Examining the Implications of Thailand’s New Draft Law on NGOs Examining the Implications of Thailand’s New Draft Law on NGOs People from civic groups led by the Four Slum Region Network, a respected local grassroots NGO, protest in front of the UN office in Bangkok last year to ask for help with housing problems. / Wichan Charoenkiatpakul / Bangkok Post 153 By Kavi Chongkittavorn 12 May 2021 Thailand’s longstanding business-as-usual approach to local non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) will soon be a thing of the past. After nearly three decades of flexible engagement with the so-called “not-for-profit organizations”, the Thai government has recently come up with a draft bill on Operations of Not-for-Profit Organizations, which is now being vetted by the Office of the Council of State.