The Census, Survey and Demography Division of the Samoa Bureau of Statistics conducted its consultation with the Ministry of Health on Friday 24th November 2023 at the Orator Hotel Conference room. The main objective of this consultation is to discuss the challenges and lessons learnt from the first and second year of the PforR project and a way forward for the following years of the project. More than 30 participants from the Ministry of Health attended the consultation and they represented all the technical divisions who implemented the activities and mainly for the Disbursement Link Indicators (DLI’s) of the project. The workshop gave a great opportunity for the two ministries to not only to discuss challenges but also the capacity building and way forward for the improvement of the project for following years

Handover of IT Equipment from DFAT through the Tautai Facility to SBS
The Samoa Bureau of Statistics (SBS) held a handover ceremony on 8 July for IT equipment generously provided by the Australian Government through the Tautai Facility. The equipment, including laptops and a smart whiteboard screen, will support the 2025 Samoa Agriculture Survey (SAS) and further strengthen SBS’s capacity to produce