## Cooperation between NIDTEP and AMI - Signing Ceremony > By June 2008, the Government approved and formalized cooperation. The Signing Ceremony took place on the 8th of August 2008 in the presence of Dr. Chinnapat Bhumirat Thailand and Andre Roberfroid of AMI. A Framework of Cooperation on Implementation of Montessori Education in Thailand was signed by Dr. Kongsak Charoenruk the Director of NIDTEP on behalf of NIDTEP and Mrs. Lynne Lawrence Executive Director Association Montessori Internationale (AMI). This was witnessed by approximately 200 Thais and 2 Australian representatives of AMI Megan Tyne and Pamela Nunn. --- 1. Source: [https://montessori-esf.org/sites/default/files/downloads/files/ThailandProjectHistory.pdf](https://montessori-esf.org/sites/default/files/downloads/files/ThailandProjectHistory.pdf) 2. Archive: [https://web.archive.org/web/20220219075540/https://montessori-esf.org/sites/default/files/downloads/files/ThailandProjectHistory.pdf](https://web.archive.org/web/20220219075540/https://montessori-esf.org/sites/default/files/downloads/files/ThailandProjectHistory.pdf)