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

𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐈𝐃 𝐓𝐀𝐊𝐄𝐒 𝐀 𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐏 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐃 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐋𝐀𝐔𝐍𝐂𝐇 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐈𝐃 𝐏𝐎𝐋𝐈𝐂𝐘
The Government of Samoa, through the Samoa Bureau of Statistics, launched the National IDentification Policy, marking an important step toward establishing a secure and reliable National Identification System for Samoa. The launch, held at Taumeasina Island Resort, was celebrated by key stakeholders involved in the project. As Samoa moves towards




