Strategies for Capacity Building in Implementing the Village Fund

The objectives were 1) to formulate strategies for capacity building in the village fund implementation, and 2) to experiment and evaluate the strategies for capacity building in the village fund implementation. Qualitative research and quantitative research approaches were used. Data collection and analysis were done with In-Depth interview and focus group discussion for qualitative research. The experiment group composed of 12 groups of the village fund board committees and members in Khao Thong Sub-district, Payuhakiri District, Nakhon Sawan Province. The results of strategic formulation for capacity building in implementing the village fund was composed of 4 system units as the followings. 1. Aim to Community monetary institute, 2. Systemic Administration 3. Accounting System Management, 4. Creation of Strength and Sustainability. The experimental results of the 72 members of village fund showed that their achievement of knowledge, attitude and practical skill had mean different scores of 6.79 between pretest and posttest with statistically significant at level of 0.001. Their satisfactions after training were at high level for 14 aspects and at highest level for 1 aspect. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2013.v4n4p13