{"id":8602,"date":"2026-09-24T21:29:40","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T21:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mnre.gov.ws\/?p=8602"},"modified":"2026-09-27T21:32:26","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T21:32:26","slug":"validation-workshop-on-the-technical-assessment-and-development-of-a-user-pay-system-for-the-mnre-charging-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mnre.gov.ws\/?p=8602","title":{"rendered":"VALIDATION WORKSHOP ON THE TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF A USER-PAY SYSTEM FOR THE MNRE CHARGING STATION"},"content":{"rendered":"

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.7″ _module_preset=”default” da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on” da_disable_devices=”off|off|off”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.7″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” custom_margin=”-68px|auto||auto||”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.7″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.7″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n

\n
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE) through its Climate Change Division, hosted a Validation Workshop on 24 September 2026 to review the Technical Assessment and Development of a User-Pay System for the Ministry\u2019s Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Station. The workshop brought together representatives from SPREP, government agencies, development partners, private sector representatives, consultants and other stakeholders.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
The technical assessment, undertaken by Bytewatchers Samoa in collaboration with Telecommunications Regulatory & Business Solutions Consulting, examined the technical requirements, payment options, operational arrangements and potential business model for the existing MNRE EV charging station and its future expansion.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
Stakeholders reviewed the assessment findings and provided practical feedback on the proposed user-pay system. Discussions highlighted the importance of ensuring that EV charging infrastructure is reliable, accessible, affordable and financially sustainable while also being appropriate to Samoa\u2019s national context.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
The development of a user-pay system is an important step towards supporting the sustainable operation and future expansion of EV charging infrastructure in Samoa. MNRE acknowledges and appreciates the valuable contributions of SPREP through the Regional Pacific NDC Hub, the consulting teams, government agencies, development partners and all stakeholders who supported this initiative.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE) through its Climate Change Division, hosted a Validation Workshop on 24 September 2026 to review the Technical Assessment and Development of a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":8604,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured-post","category-latest-news"],"yoast_head":"\nVALIDATION WORKSHOP ON THE TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF A USER-PAY SYSTEM FOR THE MNRE CHARGING STATION - MNRE- Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mnre.gov.ws\/?p=8602\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"VALIDATION WORKSHOP ON THE TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF A USER-PAY SYSTEM FOR THE MNRE CHARGING STATION - MNRE- Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE) through its Climate Change Division, hosted a Validation Workshop on 24 September 2026 to review the Technical Assessment and Development of a […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.mnre.gov.ws\/?p=8602\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"MNRE- Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-09-24T21:29:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-09-27T21:32:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.mnre.gov.ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/technical-assesment.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1890\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1417\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Peter Tanielu\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Peter Tanielu\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mnre.gov.ws\\\/?p=8602#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mnre.gov.ws\\\/?p=8602\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Peter Tanielu\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mnre.gov.ws\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/47874f7d74a14aca90363dc909b534ed\"},\"headline\":\"VALIDATION WORKSHOP ON THE TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF A USER-PAY SYSTEM FOR THE MNRE CHARGING STATION\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-09-24T21:29:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-09-27T21:32:26+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mnre.gov.ws\\\/?p=8602\"},\"wordCount\":325,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mnre.gov.ws\\\/?p=8602#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mnre.gov.ws\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/technical-assesment.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Featured Post\",\"Latest News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mnre.gov.ws\\\/?p=8602#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mnre.gov.ws\\\/?p=8602\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mnre.gov.ws\\\/?p=8602\",\"name\":\"VALIDATION WORKSHOP ON THE TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF A USER-PAY SYSTEM FOR THE MNRE CHARGING STATION - MNRE- Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mnre.gov.ws\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mnre.gov.ws\\\/?p=8602#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mnre.gov.ws\\\/?p=8602#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mnre.gov.ws\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/technical-assesment.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-09-24T21:29:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-09-27T21:32:26+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mnre.gov.ws\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/47874f7d74a14aca90363dc909b534ed\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mnre.gov.ws\\\/?p=8602#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mnre.gov.ws\\\/?p=8602\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mnre.gov.ws\\\/?p=8602#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mnre.gov.ws\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/technical-assesment.