Abstract:
This research was the study of the strength of the management of the matching fund for community activities in Buriram Province. It was aimed to study the impacting factors on the strength of the management of the matching fund for community activities and its. The sample was the 84 committee members selected through. Purposive sampling method, and 94 out of 1,032 members of the matching fund for community activities selected through Taro Yamane Table and Simple Random sampling of 1,032. The sample totally had 178 persons. The instrument employed to collect information was a of questionnaire and to the sample group interview. The results of the research revealed that: 1) From the means of evaluation value of the 5 factors that were able of affect the strength of the management of the matching fund for community activities, it was found that those of the 3 factors: the structure of the management, the leadership of administrators, and the participation of an external organizations support were at the good level. It was also found that mean of the structure of the management was in the better level than the others. For the factor of the rules and regulations, the mean of the evaluation value was acceptable. 2) There were 2 indicators, social and economic factors which could indicate the strength of the management of the matching fund for community activities. The finding showed that the mean of evaluation value of the social factors was at a good level and higher than the latters, which was acceptable. 3) It was also found that the strength of the management of the matching fund for community activities could be significantly effected by 2 elements of the social factors: the structure of the management, and the leadership of administrators, and by another 2 elements of the economic factors: the good structure of management and the rules and regulations.