United Nations common country assessment : Samoa report

Abstract

The Common Country Assessment (CCA) is a country-based process for reviewing and assessing the national development situation and identifying key issues as a basis for policy dialogue and forms the foundation for the ensuing United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF). The CCA has been prepared in close collaboration with the Government of Samoa and other key partners from the donor community, civil society, and the private sector. All UN organizations present in Samoa, which together comprise the United Nations Country Team (UNCT). participated in the CCA process. The UN Agencies located in Fiji but whose programmes cover Samoa, also contributed to the process. The specific objective of the CCA process is to enable all partners to achieve a shared and deeper knowledge of the key development challenges facing Samoa, based on a shared in-depth understanding of the country's development situation. One of the central aims of the CCA is to ensure that the UNCT and its planned programmes are broadly consistent with the strategic outcomes sought by the Government in its national development plans. The CCA process therefore ensured the full participation of government and selected community representatives in the consultative process, the assessment of the current situation including initiatives already undertaken and identification of key issues and challenges. It also took into account other available economic and social assessment and reviews of the Samoa economy.