- From 7th January to 16th February, Mayumi Katsube, Senior Program Officer, JOICFP, was in Vietnam for project management.

- From 6th January to 6th March, Dr. Fumie Takagi, Senior Program Officer, JOICFP, was in Nicaragua for project management.

- From 13th January to 6th March, Mayumi Honda, Assistant Program Officer, JOICFP, was in Nicaragua for project management.

- From 11th to 20th March, Yukio Homma, Director, China Program, JOICFP, was in China for project management. He was accompanied by Chihiro Uchiyama, Assistant Program Officer, JOICFP, until 18th March.

- On 3rd April, Dr. Madhu Nath, Regional Director, IPPF SARO, was in JOICFP to discuss future regional collaboration.