On 26 October 2016, Mrs. Somsuan Howe, Acting Director of International Organizations Partnership Branch, Thailand International Cooperation Agency (TICA), co-chaired with Mr. Masato Koinuma, Senior Representative of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to Thailand, on welcoming and handover ceremony of 6 Japanese Volunteers for working with relevant Thai agencies namely; Department of Industrial Promotion, Office of the Higher Education Commission, Department of Local Administration, Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Office of the Basic Education Commission, Ban Na Doem Hospital, Surat Thani Province. The ceremony was joined by Thai agencies concerned and staff in-charge at TICA.