For the first time, 50 heads of government departments and 10 selected from organizations and the private sector gathered for leadership training.
Through a project funded by the Australian government called ‘Tautai,’ about $120,000 Samoan tālā is allocated for this program, which is administered at the National University of Samoa.
This is an important initiative, as emphasised by the Honourable Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata’afa in her talk.
“For those participating in this program, let’s actively engage to achieve success and benefit Samoa now and in the future.”
“The demands that come with being a leader are difficult. It is the hope of this program to enrich and improve relevant skills and wisdom, not just for yourselves in leadership today, but also for those aspiring leaders of tomorrow.”
It’s not the first time, but rather many times, that the Samoan people have received such generosity from the Government of Australia. Fiame expressed her gratitude directly to the Australian High Commissioner.
She also thanked the University for these crucial trainings.
O le tala na tusia i le Fa’aSamoa, fa’aliliu ai i le Fa’aigilisi
Toe sāili e Fa’auluuluga o Matāgaluega ma Fa’alapotopotoga tōmai e sili atu
Mo le taimi muamua, e to’a 50 fa’auluuluga o Matāgaluega a le Mālo ma le to’a 10 ua filifilia mai i Fa’alapotopotoga ma Pisinisi Tūmaoti, mo a’oga fa’aauau i le itu tau ta’ita’iga.
E tauala i le poloketi a Ausetalia ua igoa o le Tautai, e $120,000 tāla Sāmoa ua fa’atupeina ai e lea Mālo le polokalame lenei, e fa’atinoina i le Iunivesite Aoao o Sāmoa.
E taua tele lenei fa’amaite e tusa ai ma le saunoaga a le afioga i le Palemia ia Fiame Naomi Mata’afa, i lana lauga āutu.
“Mo sui auai o lenei Polokalame, ia saga’i ane ai o le tai i lo tou alofaiva ia maua se ‘ai o lenei polokalame aua se manuia mo Sāmoa nei ma a taeao.
“’E le faigofie manaoga o tofiga fa’a-Ta’ita’i ae e iai le fa’amoemoe o le a tele se aogā ma le tāua o lenei polokalame mo le saga fa’amausalī o tomai ma agava’a e le gata mo outou o lo’o avea ma Ta’ita’i i le taimi nei ae faapea foi sui o lo’o tāpena mo tofiga fa’a-Ta’ita’i i le lumanai.”
Ua le tasi ae ua atu lasi ona agalelei mai le Mālo o Ausetalia i o tatou tagata, ma na afea ai i le fa’afetai a Fiame, e tauala i le Komesina Maualuga o Ausetalia i Sāmoa.
Na fa’afetaia foi le Papa i Galagala, mo ia a’oa’oga ānoa.
