On 21 February 2024, at Meeting Room 1608, Administration Building, Asst. Prof. Dr. Phanompatt Smitananda, Member of the University Council and Acting President, presided over the opening of the meeting to clarify the framework for the implementation of the Integrity and Transparency Assessment (ITA) of Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University (STOU)
for the fiscal year 2024.
The Integrity and Transparency Assessment (ITA) of government agencies, according to
the guidelines of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC), has been implemented by STOU since the fiscal year 2019. For the fiscal year 2024, Asst. Prof. Dr. Phanompatt Smitananda, Member of the University Council and Acting President of Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University (STOU) has issued the No Gift Policy and Dos & Don’ts guidelines.
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Thanasak Saijampa, Vice-President for Strategy, Planning, Digital Technology, and Human Resources, chaired the meeting to clarify the framework for STOU’s ITA implementation for the fiscal year 2024 to liaison officers in all university offices. The university has assigned the Quality Assurance Coordination Center and the Legal Affairs Division as the main responsible offices to carry out the assessment criteria set by the NACC. The assessment covers 10 indicators, such as information disclosure, corruption prevention, exercise of power, use of state assets, etc. There are perception surveys and opinion collection from various stakeholders, including Internal Integrity and Transparency Assessment (IIT), External Integrity and Transparency Assessment (EIT), and Open Data Integrity and Transparency Assessment (OIT).
