Moreover, by virtue of Section 3/1 of the State Administration Act (No.5),
B.E. 2545 (2002), OPDC has pushed forward the promulgation of The Royal Decree
on Criteria and Procedures for Good Governance B.E. 2546 (2003) in May, 19, 2003,
to set criteria and management directions for government agencies to ensure that the
public receives a better standard of service and the government functions are
equivalent to international standards. The Decree incorporates the following 7
principles (Office of the Public Sector Development Commission, 2003: 107):