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The Australia – Samoa Development Partnership Plan 2024-30 translates into action the development priorities Australia shares with Samoa. The DPP sets out agreed objectives, how we will work together to deliver shared outcomes, and how progress will be monitored. It also identifies where Australia can add value to Samoa's national development priorities and how Australia will work with other development actors, ensuring Australia's whole of government contribution to Samoa's development ambitions is well-coordinated.
Purpose of the Development Partnership Plan
Australia's new International Development Policy, presents a long-term vision for how the development program will meet the critical needs of our partners, support sustainable development and help lift people out of poverty. Australia seeks relationships based on respect and partnerships that create economic and social value for us all. To achieve this, Australia supports our partners to:
- build effective, accountable states that drive their own development
- enhance state and community resilience to external pressures and shocks
- connect with Australia and regional architecture
- generate collective action on global challenges that impact us and our region.
The DPP reflects the full spectrum of Australia's development partnership with Samoa; DFAT and whole of government bilateral Official Development Assistance (ODA) as well as significant regional and global ODA and non-ODA development activities. A commitment to ongoing dialogue and engagement with government and non-state actors in support of a genuine and respectful partnership underpins this DPP.
A mid cycle review of the DPP will be undertaken in 2027 following the midterm reviews of our Tautua and Tautai programs, the conclusion of Samoa's current national development planning framework: the Pathway for the Development of Samoa (PDS), 2021-26, and national elections in Australia and Samoa both due to be held between 2024 and 2026.