Cook Islands, Niue, Samoa and Tokelau

UNDP MCO Samoa

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Engaging local communities key to drive recycling awareness

Information access redefined: Introducing our new Digital Kiosks

Island Voices: Newsletter Quarter 3, 2024

REAPing the benefits of creating early awareness of waste management and recovery in schools

Promoting a just green transition for the benefit of all

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Environment and Social Management Framework

This strategy ensures inclusive participation across all transport modalities, emphasizing support for marginalized groups, including women, the elderly, youth, children, and persons with disabilities.

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Strategic Environmental and Social Assessment

Samoa’s environment is highly vulnerable to climate change impacts, such as rising sea levels, more frequent storms, and changing precipitation patterns, all of which pose risks to infrastructure and local livelihoods.

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Stakeholder Engagement Plan

The plan details the Stakeholder Engagement Program for the CAP-IT project in Samoa. This program is essential to ensure that stakeholders are actively involved and consulted throughout the entire project lifecycle.

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People Working for the Planet: Gender, Disability and Social Inclusion Dynamics in Samoa’s Waste Management Sector

Land-based pollution is of critical concern to the country’s natural resource base, particularly as 97% of Samoan households engage in some level of agricultural activity for subsistence and consumption.

Op-Ed

Interconnected Challenges and Solutions – Connecting the dots at COP29

A lot is at stake for SIDS. The triple threats of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution are causing a huge strain on the world’s economic, environment and social wellbeing, even more so on SIDS, whose environments and resources are struggling under the weight of all this.

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Press Release

Strengthening democracies, governance, and elections in the region

The workshop provides a platform for EMBs to share knowledge and explore different approaches to managing elections in a bid to build resilient and transparent electoral systems that reflect the diverse voices of local communities.

Press Release

Tokelau launches first Blue Economy Roadmap to advance ocean management

"This Blue Economy Roadmap and Action Plan acknowledges our uniqueness, our remoteness, and isolation, but also highlights our limited local infrastructure and resources and our lack of legal frameworks which heighten our economic vulnerability,” said Hon. Alapati Tavite, Ulu-o-Tokelau.

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Samoa hands over new wing of One UN House during Secretary-General Guterres' visit

“This visit is not just about paying tribute and solidarity for the people of Samoa, but also a visit of gratitude. Gratitude to the Government of Samoa that has provided the UN with absolutely fantastic premises."

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.

PAVING THE WAY FOR OUR FUTURE - NEW DIRECTIONS

Regional Human Development Report 2024

UNDP MCO Samoa

Stories | Op-Eds | Blogs | Press Releases | Publications | Articles | Newsletters

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Environment and Social Management Framework

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Strategic Environmental and Social Assessment

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Stakeholder Engagement Plan

Publication

People Working for the Planet: Gender, Disability and Social Inclusion Dynamics in Samoa’s Waste Management Sector

Op-Ed

Interconnected Challenges and Solutions – Connecting the dots at COP29

Press Release

Strengthening democracies, governance, and elections in the region

Press Release

Tokelau launches first Blue Economy Roadmap to advance ocean management

Story

Samoa hands over new wing of One UN House during Secretary-General Guterres' visit

What we do

About Cook Islands, Niue, Samoa and Tokelau

10,863

Cook Islands Population

1,689

Niue Population

208,214

Samoa Population

1,500

Tokelau Population

96.5

percent

5.4

percent