. The Southern Border Provinces Administrative Center (SBPAC), a special organization was initiated. This qualitative research was conducted to study roles of SBPAC in the development of the area from perspectives of Civil Society Organizations. Group discussions and in-depth interviews of twelve selected key informants were carried out. Findings are as follows: on economic development - concentrating on large-scale development projects with no linkage to the community economy, lacking holistic development and unresponsive to communities; on social development - supporting the unspent budget protecting rights of fragile groups, little evidence of self-dependency of people, facilitating justice, responsible personal of healing program poor skill development, remarkable in building confidence in the justice process and promoting plural-cultural society, unclear on creating cooperation to solve problems  in the area; on human resource development - focusing on training civil servants to understand the area, enhancing leadership potential, scholarships for children, lacking personnel development in private religious schools; on public administration - playing no role as a digital organization, lacking promotion of corporate image, playing a role in preventing corruption of government officials;  on development for security - playing a role in ensuring safety in the early stages of the unrest, no prominent role in peace talks, little role in ending the idea of violent ​​fighting, unclear role in building understanding with foreign countries, little role in the case of cultural differences problems. The suggestions are focusing on fundamental economy development and serving up-to-date information for area development.