All publications: Samoa
The ILO Centenary
ILO 45 years in the Pacific 1974-2019
To celebrate the ILO Centenary in 2019, the ILO Office for Pacific Island Countries looks back and reflects on the ILO presence in the Pacific and its work with tripartite and other social partners. This publication is a selective and reflective...
Fact sheet
Employment and environmental sustainability in the Pacific islands
The Employment and Environmental Sustainability Fact Sheets series provides key indicators of employment and environmental sustainability performance. They include: (i) employment in environmental sectors; (ii) skill levels; (iii) vulnerability of...
Fact sheet
Employment and environmental sustainability in Samoa
The Employment and Environmental Sustainability Fact sheet for Samoa is part of a series providing a baseline for key indicators of employment and environmental sustainability performance in 36 countries across Asia and the Pacific. These indicators...
Working paper
Labour mobility in Pacific island countries
At the ILO’s High Level Tripartite Forum on Climate Change and Decent Work in the Pacific Islands Countries in PNG on 24-26 July 2019, the current state, challenges and future strategies for Labour Mobility in the Pacific will be discussed. This...
Information Note
Strengthening capacities of employers'and workers' organizations on promotion of youth employment in disaster and conflict settings
Future of work
Digitalization and decent work: Implications for Pacific island countries
This report identifies emerging trends of digitalization globally and their associated impact on businesses, workforce, particular older workers, women, and young workers. It also presents findings of interviews and surveys conducted with over 60...
Future of work
Future of work for climate resilience in the Pacific islands
This policy brief highlights how the Pacific Islands are at a crossroads where better jobs can be developed in response to climate change. It also outlines how the Pacific region could transform itself through job creation related to areas of...
Report
Samoa National Employment Policy 2016-2020 Labour Market Monitoring Report
This report provides an updated statistical profile of the Samoa labour market for the purposes of monitoring economic and employment trends during the period covered by the SNEP. Based on analysis of recent macroeconomic data and results of the...
Decent Work Country Programme
Samoa Decent Work Country Programme 2017-2020
In the final review, Samoa's constituents prioritized the need for Samoa and ILO to place a greater emphasis on aligning the new DWCP with existing policies such as the Samoa National Action Plan on Youth Employment 2015-2020.
Social Finance Working Paper #71: The social dimensions of development finance in Asia and the Pacific
Results of a survey among ADFIAP members
ILO/Japan Cooperation - Factsheet 2017
Japan is a founding member State of the ILO, and a valued partner in promoting the Decent Work Agenda. Japan has ratified 49 Conventions, including 6 Fundamental, 3 Governance and 40 Technical Conventions. Japan holds one of the ten permanent...
Labour market
Improving labour market outcomes in the Pacific: Policy challenges and priorities
This report provides policy guidelines for improving labour market outcomes.
Future of work
A study on the future of work in the Pacific
In the Pacific, the High-Level Dialogue on Future of Work is being held in Fiji in May 2017, with the participation of the heads of ILO’s tripartite constituents from eleven member states in the Pacific. This report intends to provide the...
Concept Note - Pacific Summit and Policy Dialogue on Youth Entrepreneurship
Unemployment is the most critical challenge that young people globally confront today. The challenge is particularly acute in the pacific region where jobs in the organised sector are few and far between, while those in the informal sector are often...
Child street vendors
Report of the rapid assessment of children working on the streets of Apia, Samoa: A scoping exercise
This report presents key findings from focus group discussions and interviews to assess perceptions and knowledge on the topic of child street vendors.
Child street vendors
Report of the rapid assessment of children working on the streets of Apia, Samoa: A pilot study
This report is an output of the ILO’s Pacific child labour and trafficking project, and responds to the need for data and information on child labour in Samoa.
W4Y Samoa country summary
Work for Youth (W4Y) - (Final Evaluation Summary)
Project: GLO/11/01/MCF
ACI 2: Jobs and skills for youth -Thematic funding for 2014-15 (SIDA-ILO Partnership Programme 2014-17) - (Final Evaluation Summary)
Project: GLO/14/72/SID - Evaluation Consultant: Rafael Muñoz Sevilla
Decent work
Providing decent employment for Pacific fishers
This publication highlights promoting employment opportunities for Pacific Islanders on foreign fishing vessels and protecting fishers on board, envisaging the ratification of Fishing Convention (C188) by the Pacific Island Countries.