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

Sustainability and Extension of the Data Portal
This week, we have the privilege of engaging in a workshop focused on the Sustainability and Extension of the Data Portal, a crucial initiative aimed at enhancing access to quality statistics for informed decision-making. With the valuable support of our development partners—Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Pacific Community (SPC), and