Second Infrastructure Asset Management Project (SIAM-2)

The Government of Samoa under a Credit from IDA is currently implementing a Second Infrastructure Asset Management Project (SIAM-2) in support of the Second Phase of the Infrastructure Asset Management Programme (IAMP). Phase I (IAMP-I) which started from January 1999, was completed on 31 March 2004. The second phase (SIAM-2) started on 19 April 2004 and is due to end in June 2008, with the credit closing in December 2008. The purpose of the Infrastructure Asset Management Programme (IAMP) is to :-
Enhance the economic, environmental and social sustainability of transport and coastal infrastructure assets, and to manage those assets, natural resources and disaster risks through an effective partnership with private sector stakeholders.

The IAMP objectives are to support the Government of Samoa (GoS):-

1. in the management and cost effective maintenance of basic infrastructure;


2. to assist its public sector reform efforts through strengthening the capacities of key agencies in the public sector;


3. to ensure safe, reliable and efficient operation of key infrastructure such as air and land transport and coastal activities that are vital to Samoa’s economy;


4. to improve the physical and financial management of the infrastructure assets so as to make efficient use of scarce resources and to minimise future financial dependence on external support;


5. to support public sector reform and increased private sector participation in the provision of infrastructure

This second and concluding phase SIAM-2, will be focusing on Investing for Sustainable Growth and Resilience, and the key elements included:-

• Priority capacity and safety improvements to road infrastructure that were identified by the 2003 Road Sector Plan (71%)


• Strengthening of environment, risk and natural resource management, including the completion of the risk mitigation plans for coastal Districts, strengthening the national approach to emergency management for natural and man-made risks, and improvements to land administration (11%)


• Priority coastal protection works and non-structural measures for mitigation of disaster risks (11%); and


• Completing the current phase of institutional reform in transport and infrastructure, with emphasis on land transport and cost recovery (7%)

The SIAM-2 project organisation features three implementing agencies; the Ministry of Works, Transport and Infrastructure (MWTI), Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE) and Samoa Airport Authority (SAA). SIAM-2 is coordinated through a Project Management Unit (PMU) and liaises with the Ministry of Finance (MoF) in the overall monitoring of the project. The project is administered through a Steering Committee comprising of CEOs and Assistant CEOs from several government ministries/department and the private sector. For MWTI and MNRE, a Project Component Manager (PCM) had each been appointed to assist the PMU in the coordination and monitoring of their ministries respective tasks.

SIAM-2 Project Components
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE) is responsible for the management of the following project components which have a total estimated base cost of US$2.23 million dollars and are:
C4: Environmental Risk and Resource Management ($1.50m)
C5: Land Administration and Survey ($0.63m)
C6: Risk Adaptation Measures Small Grant Scheme ($0.10m)