Department of Information

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Department of Information
Office of Secretariat to the Department
Chief Mrs. Pantipa Pratoomtip
Administrative Tasks
Academic/Project
Young Ambassador of Virtue Project
Personal, Budgetary and Supplies
Administration
Roving Buakaew
Secretarial task
Youth Seminar on Foreign Affairs

Facilitating/Coordinating
An Article in Daily Newspapers
Other tasks
"Globalized Thailand"
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Project under the office of Secretariat to the
Department
Young Ambassador of Virtue

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Young Ambassador of virtue project

• The Youth Ambassador of Virtue Project is
  implemented into 3 phrases as follow
• -First Pilot Project 76 primary schools from
  each and every province across the country were
  selected by the office of the National Primary
  Education Commission (ONPEC), Ministry of
  Education to participate in the pilot project in
  1999.
• -Second, After the success of the Pilot
  Project, the first extension phrase was
  implemented in the year 2000 by repeating the
  process of the Pilot Project.

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Young Ambassador of virtue project

• At this phrase, the ONPEC helped to recruit
  schools, not exceeding 20 schools from each
  province, upon their willingness and readiness to
  join the project which were about 1,300 schools.
  In supporting the first extension phrase, the 76
  pilot schools played important roles in looking
  after and guiding the participation schools
  nation-wide.
• -Third, On 3rd May 2001, the Young Ambassador of
  Virtue Project Committee has agreed to extend
  the project into the third phrase by the
  inclusion of 975 primary schools in order to
  celebrate His Majesty the Kings 75 Birthday in
  the year 2001

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Young Ambassador of virtue project

• To support the schools and to promote the
  knowledge of the world affairs to students under
  this project, Friend of the Young Ambassador of
  Virtue was initiated by the Ministry of Foreign
  Affairs of Thailand who has invited Diplomatic
  Corps and Consular Representatives in Thailand as
  well as the Royal Thai Embassy/Consular
  Representatives around the world, particularly,
  the over-sea Thai Community to join the project
  as Friends of the Young Ambassador of Virtue

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Young Ambassador of virtue project

• The matching of the Friend of the Young
  Ambassador of Virtue with the 76 primary schools
  under the pilot project has been undertaken
  successfully. For example, students are more
  confident to communicate with their foreign
  friends on the regular basis by exchanging of
  letters and notes moreover, they spent time
  studied the paired country. Foreign friends
  continued to give a moral support to these
  schools which includes school materials, books,
  computers and scholarship. As a result, schools
  in the project built their connections and
  networks with their foreign friend as well as

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Young Ambassador of virtue project

• As a result, schools in the project built their
  connections and networks with their foreign
  friend as well as schools in the project within
  the province and around the country. This network
  help support the cultivation of moral conscience
  and expansion of world visions to the young
  students.
• The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry
  of Education will continue to work closely on
  this project with a firmly hope that the Young
  Ambassador of Virtue Project will be a true
  model of human resources development.

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Young Ambassador of virtue project

• For any further queries concerned, or interesting
  parties who wish to be Friend of the Young
  Ambassador of Virtue, please contact the
  Secretariat Office of the Project as follows
  -Department of
  Information, Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
  Tel .[phone], Fax.[phone],
  
  e-mail div0702_at_mfa.go.th
  -The
  National Primary Education Commission,Ministry of
  Education Tel.[phone] ext.157,
  
  Fax.[phone]

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The Young Ambassador of Virtue celebrating His
Majesty the King's 6th cycle Birthday Anniversry
The Young Ambassador of Virtue
The Young Ambassador of Virtue
The Young Ambassador of Virtue
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Roving Buakaew Project

• Project initiated by the Foreign Minister to
  listen to the voice of peoples from all walks of
  life especially from the grassroots in provinces
  along the borders of Thailand. This project
  includes an informal and interactive forum
  between Foreign Minister, who leads the team of
  senior officials of the Ministry of Foreign
  Affairs, and leaders of communities, public and
  private sectors, NGOs, local journalists and
  people in the province to discuss issues of
  international affairs affecting their lives such
  as Thai labors abroad, trading along the border,
  tourism, etc.The aim of this forum is to voice
  opinion of people and their problems in order to
  collect first hand information to inform
  authorities concerned and to be used in
  formulating foreign policy in proper time.
  Following are main activities of Roving Buakeaw
  Project

• Informal discussion

• Roving passport service

• Meeting with Schools in the Young Ambassador of
  Virtue Project

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Seminar on Foreign Affairs for Youths

• Aim at giving opportunities for students at
  all levels of education to visit and learn about
  duties and roles of the Ministry of Foreign
  Affairs and the Foreign Policy of the government
  of Thailand
• Main activities are visual presentations and
  lectures which are adapted corresponding to the
  level of audiences e.g. -
• - 150 students from Uthaithani Kindergarten,
  one of schools in the Young Ambassador of Virtue
  Project, visited the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  on 15th November 2001.
• - Annual visit by the university student
  participating in Chaiyapreuk Project of the
  Office of Civil Service Commission to be given
  lectures on duties and roles of the MFA as well
  as Foreign Policy of the government of Thailand.