Meanwhile, each ministry's inspectors-general will have to prepare a joint report on their findings quarterly and annually, PM's Office Minister Khunying Dhipavadee Meksawan said yesterday.

The government is preparing a new style of functioning for the inspector-general system that will pay more attention to the risks of corruption in state projects, she said.

Relevant agencies will have to analyse and evaluate the risks of corruption in their projects and inform the ministries in charge of the five most at risk.

The government will also push for laws to protect officials who provide information about corruption (whistleblowers), as well as set up a counter-corruption office to monitor officials of C-8 level or lower, Dhipavadee said.

The government will announce a national agenda for the promotion of morality, ethics and good governance on December 8, after a meeting of government agency heads, executives of state enterprises, civil sector representatives and the media, she added.

The agenda will include creating and encouraging model organisations and leaders, and providing an advisory system to answer questions on morality and ethics for government officials through ethics hotlines, the minister said.

The government will also improve its human-resource administration and issue booklets to record the performance and achievements of each government official, she said.

Dhipavadee said the government should also establish a project management office to follow progress on the national agenda of promoting morality, ethics and good governance.

Piyanart Srivalo

The Nation