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The Water and Sanitation Sector is one of the fourteen sectors in Samoa under the Government Planning initiative. It is one of the priority sectors as it directly impacts on the quality of life of the people and overall productivity of the population.

In 2005, Samoa has undertaken a wide-ranging reform of the water sector and established a comprehensive institutional framework with the aim of ensuring both water resources and services are provided and managed with increased efficiency and cost effectiveness. The Sector-Wide Approach was adopted and used by the Sector since then which successfully brought together the Government, its Development Partners and key stakeholders including the public and private sectors, NGOs and civil society groups to achieve the common outcomes and priorities

The European Union remains as the Water and Sanitation Sector’s main development and most trusted partner for over 10 years and continuing, with well over 100 million tala of development assistance to date.           

The works, activities and developments of the Water and Sanitation Sector is guided through a 4 year sector planning process with its  most recent and 3rd edition of the Water and Sanitation “Water for Life” Sector Plan 2016-2020 completed. These Plans aim to ensure “Reliable, clean, affordable water and improved sanitation within the framework of Integrated Water Resource Management for a resilient Samoa,  sustaining health  and alleviating poverty”.  The achievement of this Sector Long Term Outcome will greatly contribute towards the realisation of the renewed vision of Samoa’s national development plan “Strategy for the Development of Samoa 2016/2017- 2019/2020;; “Improved Quality of Life for All”and theme; “Accelerating Sustainable Developments and Broadening Opportunities for All”. Moreover, this will further contribute significantly to the achievement of the relevant Sustainable Development Goals namely SDG6 and the SAMOA Pathway

End-of-Sector-Plan-Outcomes (ESPOs)

As such, six (6) End-of-Sector-Plan-Outcomes (ESPOs) have been identified to achieve the Sector’s Long Term Outcome. The Water and Sanitation Sector Coordination Division (WSSSCD) within the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE) is responsible for the overall coordination of the sector wide programmes based on these ESPOs as follows:

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  1. Strengthen sector governance to guide and sustain sector developments
  2. Improve watershed managementand reliability of water resource data through integrated water resource management;
  3. Increase access and improved provision of reliable, clean and affordablewater supply;
  4. Improve surveillance of drinking water qualityand water borne diseases
  5. Increase access to improvedbasic sanitation and hygiene practices
  6. Strengthen effectiveness of flood mitigation measuresto reduce incidence and magnitude of flooding in the CBD.

 

OVERVIEW OF SECTOR

Sector wide coordination is facilitated through the establishment of a robust coordination framework presented in Figure 1 below.  Additionally, the framework defines the reporting structure within the Sector.  The WSCU as part of its coordination role chairs the Technical Steering Committee which reports to the Joint Water Sector Steering Committee (Sector Apex Body). Figure1 Sector Coordination Framework o date.