TALOFA & WELCOME
DRIVING KNOWLEDGE AND DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
SAMOA KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY INITIATIVE
The Samoa Knowledge Society Initiative is a rights based initiative that acknowledges the right to access to information to all Samoans contributing towards an enabling environment for enhanced digital development.
Samoa Digital Library
To provide access to information locally and globally through local and external repositories.
Life Long Learning
To provide access to Open Educational Resources (OERs)
Open Access Research
To provide free & unrestricted access to research outputs.
Launch of the Samoa Knowledge Society Initiative
21 December 2019 – Apia, Samoa
The launching of the Samoa Knowledge Society Initiative on Friday 20th December 2019 at the National University of Samoa signifies the start of a knowledge movement across the country. In her remarks at the launch, the UN Resident Coordinator Simona Marinescu reiterated the value of “knowledge as the most empowering resource and it needs to be a public good readily available for everyone”.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The SKSI project acknowledges the key contributions of the following:
- Professor Emeritus Gary Goldstein, New York University and Dr Simona Marinescu for the conceptualization of SKSI.
- India-UN Development Partnership Fund and UN agencies (UNRC, UNDP, UNESCO, FAO) for funding.
- UNDP, UNRC Office, UNESCO, NUS, MESC, MAF, MFAT, MCIT, Mose Mose (Makeki Online), Office of the Ombudsman, Government of Samoa for implementation.
