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4. Support for facilitation of skilled labor, dispatch of experts to support enterprises;
and
5. Procurement of equipment needed for relief operations and monitoring systems
to support the local industries
Strategy for Medium-term Recovery and Reconstruction
1. Credit line facility for recovery and reconstruction;
2. Government & private sector: Formulation of disaster and recovery management
framework for industries including identification of better, safe sites for
industrial firms, preparedness, measures, etc;
3. Promote better concessions arrangements – for duties to increase exports,
waive import taxes in a targeted, transparent and time-bound manner;
4. Rehabilitation of basic infrastructure to support affected industries;
5. Prioritizing the building of better links between the government and private
sector;
6. Job creation through promotion of investment in the industrial sector;
7. Support for institutional capacity building (industrial rehabilitation, local planning
and preparation for future flooding which can also be regarded as long term);
and
8. Strengthen government and other stakeholders’ capacities: resilience,
preparedness and recovery
Strategy for Long-term Resilience, Recovery and Reconstruction
For the long-term sustainability of the industrial sector and to also win back foreign direct
investment in order to maintain Thailand as a manufacturing hub for the region, the following
initiatives aim to cope and mitigate future risks:
1. Institutional capacity in rural and urban planning that would take strong
consideration of safe industrial areas are to be promoted;
2. Given the relative affordability of SMEs on future insurance premium, insurance
schemes and support from the government are to be made available to small
enterprises;
3. Promote strong links between policy, research, and operational experts to
ef fectively transfer information and knowledge;
4. Promote partnerships between public and private sectors (including not-for-prof
it entities) which aims for the development of innovative risk management
approaches in order to be more disaster resilient;
5. Comprehensive flood protection system are needed to be constructed in
consideration of the supply-chain linkages around the industrial estates;
6. Invest in comprehensive water management system and relevant branches of
governmental organizations need to cohesively work together to manage water
flow (affecting industries and local communities in general); and,
7. Improve land-use management, where by similar business clusters are grouped
in the same areas and allow sufficient land in the province to serve as a flood
plain. The flood plain should be evidently marked on the provincial map and
instituted in the provincial building code, where no residences are permitted.
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