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mnre.gov.ws\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/technical-assesment.jpg\",\"width\":1890,\"height\":1417},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mnre.gov.ws\\\/?p=8602#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mnre.gov.ws\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"VALIDATION WORKSHOP ON THE TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF A USER-PAY SYSTEM FOR THE MNRE CHARGING STATION\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mnre.gov.ws\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mnre.gov.ws\\\/\",\"name\":\"MNRE- Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mnre.gov.ws\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mnre.gov.ws\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/47874f7d74a14aca90363dc909b534ed\",\"name\":\"Peter Tanielu\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ae8edd0975165a2c7b6d00c8a9724c95d0694f65c401b7b4454951338411d921?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ae8edd0975165a2c7b6d00c8a9724c95d0694f65c401b7b4454951338411d921?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ae8edd0975165a2c7b6d00c8a9724c95d0694f65c401b7b4454951338411d921?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Peter Tanielu\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mnre.gov.ws\\\/?author=11\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"VALIDATION WORKSHOP ON THE TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF A USER-PAY SYSTEM FOR THE MNRE CHARGING STATION - MNRE- Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.mnre.gov.ws\/?p=8602","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"VALIDATION WORKSHOP ON THE TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF A USER-PAY SYSTEM FOR THE MNRE CHARGING STATION - MNRE- Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment","og_description":"The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE) through its Climate Change Division, hosted a Validation Workshop on 24 September 2026 to review the Technical Assessment and Development of a […]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.mnre.gov.ws\/?p=8602","og_site_name":"MNRE- Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment","article_published_time":"2026-09-24T21:29:40+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-09-27T21:32:26+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1890,"height":1417,"url":"https:\/\/www.mnre.gov.ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/technical-assesment.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Peter Tanielu","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Peter Tanielu","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.mnre.gov.ws\/?p=8602#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mnre.gov.ws\/?p=8602"},"author":{"name":"Peter Tanielu","@id":"https:\/\/www.mnre.gov.ws\/#\/schema\/person\/47874f7d74a14aca90363dc909b534ed"},"headline":"VALIDATION WORKSHOP ON THE TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF A USER-PAY SYSTEM FOR THE MNRE CHARGING STATION","datePublished":"2026-09-24T21:29:40+00:00","dateModified":"2026-09-27T21:32:26+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mnre.gov.ws\/?p=8602"},"wordCount":325,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mnre.gov.ws\/?p=8602#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.mnre.gov.ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/technical-assesment.jpg","articleSection":["Featured Post","Latest News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.mnre.gov.ws\/?p=8602#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.mnre.gov.ws\/?p=8602","url":"https:\/\/www.mnre.gov.ws\/?p=8602","name":"VALIDATION WORKSHOP ON THE TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF A USER-PAY SYSTEM FOR THE MNRE CHARGING STATION - MNRE- Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mnre.gov.ws\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mnre.gov.ws\/?p=8602#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mnre.gov.ws\/?p=8602#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.mnre.gov.ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/technical-assesment.jpg","datePublished":"2026-09-24T21:29:40+00:00","dateModified":"2026-09-27T21:32:26+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mnre.gov.ws\/#\/schema\/person\/47874f7d74a14aca90363dc909b534ed"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mnre.gov.ws\/?p=8602#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.mnre.gov.ws\/?p=8602"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.mnre.gov.ws\/?p=8602#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.mnre.gov.ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/technical-assesment.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.mnre.gov.ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/technical-assesment.jpg","width":1890,"height":1417},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.mnre.gov.ws\/?p=8602#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.mnre.gov.ws\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"VALIDATION WORKSHOP ON THE TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF A USER-PAY SYSTEM FOR THE MNRE CHARGING STATION"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.mnre.gov.ws\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.mnre.gov.ws\/","name":"MNRE- Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.mnre.gov.ws\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.mnre.gov.ws\/#\/schema\/person\/47874f7d74a14aca90363dc909b534ed","name":"Peter Tanielu","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ae8edd0975165a2c7b6d00c8a9724c95d0694f65c401b7b4454951338411d921?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ae8edd0975165a2c7b6d00c8a9724c95d0694f65c401b7b4454951338411d921?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ae8edd0975165a2c7b6d00c8a9724c95d0694f65c401b7b4454951338411d921?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Peter Tanielu"},"url":"https:\/\/www.mnre.gov.ws\/?author=11"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mnre.gov.ws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mnre.gov.ws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mnre.gov.ws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mnre.gov.ws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mnre.gov.ws\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8602"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.mnre.gov.ws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8602\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8607,"href":"https:\/\/www.mnre.gov.ws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8602\/revisions\/8607"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mnre.gov.ws\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mnre.gov.ws\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mnre.gov.ws\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mnre.gov.ws\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}