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Login | | Building Back Better at the Heart of the Tsunami Rebuilding Programme | |  On July 23, representatives from UNDP, Samoa Hotel Association, respective Government Ministries and NZAID visited 20 tourist budget accommodation sites on the South coast of Upolu to monitor the progress in the implementation of the Tourism Tsunami Rebuilding Programme (TTRP).
The main aim of the programme is the reconstruction of small tourist beach fales and accommodation businesses that were directly damaged by the September 2009 tsunami.The visit not only provided UNDP an opportunity to discuss the advancements and the future of the TTRP with development partners and government officials, but it also provided the staff a chance to see and interact with some of the local families who were most severely hit by the disaster. read more
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| Government, UNDP and other partners launch recovery project to reach isolated tsunami villages, and to fill gaps in ongoing recovery efforts | |  • Isolated villages that received less recovery attention are now benefiting from a holistic effort to meet their immediate recovery and long-term development goals. The effort will also boost existing projects through building tools, training, cash for work opportunities and livelihoods support, especially in Samoa’s mainstay fisheries and tourism industries.
• Focus is on supporting women to realize their potential and 60% of efforts will directly target women.
• Green development and green jobs are being pursued; and as climate change takes hold, this effort supports disaster risk mapping, training, and planting climate resilient trees that stem erosion. read more
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| South coast villages go green with UNDP/Government recovery activities | |  29 April 2010, Mutiatele/ Malaela—With shovels and native Fetau saplings, the residents of Mutiatele/ Malaela were out in force yesterday replanting their tsunami-struck coastline with 150 trees, which experts say act as a natural barrier against storm surges and tsunamis. The planting effort is an activity under the joint United Nations Development (UNDP) Programme and Government Early Recovery Project. The event was kicked-off by visiting UNDP Regional Programme Advisor, Rosemary Kalapurakal, who planted the first Fetau sapling. read more |
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| Fast Response Ignites Hope for a Better Future in Cyclone Ravaged Pacific Paradise | |  Shortly after Cyclone Pat tore through one of the Cook Islands’ most popular tourist destinations it became clear that quick action to rebuild homes and livelihoods was needed to head off another blow to Aitutaki’s fragile economy. Aitutaki is one of the 15 islands that make up ‘the Cooks’ and increasingly the young and employable are migrating to New Zealand and Australia in search of jobs. Now there is a real concern that the destruction left by Cyclone Pat will give them one more reason to leave, says Moortaza Jiwanji, leader of the United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) early recovery team. read more |
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| International Women’s Day: UN recognizes steps to empower women and calls for sustained political leadership to overcome remaining challenges in Samoa | |  In the lead-up to International Women’s Day on March 8, the United Nations Resident Representative in Samoa, Ms. Nileema Noble, acknowledged the important steps taken by the Government to empower women. “Samoa was the first Pacific Island country to sign the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women,” she said, ahead of a two-day summit organized by the Ministry of Women, Community and Social Development to review progress towards the advancement of women in Samoa. The Government summit, which starts today (March 8) in Apia, brings together national ministries and departments, civil society and the private sector to assess achievements and challenges on Samoa’s National Plan of Action for the Advancement of Women. But, with less than five years to achieve the globally agreed MDG Goals, national commitments on reducing the opportunity gap between men and women in employment, political representation and ownership of assets, remain significant. To meet these challenges sustained and unwavering political leadership is absolutely critical, Ms Noble said, and everyone could reap rewards. “The Samoan economy stands to benefit greatly from the wider participation of women in the workforce and decision making. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) studies in Asia-Pacific region have indicated that GDP of a country could increase by 2-4% annually if women’s employment were to increase to 70%,” Ms Noble said. read more
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| Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change (PACC) Inception Workshop | |  Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change (PACC) Inception Workshop, 29 June - 3 July 2009, SPREP Training Centre, Vailima, Samoa. Opening Remarks by Ms. Naheed Haque, UNDP Resident Representative
Thank you, Reverend, for the spiritual blessings as it is important that we remind ourselves of our responsibilities to look after the wonderful work of our Creator. Thank you, Acting Director of SPREP for the warm words of welcome. SPREP is such an appropriate place to hold this workshop – this wonderful environment with its native flora and fauna and the cool breeze and fresh air – is exactly the place to reflect on the beauty of nature and how we can preserve it for our future generations. read more
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| Samoa holds its first Summit on Climate Change | |  The Government of Samoa in partnership with UNDP held its first National Climate Change Summit from the 28-29 May 2009. It proved successful in meeting its objectives. These were to engage a wide range of stakeholders to share information and climate change experiences; inform on actions undertaken in the implementation of climate change programs and policies in Samoa. It was also to share lessons learned and discuss ways forward for harmonizing climate change programs and lastly, to establish the summit as an annual event. read more
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| UNDP Staff Retreat take the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People to a New Level of Fun Learning and Relaxation | | The 2009 UNDP Staff Retreat was full of excitement, fun, enrichment, empowerment, rewarding, relaxing, laughter, some ‘chose’ tears of silence most full of joy. Ms. Naheed Haque, the Resident Representative complimented the retreat as a success in that all staff contributed ‘active and enthusiastically’. These and many other ‘emotional deposits’ and ‘withdrawals’ from each and every staff’s ‘emotional bank accounts’ described the success of the 3-day event. read more |
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| Samoa Celebrates UN day October 2008 | | This year’s United Nations Day celebrations held on Saturday the 25th of October in front of the MDG Scoreboard, saw the United Nations family of agencies in Samoa, government ministries and non-government organisations unite to promote and celebrate their work in Samoa and the Pacific towards promoting and achieving the United Nations ideals and goals including the Millennium Development Goals. The Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Taua Kitiona Seuala who spoke on behalf of the Prime Minister of Samoa officially opened the Fair. Entertainment was provided by community members from the Cook Islands, Tokelau and Samoa who represented 3 of the 4 countries under the United Nations System in Samoa. read more |
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| ICT for Quality of Life - the PacINET Conference in Rarotonga | |  ICT practitioners and policy-makers from the Pacific and around the world gathered recently in Rarotonga, Cook Islands, for the seventh annual PaciINET conference. Opened by the Prime Minister of the Cook Islands, the Right Honourable Jim Manurai, the conference ran from the first to fifth of September 2008, and was also the Annual General Meeting of the Pacific Islands Chapter of the Internet Society (PICISOC). The ICT Unit of the Office of the Prime Minister was tasked with preparations, and UNDP was one of the funding supporters of the conference through its e-government project in the Cook Islands. read more
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| Samoa Government and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) sign the Standard Basic Assistance Agreement | | The SBAA contains the provisions, which have been approved by the Governing Council of UNDP on behalf of all member states. The agreement replaces the provisions contained in various previous agreements, notably the Technical Assistance Agreement (signed by Samoa on 20 January 1962), the Special Fund Agreement (signed by Samoa on 5 June 1963), the Standard Agreement on Operational Assistance (signed by Samoa on 20 January 1970), and the agreement on the provision of support services by UNDP to nationally executed projects (signed by Samoa on 28 September 1998). Signing the SBAA by the Government replaces all these agreements, and precludes the need to negotiate separately the legal arrangements for each single project, and the conditions governing the provision of assistance. complete press release |
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| UNDP Publications | | Samoa National HDR 2006
Human Development Report 2007/2008
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