PASC Articles
“SPIRIT OF SERVICE” theme for Public Service Day 2020
The Cabinet in its FK (20) 35 approved the commemoration of the Public Service Day (PSD) on the 25th of September 2020. However, due to the Cabinet Development Committee’s site visits which coincided with planned events, the PSD was therefore postponed to be celebrated on 2nd October, 2020. Similar to the PSD celebrations in 2018 [...]
Samoa participates in the first virtual intersessional meeting of the conference of the state parties to the United Nations Convention Against Corruption ahead of United Nations General Assembly special session
The first intersessional meeting of the Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption on the preparations for the United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) was held on the 2nd – 4th of September, 2020 in Vienna, Austria. With border closure for COVID-19, Samoa’s participation was achieved through virtual means. [...]
Public Service Commission assists new university graduates with job application processes
The Office of the Public Service Commission through its Human Resource Development & Training Division (HRD) conducted a 3 day “Hire Me Training” that was held at the Public Service Commission (PSC) Conference Room from the 7th – 9th September 2020. The practical design of this training was designed to support the participants’ current efforts [...]
Training for public servants resumed after state of emergency conditions were relaxed
The Public Service Commission through its Human Resource Development Division delivered a five half days training on Conflict Management from Monday 22nd – Friday 26th June 2020. The main aim of this training was to build the capacity of employees to better manage conflict which may occur in workplaces. The participants were mainly from Stated [...]
Additional amendments to the Recruitment & Selection Manual & process for Senior Executives
The Office of the Public Service Commission through its Senior Executive Services Division have updated the Recruitment and Selection Manual Process for Senior Executives in its Circular Memorandum PSC 2019/2020 – 35 that was disseminated to all Government Ministries, Office of the Regulator, The Government Statistician and the Samoa Law Reform Commission. The amendments made [...]
Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi reminded all CEO’s at the chief executive forum of their oath and duty as public servants
The new financial year kicked off with the first Chief Executive Officers Forum held on the 3rd of July 2020, at the Samoa Conference Center, Sogi. The theme for this year’s Forum was “Coordination and Compliance to Efficiently and Effectively Deliver Government Services” The Honorable Prime Minister and Minister for the Public Service Commission – [...]
Special Working Conditions for The State Of Emergency For Corona Virus (Covid19)
Read more articles from Public Administration Sector Plan Newsletter - Edition 21 here The Public Service Commission issued a Circular Memorandum 2019/2020-22 on the 23rd March 2020 informing all public servants of special working conditions in conjunction with the FK (20) Faapitoa 7 that was issued on Friday 20th March, 2020 declaring a State of [...]
Prime Minister Of Samoa Attends The Inaugural Pacific Regional Conference On Anti-Corruption
Read more articles from Public Administration Sector Plan Newsletter - Edition 21 here The Honorable Prime Minister of Samoa – Afioga Tuilaepa Lupesoliai Sailele Malielegaoi attended the inaugural Pacific Regional Conference on Anti-Corruption that was held in Tarawa Kiribati on the 3rd- 6th February, 2020. This is the first meeting of its kind for the [...]
Public Administration Sector Plan 2020/2021 – 2024/2025 Completed
Read more articles from Public Administration Sector Plan Newsletter - Edition 21 here The new Public Administration Sector Plan 2020/2021 – 2024/2025 is ready to be launched. The development of the new Plan was premised on a review of the State of the Service, as well as an independent assessment of the previous PASP which [...]
Samoa reviews Fiji in second cycle of UNCAC implementation reviews
In August 2018, Samoa was drawn as a reviewing State Party for Fiji in the second review cycle, together with the United Kingdom. Samoa was tasked with the review of Chapter 2 of the UN Convention Against Corruption on preventive measures. Between August 2018 – June 2019, the PSC as the focal point for the [...]