Tracing the Impact: Six Decades of Thai-German Technical Cooperation

German Development Cooperation in Thailand began on 9 October 1956, when the first development and economic cooperation agreement has been signed between Germany and Thailand. The establishment of the Thai-German Technical School marked the first milestone in 1959, which later became King Mongkut's Institute of Technology, North-Bangkok (KMITNB).

The cooperation has covered so far over 200 projects in almost all areas. Until the late 1970s efforts and projects had almost exclusively been concentrated on poverty reduction through rural development cooperation projects as well as on vocational education and health. During the last 20 years urban development, the promotion of small and medium-sized enterprises and, especially, environmental protection became the focus.

The History Workshop

In 2011 a team of young staff members of Thai-German Technical Cooperation has been researching archives both in Thailand and Germany, both of GIZ and its former parters. Many interviews have been conducted to capture real life stories from former staff members. In the following you will find main selected products of the working group. The work is also a contribution to celebrate 150 years of Thai-German relationship.

Products of the Workshop

• Documentary Film
  23 minutes documentary based on interviews with former stakeholders about the core principles and working approaches of TGTC, lesson learned, challenges, impacts and outlook into the future.
• Overview of Themes and Results
  Overview of themes and trends, timeline of selected highlight projects and main results of TGTC.
• Milestones
  Timeline of major milestones of TGTC.
• Exhibition
  Detailed timeline and milestones of TGTC.
• The Booklet
  Details of the 6 main themes and 25 highlight projects with many anecdotes and stories.
• List of Projects
  List of all projects of TGTC. later will be filled up with data and information in a web-database.

Contact

GIZ Office Bangkok
Ms. Jarukan Rassiri
Trilateral Programme Coordinator
E-mail: jarukan.rassiri@giz.de.
Tel: +662 661 9273 ext 62
Fax: +662 661 9281, 82