The 13th National Economic and Social Development Plan (2023-2027) is a second-level plan that acts as a key mechanism to translate the National Strategy into implementation and serves as a framework for the formulation of third-level plans so as to enable relevant development partners to function in support of achieving the targets of the National Strategy within the expected timeframe. The National Economic and Social Development Council Act B.E. 2561 (2018) stipulated that the 12th National Economic and Social Development Plan shall be in effect until 30 September 2022, which means that the five-year timeframe of the 13th National Economic and Social Development Plan comes into effect on 1 October 2022 and falls within the national budgetary fund for the 2023-2027 period the second five-year implementation period of the National Strategy.
