PACIFIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION - NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SAMOA
SAMOA TREATY OF FRIENDSHIP FELLOWSHIP
- 2008 - 2009
"Civil society engagement in strengthening political accountability in Samoa - the case of Samoa's controversial Land Tiles Registration Bill"
Presented by Dr Iati Iati
Dr Iati Iati was awarded the PCF/NUS Samoa Treaty of Friendship Fellowship in 2008 to undertake research into the topic of this seminar. He is a Research Associate at the Macmillian Brown Centre for Pacific Studies, University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand. A PhD graduate in political science from the University of Hawai'i at Manoa in 2007, Dr Iati's dissertation looks at civil society in Samoa, and its ability to improve governance within what is a peculiar socio-political environment. His research interests are civil society and governance in the Pacific, with a particular focus on the tensions between traditional and modernity in relation to these.
Dr Iati Iati's Presentation, 22 April 2009, Auckland 'Civil Society, Political Accountability and Foreign Aid: A Samoan case study'
- 2007 - 2008
"Reforming public management in Samoa: the view from Apia and the villages"
Presented by Professor Asofou So'o, Deputy Vice Chancellor, National University of Samoa and Director of the Centre for Samoan Studies and Rob Laking, Senior Lecturer, School of Government, Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand
Public governance in Samoa is a unique balance of Westminster-style parliamentary democracy and the strong customary institutions of Fa'a Samoa. In the mid - 1990s, Samoa embarked on major public sector reforms. This is a preliminary report on research conducted in Samoa on the effects of these reforms on public management and on service delivery as it is percived in the villages.
