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| GENERAL ADMINISTRATION BUREAU |
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The General Administration Bureau handles general administration,
including finance, issuance of promotion certificates,
personnel administration, legal, etc.
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| INVESTMENT MARKETING BUREAU |
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The Investment Marketing Bureau serves as the public relations and advertising arm of the Board of Investment in order to enhance both Thailand's image and foreign investors' confidence in the Thai investment regime.
Its responsibilities involve all aspects of marketing,
including development of
promotional campaigns, investment missions, customer relationship
management, and identification of potential investors.
It also coordinates and supports BOI's overseas offices
in Frankfurt, New York, Paris, Shanghai, Tokyo, Los Angeles and Osaka
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| INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS BUREAU |
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The International Affairs Bureau is involved with various aspects of Thailand's relationships with international organizations.
First, it is responsible for negotiation and implementation of both multilateral and bilateral agreements on trade and investment, such as investment protection, treaties on elimination of double taxation, countervailing duty, etc.
Second, it coordinates with foreign governments, international organizations, foreign embassies, and chambers of commerce to promote not only foreign investment in Thailand, but also Thailand overseas investment.
Third, it participates in discussions pertaining to regional cooperation agreements, such as APEC, UNCTAD, ESCAP, ASEAN, GMS, IMT-GT (Indonesia Malaysia Thailand – Growth Triangle),etc.
Fourth, it monitors, studies, and analyzes foreign investment
trends and conducts the annual Foreign Investor Confidence
Survey, which identifies how investors feel about the
Thai investment regime and the overall state of the economy.
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| INVESTMENT DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE BUREAU |
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The Investment Development Assistance Bureau is in charge of providing assistance to investors.
First, it fosters development of subcontracting networks
through its subsidiary, the BOI's Unit for Industrial
Linkage Development (BUILD). It also manages the ASEAN
Supporting Industrial Database (ASID) and its website
www.asidnet.org
to enhance sourcing not only in Thailand, but also throughout
ASEAN.
Second, it promotes regional industrial development by
providing investors with information on investment locations. It also coordinates and
supports BOI's regional offices in Songkhla (Haadyai),
Chiang Mai, Surat Thani, Chonburi (Laem Chabang), Nakhon
Ratchasima, Ubon Ratchathani and Phitsanulok.
Third , it helps investors solve problems that arise and
helps to remove impediments to investment by coordinating
with other Thai government agencies, such as the Customs
Department, Revenue Department, etc.
Fourth, it supports SMEs and community enterprises by
identifying business opportunities that will receive marketing
support.
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| MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS BUREAU |
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The Management Information Systems Bureau (MIS) is
responsible for managing BOI's computer systems, both
hardware and software. It provides a database to support
the BOI's marketing and operations and implements e-Government
policy to facilitate electronic transmission of data between
BOI and investors.
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| INVESTMENT STRATEGY AND POLICY BUREAU |
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The Investment Strategy and Policy Bureau develops investment promotion plans and policies.
Second, it conducts research to identify promising investment opportunities in Thailand and promotes technology transfer.
Third, it tracks economic indicators, collects investment statistics, and prepares monthly, quarterly, and annual BOI activity reports.
Fourth, the division handles all budgeting for the organization.
Fifth, it evaluates existing policy and procedures to
determine how successful they have been in achieving government
objectives.
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| INVESTMENT SERVICES CENTER |
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The main function of the Investment Services Center is to assist investors who would like to establish their business in Thailand, by providing information about investment opportunities, prospective joint venture partners, development of advertising material and press releases
It also looks after the One-Stop Service Center for Visas and Work Permits, which provides long-term visas and work permits to foreign employees of BOI-promoted companies in 3 hours or less.
In addition, it manages a research library for investors
and manages the content for the BOI's Home Page, which
is located at www.boi.go.th
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| INVESTMENT PROMOTION BUREAU |
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There are 4 Investment Promotion Bureau.
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Investment Promotion Bureau 1 (Agro-Industry and Light Industries)
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Investment Promotion Bureau 2 (Metals,
Metal Products, Machinery and Transport Equipment)
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Investment Promotion Bureau 3 (Electronics
and Electrical Industries)
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Investment Promotion Bureau 4 (Chemical,
Paper, Plastic, Services and Public Utilities)
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These Investment Promotion Bureau take care of all aspects concerning projects in the industries under their responsibility, including project appraisal, review of machinery and raw materials submitted for tax exemption, and project monitoring. Investors find this process quite convenient, as all communication with the BOI can be conducted with only one division. These divisions also are responsible for collecting and analyzing information about industries under their responsibility, and distributing it to interested investors.
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