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Divisions

Social Development

To coordinate all the social areas, elimination of family violence, child care and protection, health, education and law & justice outcomes. Also including the infrastructure outcome

Objectives:

  • Ending violence in the family and especially against women
  • Child care and protection
  • Improved Health Outcomes for the most vulnerable
  • Improved Education Outcomes for the most vulnerable
  • Improved Law and Justice for social outcomes for the most vulnerable
  • Improved access and use of infrastructure such as transport, housing and ICT
  • Improved access and use of utilities- water, electricity

Economic Development

To strengthen the linkages between economic development at a national level and at a community level, to reduce of poverty and hardship

Objectives:

  • Strengthened economic empowerment of all women, youth and vulnerable groups
  • Community Economic Leadership improved at all levels
  • Enhanced economic development of persons with disabilities

Governance

To ensure inclusive governance and environmental leadership in villages and districts

Objectives:

  • Improving inclusion and diversity in governance at all levels
  • Community Leadership improved at all levels
  • Community Environment management & Disaster Risk management

Project Management Unit

District Development Project

Objectives:

  • Objective 1
  • Objective 2
  • Objective 3

Policy and Planning

All Ministry and Sector frameworks and processes are aligned and including policy & research, planning and reporting. (Research, Planning and Policy Division)

Objectives:

Cross-sectoral coordination strengthened

  • Improved and effective cross‐sectoral governance
  • Efficient institutional processes to manage and coordinate sector in operation
  • Enhance institutional arrangements and national women’s machinery

Coherent sector planning and policy formation and reporting

  • Increased coordination and partnership between implementing agencies and sector stakeholders including communities
  • Strengthening research, data and knowledge on gender equality
  • Revisit the costing of Samoa’s compliance to the CRPD with a view to also look at the benefits through a training and employment lens
  • Strengthen constitutional, legislative and policy framework for Improved capacity to support the achievement of primary outcomes(1-7) of the Gender Equality Policy and Plan

Corporate Services

To monitor and facilitate the implementation of the Ministry and Sector financial and performance management systems(Corporate Services Division)

Objectives:

Strengthen capacity of Sector implementing agencies

  • Increased institutional capacity to implement policies and intervention activities
  • Strengthening institutional and staff capacity
  • Enabling environment for disability-inclusive development strengthened
  • Efficient resource management, budgeting, finances, asset management, and record keeping

Printing Services

To drive government printing to become one of the best printing industry in Samoa

Objectives:

  • Increased total revenue collection
  • Customer satisfaction

Information Technology & Communication Services

To monitor and facilitate communication and information & technology for the Ministry and Sector systems

Objectives:

Cross-sectoral coordination strengthened

  • Improved and effective cross‐sectoral governance
  • Efficient institutional processes to manage and coordinate sector in operation
  • Enhance institutional arrangements and national women’s machinery
  • Enhance communication and information and technology (ICT & AV) and data management