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The Declaration on Mission and Status of the Council of University Presidents of Thailand (CUPT)

in the New Millennium on October 30th, 1999

From the Meeting (5/1999) of the CUPT Hosted at the National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA)

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The CUPT committee declared the mission and status of the organization in the following:

1. The CUPT is going to increase the action of giving suggestions to the government in the aspect of policies. It also tends to guide community and society on problem solving, to develop and to immunize community and society in order to help sustainably developing the nation with wisdoms gaining from researching. This would lead to self-reliance on the basis of Thai culture and on the gracefully good relationship with foreign countries.
2. The CUPT is going to accelerate the excellency in academic of each universities/institutes on the ground of individual’s ideology by:
   • 2.1 Strengthening the management section to gain flexibility, efficiency, verifiable transparency, and liberal manageability in the aspects of financial, academic, and personnel.
   • 2.2 Encouraging public and private universities, including domestic and international ones, on academic collaboration in several aspects i.e. researching, academic services, academic quality assurance, teaching, inter-university transferring, staffs and students exchange programs, and internationally academic collaboration.
   • 2.3 Encouraging universities to share academic resources for economical reasons and to boost efficiency.
3. The CUPT is going to conduct collaborative activities under special projects in order to encouraging universities’ actions, including: Promoting arts and cultures, Conserving and developing local wisdoms and Thai wisdoms, Promoting sports, Activities to promote women’s role, peace, and environment. All activities involve with both local and global communities.
4. The CUPT is going to build a good relationship and understanding with the government, the community, and the society in order to make the collaboration on mission operations between universities and these parties possible. Especially, building a modern society to be knowledgeable and life-long learning society in every levels ranging from individuals, families, organizations, and communities.