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Accelerating Sustainable Development Goals progress, for improved livelihoods and resilience in Cook Islands, Niue, Samoa and Tokelau

Newsletter: Quarter 3 2022

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Article: Leaving No One Behind, the Spotlight on Women and Girls with disabilities in Samoa

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Samoa launches Human Development Report with new SDG billboards to highlight critical link between the two

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Co-Chair of the CSO National Reference Group Fagalima (l-r) Gabrielle Apelu of Apelu Sports representing the Regional CSO NRG with Fagalima Tuatagaloa, Co-Chair of the CSO National Reference Group with Samoa's award

Press Release: Samoa makes bold statement as it wins coveted award in Mexico

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Article
Piloting the Village Family Safety Committee Programme. Taking policy advocacy into the heart of the village and transferring the responsibility to the village leadership for the care, protection and safety of its people.

The National Inquiry into Family Violence (NIFV), initiated by the Office of the Ombudsman in 2018, confirmed the increasing trends in the prevalence of family violence in Samoa.

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Article
Law and Justice Sector prioritizes the protection of women and girls

As a strong Samoan woman, mother, CEO and chairperson of the Law and Justice sector, Mrs Moliei Simi–Vaai puts the ‘spotlight’ on the Law and Justice Sector’s vision and speaks towards the Samoa we want. “The protection and safety of our people, including the protection of women and girls, is fundamental to the work of the Law and Justice Sector”.

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Article
Providing targeted help and support services when it mattered most: SVSG

At the start of the nation-wide lockdowns in 2020, *Rita reached out to the Samoa Victim’s Support Group (SVSG) for help, through their free help lines, funded by the Spotlight Initiative (SI).

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Press Release
Local apiculture industry receives timely boost

The recently formed Samoa Apiculture Organization (SAO), is the recipient of a financial grant of US$100,000 from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Global Environment Facility Small Grants Programme (GEF-SGP).

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Press Release
Samoan Young Entrepreneurs Take on SDGs at Youth Co:Lab Samoa 2022

Several young, local entrepreneurs have won seed funding to take their businesses to the next level, at the completion of the latest round of the Youth Co:Lab program.

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Press Release
Samoa holds Digital Readiness Assessment Tool Results Workshop

Almost one year on from the launch of the Digital Readiness Assessment (DRA) Tool in Samoa, a workshop is held this week to see how the tool has been used and the progress made.

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Blog
Signals, Trends and Drivers from Stockholm+50: Fore sighting our Way Forward for Climate Resilience

Stockholm+50 conference was organized globally to commemorate the 50 years since the 1972 United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, which made the environment a pressing global issue for the first time.

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Accelerating Learning on strengthening the Birth Registration System in Samoa

Since 2018, Samoa has looked towards investing in digital transformation to enhance economic, social and political progress. One such development is the national digital identification project which is led by the Samoa Bureau of Statistics (SBS).

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Blog
Build back happier – International Day of Happiness 2022

The United Nations has established March 20th as the annual International Day of Happiness, and all 193 UN member states have adopted a resolution calling for happiness to be given greater priority.

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Publication
SEP: Enhancing biodiversity considerations and effective protected area management to safeguard the Cook Islands integrated ecosystems and species

The Stakeholder Engagement Plan (SEP) is designed to ensure effective engagement between various
stakeholders throughout the lifecycle of the GEF7 project, and to ensure the incorporation of UNDP social and
environmental safeguards and standards.

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Publication
SESP: Enhancing Biodiversity Considerations and Effective Protected Area Management to Safeguard the Cook Islands Integrated Ecosystems and Species

This project aims to conserve ecosystems and species by mainstreaming biodiversity in the development planning process as well as by improving effectiveness of the protected area management of Cook Island.

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Publication
Social and Environmental Screening Procedure for PIMS 6457

Enhancing integrated sustainable management to safeguard Samoa's natural resources

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Application
Call For Application

The UNDP Samoa Accelerator Lab is conducting an exploration to capture emerging innovations within the starter up entrepreneurship space.

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What we do

The Samoa MCO works closely with the governments of Cook Islands, Niue, Samoa and Tokelau as well as Non Government Organisations on development programmes in the areas of  Democratic Governance,  Sustainable Livelihoods/Poverty Reduction,  Crisis Prevention & Recovery,  Environment and Energy and  Gender Mainstreaming.

About Cook Islands, Niue, Samoa and Tokelau

208,214

Population

5.4

percent

Infant Mortality rate

96.5

percent

people need access to drinking water