The new Resident Representative for the United Nations’ Development Programme (UNDP) Samoa multi-country office today presented his credentials to Samoa’s Prime Minister, thus signaling the official start of his term in Samoa.
In keeping with its role as the integrator for the Sustainable Development Goals or SDGs, the United Nations Development Programme, UNDP in Samoa today launched localized banners for the SDGs, featuring local people and places in Samoa, Cook Islands, Niue and Tokelau.
This training is organised and facilitated by the Women in Leadership in Samoa (WILS) Project, a three year project implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), UN Women with funding from the Australian Government in partnership with the Government of Samoa.
The historic visit to Samoa by the Crown Prince of Norway included a stopover at the Vaisigano/Leone wall, which is part of the GEF-funded Economy-¬Wide Adaptation to Climate Change Project, as well as the Vaisigano Catchment Project, co-funded by the Green Climate Fund and the Government of Samoa, and supported by the United Nations Development Programme.
For centuries, Cook Islands communities have used traditional knowledge and skills, passed down through generations, to read their environment and provide food for their families. Nature has provided.
Ms. Valerie Cliff is the Deputy Regional Director of the Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific based in Bangkok, which the Samoa multi-country comes under. Ms. Cliff’s visit is significant as it reinforces UNDP’s commitment to Samoa and the other islands that are served through the Samoa office, namely the Cook Islands, Niue and Tokelau.
Together for a Digital Pacific ICT Conference
The Government of Samoa is keen to promote regional connectivity and collaboration in technologies to capitalize on the infrastructure investments and has vowed to move towards a knowledge-based economy. It believes that it is possible to ready the public service for the digital age, thereby realizing the vision of a “professional and competent public administration that provides quality, efficient and transparent services for and to its people”.
Projects combine efforts to train Savaii communities in the use of alternative Sustainable and Resilient Agricultural Methods
Two environmentally based Projects under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment joined forces last week to provide a combined training for 20 villages in Savaii, on Sustainable Land and Integrated water management and Climate Resilient Sustainable Agricultural Practices.
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About Cook Islands, Niue, Samoa and Tokelau
208,214
Population
17.1
Basic Needs Poverty
5.4%
Infant Mortality rate
96.5%
Improved drinking water - population
