ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the relationship between Thai Health Promotion Foundation (THPF) and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in practice. Although it seems that the NGOs are financially reliant on THPF, the relationship they have is not totally dependent. Instead, this chapter argues that looking at the relationship as ‘interdependent’ can bring more analytical value. THPF and the NGOs have mutually relied on each other for operating. Yet different NGOs have different interactions, or degrees of interdependency, with THPF. This potentially leads to multiple perceptions of the characteristics of THPF. Therefore, this chapter also explores the different roles and positions of THPF as perceived and expected by stakeholders. It also holds that the capacity of THPF to steer is also reliant on what roles it is expected to be able to perform.
