Strategic Direction ICT Sector
    Strategy for the Development of Samoa (SDS) 2016/17 – 2019/20
       Key Outcome 11: Improved and Affordable Country Wide ICT 
                                  Connectivity
            COMMUNICATIONS SECTOR PLAN 2017/18 – 2021/22
             Vision: Affordable and Appropriate ICT accessible to all.
    Mission: To provide citizens and government with access to 
    appropriate, high-quality, affordable ICTs, to reduce hardship and 
    poverty, and achieve and sustain a better standard of living.           MCIT
          Samoa ICT LandscapeVIDEO CLIP
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            Digital Journey: Government & Private Sector
                               SAS Cable 
                                Tui Samoa                                                        MOBILE APPS
                                  Cable 
             DTC             Manatua Cable         Establishing of 
                                                  Key Government 
                                                     Structures:             Increase in e-
                                                       Digital                commerce                              Network Providers 
          Technical                                Transformation                                                        & ISP
           Working                                                            platforms
                                                      Authority
            Group                                    SamCERT 
                                 Digital                                                            Digital 
                             Developments                                                       Developments 
                            GOVERNMENT                                                         PRIVATE SECTOR
                                                   Communication 
                                                    Development                                                          Samoa 
          Key Strategic                              Radio 2AP               Broadcasting                              Information 
           Documents                              Television – switch      Sector - Television                         Technology 
                                                   from Analogue to                                                    Association
                                Digitisation           Digital
                                 Projects:
                              Street Naming                                                       Broadcasting 
                              and addresses                                                      Sector - Radio
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                                National ID
      Digital Journey: Developments in Progress
      ● Samoa 2040 Plan;
      ● Samoa National Digital ID Project; 
      ● Samoa Digital Government Platform Project;
      ● Establishment of the Digital Transformation Authority; 
      ● Establishment of National CERT(SamCERT);
      ● Establishment of the National Digital Library;
      ● Development of the Open Access for Information Policy;
      ● Establishing of the Domestic IXP for Samoa;
      ● Developing the Pacific Samoa IXP Node for the Distributed 
             IXP for the Pacific;
      ● Samoa Innovation/Technology Park;
      ● National Payment Gateway;
      ● ICT Incubator for Startups/Entreprenuers.
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                  Major Challenge/s              MCIT
  1. Human Resource Development 
  ● significant proportion of the staff of their organisations lack the knowledge, skills and competencies to 
   perform their jobs effectively. Shortages of critical skills in the PS can be attributed to several factors, 
   including the mismatch between the education system and labour market; absence of a coherent, 
   government-wide  policy  framework  for  human  resource  development;  absence  of  a  culture  of 
   continuous learning in PS institutions;  low  investment  in  human  resource  development,  and  under 
   utilization of available technology resources to improve learning (Public Administration Sector Plan 
   2020/21 – 2024/25, p.12)
  ● No  cybersecurity  framework  for  certification  and  accreditation  of  public-sector  professionals  exists. 
   Likewise, there are no vocational trainings and providers of ICT equipment (e.g.: CISCO academy) are the 
   ones transferring instructions and information to staff in Samoa. Otherwise, there is no other level of 
   education in this regard yet (Cyber Security Capacity Review, December 2018, p.10). 
  ● Communications Sector Plan 2017/18-2020/22 DRAFT Mid Term Review. December 2020