Office for the Minister of Works, Transport and Infrastructure

Government of Samoa

OFFICE FOR THE MINISTER OF WORKS, TRANSPORT AND INFRASTRUCTURE (MINISTRY OF WORKS, TRANSPORT AND INFRASTRUCTURE; ELECTRIC POWER CORPORATION; SAMOA WATER AUTHORITY; SAMOA PORTS AUTHORITY; SAMOA SHIPPING CORPORATION; SAMOA AIRPORT AUTHORITY; LAND TRANSPORT AUTHORITY; GOVERNMENT HOUSING COMMITTEE)

08th February 2018

The Honorable Speaker Parliament of Samoa

Pursuant to the requirements of the Ministerial and Departmental Arrangements Act 2003, I hereby submit for presentation to Parliament the Annual Report of the Ministry of Works, Transport and Infrastructure for Financial Year July 2016 – June 2017.

With respect,

Papaliitele Unasa Niko Lee Hang MINISTER OF WORKS, TRANSPORT & INFRASTRUCTURE

Address: Level 4, Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Efi Building; Private Bag, Apia, SAMOA. Office Telephones: (685) 25239 / 24379 Fax No.: (685) 24373 - Email Address: [email protected] or [email protected]

FOREWORD

In accordance with the guidelines and procedures of the Government of Samoa, it is with great pleasure that I present the Annual Report for the Financial 2016-2017 for the Ministry of Works, Transport and Infrastructure. The report highlights activities, achievements as well as financial summaries, challenges faced with recommendations for improvement.

Overall, significant and major activities that cured during the reporting period are summarized below:

 The completion of the Civil Aviation Certification Policy, Surveillance Policy and Exemptions Policy. These policies provides the following guidelines to ensure compliance with the ICAO Standard and Recommended Practices:

 The Ministry hosted the Samoa National Road Safety Week which was officially celebrated from the 13th – 17thof May 2017 on the theme SLOW DOWN SAVE LIVES.

 The successful implementation of website design for National Road Safety Awareness Campaign promotions and initiatives.

 Completed Annual Review for financial year 2016-17 for Water Sector and finalisation of the Water for Life Sector Plan 2016-2020;

 Completion of the first review for our National Infrastructure Strategic Plan in May 2017.

 The Ministry as Chairperson of the Flood Mitigation-Drainage Sub-Sector has been heavily involved in joint efforts to address flooding in urban areas, which has been an ongoing issue during periods of heavy rainfall.

 The AMB Division has completed its Final Draft for the 2017 National Building Code. The new National Building Code 2017 has been approved in principle by the Cabinet with few sections to revisit. Preparation for the new NBC revisions and public awareness is planned to start early 2018. This great task had started since 2013 and the final draft of the 2017 NBC completed in the beginning of February 2017.

 The Cabinet on approved the establishment of four new positions – Assistant Chief Executive Officer – Legal, Structural Engineer Consultant, Pavement & Drainage Engineer Consultant and Offshore & Coastal Engineer Consultant.

The Ministry’s success as aforementioned is dedicated to the continuous support and the invaluable contributions from all our key stakeholders and partners as well as Government Ministries and State Owned Enterprises.

We also acknowledged with great appreciation the Honorable Minister of Works, Transport and Infrastructure, Afioga Papaliitele Unasa Niko Lee Hang’s continuous support and leadership. FAAFETAI TELE LAVA!!!

Lastly but not least, to the Ministry Executive Management and Staff, your commitment, dedication, support and excellent teamwork contributions guarantees excellence for the Ministry as a whole.

FAAMALO LE GALULUE, FAAMALO LE FAI O LE FAIVA!!!

Afamasaga Su’a Poumulinuku Onesemo CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. ACRONYMS………………………………………………………………….4 2. MANDATES ...... 6 3. CIVIL AVIATION DIVISION…………………………………………….8 4. MARITIME DIVISION ...... 13 5. LAND TRANSPORT DIVISION ...... 21 6. POLICY AND PLANNING DIVISION ...... 26 7. ASSET MANAGEMENT BUILDING DIVISION ...... 28 8. CORPORATE SERVICES UNIT ...... 40 9. INTERNAL AUDIT ………………………………………………………. 49 10. ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE …………………………………. 50

ACRONYMS

ADRA - Adventist Development Relief Agency AMBD- Asset Management Building Division CAD - Civil Aviation Division CARs - Civil Aviation Rules CBD - Central Business District CEO - Chief Executive Officer CSO - Company Security Officer CSU - Corporate Service Unit CLC - Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Convention COLREG - Collision Regulations DA - Designated Authority ECHO - European Community Humanitarian Office EU - European Union FAA - Federal Aviation Administration of United States FAL - Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic Convention HNS - International Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage in connection with Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substance by Sea ICAO - International Civil Aviation Organization IMO - International Maritime Organization ISM - International Safety Management ISPS - International Security of Port Facilities and Ships LLMC - Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims Convention LTA - Land Transport Authority LTD - Land Transport Division MALIAT - Multilateral Agreement on the Liberalization of International Air Transport MAR - Maritime Division MARPOL - Maritime Pollution Convention MNRE - Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment MS - Marine Surveyor MWCSD - Ministry of Women, Community and Social Development MWTI - Ministry of Works, Transport and Infrastructure NBC - National Building Code NML - National Maritime Legislation NRP - National Road Programme NRSC - National Road Safety Committee OPRC - Oil Pollution Preparedness Response Convention OTS - Office of Transport Security PASO - Pacific Aviation Safety Office PFSA - Port Facility Security Assessment PFSO - Port Facility Security Officer PFSP - Port Facility Security Plan PIASA - Pacific Islands Air Services Agreement PICASST - Pacific Island Civil Aviation Safety and Security Treaty PPD - Policy and Planning Division PPS - Petroleum Product Supplies 4

