Abstract:
The objectives of this study were 1) to study the concept of participation and the Sufficiency Economy Philosophy for the community in Lampang province. 2) to purpose the model of the community development with multi network co-operation according to the sufficiency economy philosophy in Lampang Province. The research used the mixed research method both quantitative research and qualitative research to study samples consisting of the 15 Key Informants such as monks , executives, experts ,community elite and knowledgeable people by In-depth Interview and using a 210 questionnaires with 7 groups each group were 30 samplings as follows: family , academic, religion , private organization development , local government , private company and others group by Purposive Sampling
The research findings were as follows:
1) The concept of participation and the Sufficiency Economy Philosophy for the community in Lampang province found that the sampling in each group family , academic , religion , local government , private company and others group had participated and understood about the community development with multi network co-operation according to the sufficiency economy philosophy in Lampang Province in high level that average as 3.72 , 3.67 , 3.65 , 3.78 and 3.63 , when classified each aspect found that the community development with multi network co-operation according to the sufficiency economy philosophy in Lampang Province were in high level. While private organization development group had participated and understood about the community development with multi network co-operation according to the sufficiency economy philosophy in Lampang Province in middle level that average as 3:25 and when classified each aspect found that the community development with multi network co-operation according to the sufficiency economy philosophy in Lampang Province were in middle level.
2) The model of the community development with multi network co-operation according to the sufficiency economy philosophy in Lampang Province found that the community development should be plan according to Buddhist way as condition of welfare for management go together with the sufficiency economy philosophy by the regularly meeting and listen to the seniors , while individual development with the states of conciliation that thought with metta or kindness , in addition should be set activities for the community participation such as to give knowledge , experience exchange , educational trip , the project follow up and continuous run the projects for community learning with multi network co-operation.