Impressions from the second fuel economy workshop in Bangkok, Thailand (Source: GIZ).
Bangkok, Thailand, 15 November 2021 – To follow the success of the kick-off workshop with the title “Moving forward fuel efficiency policy in Thailand”, the GIZ-Transport and Climate Change (TCC) project collaborated with the Office of Transport and Traffic Policy and Planning (OTP) to organise the 2nd Fuel Efficiency Policy Stakeholders’ Workshop “Collaboration on the Development of the Fuel Efficiency Policy in Thailand” in order to support the improvement of fuel efficiency policy for the transport sector in Thailand as well as serving sustainable transport goal (ST-1.3) of the ASEAN Transport Strategic Plan (Kuala Lumpur Transport Strategic Plan 2021-2025).
OTP’s Director General, Mr. Chaiwat Thongkamkoon, chaired the event with participants from several ministries including the Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Energy, Ministry of Industry, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, and Ministry of Finance. Ms. Chutinthorn Mankhong, Acting Chief of Sustainable Transport Promotion Division of OTP, highlighted the continuation of cooperation between the GIZ-TCC project and OTP on fuel efficiency (FE) policy in Thailand.
Mr. Tali Trigg, the TCC Project Director, emphasised the support of fuel efficiency policy in Thailand, which will also benefit the regional (ASEAN) level. He also mentioned that GIZ will bring international experts on FE policies to work with national experts in order to produce suitable and practical recommendations. Moreover, the GIZ-TCC project aims to further analyse how Thailand could benefit from the FE policy implementation.
As the workshop continued, Dr. Nuwong Chollacoop, a national FE expert, presented comprehensive details of FE policies on global and national levels. In addition, he presented the results of the discussion with individual stakeholders in Thailand and showed the stakeholder’s diagramme, showing how cooperation has been built among the relevant stakeholders. Afterwards, the “draft recommendations” for improving the policies implementation in Thailand were proposed to all stakeholders.
Mr. Papondhanai Nanthachatchavankul led the participants into a group activity, which generated an exchange of ideas on how to cooperate and improve FE policies in Thailand. Focused on the way forward for FE policy recommendations, the GIZ-TCC project will continue to support the improvement of fuel efficiency policies in Thailand by specifically exploring how Thailand could benefit from revising the existing “eco sticker”, and re-adjusting CO2 taxation structure.