𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐒𝐀𝐌𝐎𝐀’𝐒 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐓𝐎𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐃𝐒 𝐒𝐔𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐁𝐋𝐄 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐀𝐁𝐋𝐄 𝐄𝐍𝐄𝐑𝐆𝐘

A successful Inception Workshop was held today at SPREP, bringing together stakeholders from government, development partners and the private sector for the Technical Assessment and Development of a User Pay System for Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Stations.

Officiated on behalf of the Honourable Minister and MNRE CEO, this workshop marked the formal commencement of the consultancy with Bytewatchers Samoa and Telecommunications Regulatory & Business Solutions Consulting. It provided an important platform to align on the project scope, methodology and workplan while reinforcing collaboration across sectors.

Discussions highlighted the need for a sustainable user-pay system, strengthened operational planning and building local capacity to support the long-term management and expansion of EV infrastructure in Samoa. Samoa have already taken a significant step by establishing an electric charging station here in Samoa, currently located at the Friendship Park, Apia. However, the current system does not yet provide a sustainable model for cost recovery, monitoring or long-term expansion.

This initiative aims to conduct a comprehensive technical assessment, develop a user-pay system, design a viable business model and ensure that the infrastructure we have in place can operate sustainably into the future.

The workshop concluded with a group activity amongst all the participants who were present from various government Ministries such as Ministry of Commerce Industry & Labour, Samoa Public Service Commission, Ministry of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Office Of The Regulator – Samoa, Ministry of Finance, Electric Power Corporation, Samoa, Scientific Research Organisation of Samoa, Ministry of Customs, representatives from MNRE and more.

We acknowledge the valued partnership with SPREP, the Pacific NDC Hub and the support from Australia DCCEEW for supporting this assignment to further Samoa’s transition to greener and cleaner environment.