PACIFIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION - NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SAMOA
SAMOA TREATY OF FRIENDSHIP FELLOWSHIP
The Pacific Cooperation Foundation (PCF) and the National University of Samoa (NUS) have established a fellowship programme as part of a range of public sector initiatives under the Treaty of Friendship between New Zealand and Samoa.
The Samoa Treaty of Friendship (STOF) Fellowship programme is intended to build greater knowledge, depth and understanding of the bilateral relationship between Samoa and New Zealand. It will also complement other Government initiatives that will assist in developing enhanced capacity, partnerships and exchanges through mutually beneficial research outcomes between NUS and New Zealand universities. The Fellowship will also help foster goodwill and positive long term relationships, between the academic communities in New Zealand and Samoa.
For further information, please contact Tina McNicholas, email tina@pcf.org.nz at the Pacific Cooperation Foundation or Professor Lau Asofou So'o, email a.soo@nus.edu.ws at the National University of Samoa.
STOFF Information for Applicants
- 2008
"Civil society engagement in strengthening political accountability ion 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.