PS - Principal Surveyor PSC - Project Steering Committee PSO - Principal Shipping Officer PUMA - Planning and Urban Management Agency REGs - Civil Aviation Regulations 2000 RSO - Recognized Security Organization SI - Safety Inspector SAR - Search and Rescue SARPs - Standards and Recommended Practices SO - Shipping Officer SOLAS - Safety of Life at Sea SSA - Ships Security Assessment SSI - Senior Safety Inspector SSO - Ships Security Officer SSP - Ships Security Plan STCW - Standard of Training and Certification for Watch-keepers SUA - Suppression of Unlawful Acts TSP - Transport Sector Plan UNCLOS - United Nation Convention of Law of the Sea USAP - Universal Security Audit Program

MANDATES

The following are the list of mandates, regulations, codes, International Convention and other relevant mandates that govern works and responsibilities of the Ministry,

Acts

1. Ministry of Works Act 2002 2. Ministry of Transport Act 1978 3. Civil Aviation Act 1998, 4. Samoa Shipping Act 1998; 5. Marine Pollution Prevention Act 2008

Regulations

6. STCW Regulations 2014 7. Public Drains Regulation 2006 8. Maritime Security Regulations 2004 9. Shipping Registration Regulation 2001 10. Civil Aviation Regulations 2000 11. Small Vessels Regulation 1998

Codes

12. Stronger Buildings Guide 1996 13. Home Building Manual 1992 14. National Building Codes 1992 15. International Safety Management Code 1998

Additional Mandates and Policies

16. Land Transport Authority Act 2007 17. Public Service Act 2004 18. Public Financial Management Act 2001 19. Treasury Instructions 1977 with amendments 20. Public Services Manual of Working Conditions and Entitlements 21. Cabinet Policy Directives 22. Pacific Islands Air Services Agreement (PIASA) 2004 23. Pacific Islands Civil Aviation Safety and Security Treaty (PICASST) 2004

International Conventions, Protocols, Codes

24. IMO Amendment 1993 25. IMO Amendment 1991 26. IMO Convention 1948 27. SOLAS Protocol 1988 28. SOLAS Protocol 1978 6

29. SOLAS 1974 – ISM – ISPS 30. Load Lines Protocol 1988 31. Tonnage Convention 1969 32. Load Lines Convention 1966 33. STCW 78/95 34. UNCLOS 35. MARPOL 73/78 Annex I/II 36. MARPOL 73/78 Annex III 37. MARPOL 73/78 Annex IV 38. MARPOL 73/78 Annex V 39. MARPOL 97 Annex VI 40. CLC Protocol 92 25 41. CLC Protocol 92 26 42. Bunkers Convention 2001 43. FAL Convention 1999 44. HNS Convention 1999 45. SUA Convention 1998 46. OPRC Convention 1990 47. SAR Convention 1979 48. LLMC Convention 1976 49. COLREG Convention 1972 50. LLMC Protocol 1966 51. Chicago Convention 1944 52. Tokyo Convention 1963 53. Hague Convention 1970 54. Montreal Supplementary Protocol 1970 55. Montreal Convention 1971 56. Protocol to the Chicago Convention 1980 (Article 83bis) 57. Protocol to the Chicago Convention 1984 (Article 3bis) 58. Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts of Violence at Airports serving International Aviation 1988 59. Protocol of Amendment to the Convention on ICAO (Article 50(a)) 60. Montreal Convention 1991

CIVIL AVIATION DIVISION

Introduction Samoa became a member of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in 1996. Responsible for the setting of ‘Standards and Recommended Practices’ (SARPs) for the conduct of international civil aviation operations, ICAO requires each contracting State to meet and enact the SARPs by adopting them into their domestic aviation laws. Consequently, the “primary” legislation governing civil aviation in Samoa is the Civil Aviation Act 1998, with the Civil Aviation Regulations 2000 and Civil Aviation Rules as “secondary” legislations. The Ministry of Works, Transport and Infrastructure (MWTI) as the designated Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) for Samoa under the Civil Aviation Act 1998 has the ultimate responsibility for the oversight of its stakeholder’s compliance with Samoa's civil aviation legislations and ICAO SARPs.

1. CIVIL AVIATION DIVISION

The Civil Aviation Division of the MWTI under the supervision of the Secretary of Transport (CEO MWTI) administers the Act to approve, monitor and if warranted, even remove members of the aviation industry, in order to maintain international safety standards. Its specific functions in accordance with its mandates are:  Administer the Civil Aviation Act 1998, Civil Aviation Rules & Regulations 2000 and continuously review their capacity in enabling the ICAO Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs), and recommend appropriate changes where necessary;

 The safety and security regulation, oversight and certification of the following civil aviation activities in Samoa; Air Operations, Aircraft Maintenance and Airworthiness

 Organizations providing civil aviation services – Aircraft maintenance, Aerodrome operators, Aviation Security, Air Traffic Services, Aeronautical Telecommunication, Supplier of aviation fuel and Aviation Meteorology requires proper licensing and certification

 Licensing of aviation personnel.

 Maintain cooperative links with international, regional and national organizations, authorities and agencies on civil aviation matters;  Assist and provide advice to the Secretary for Transport/CEO in the development and negotiation of air transport policies and Air services Agreements suitable for Samoa’s developmental needs and monitor its obligatory compliance therewith;  Facilitate/issue and maintain a Register of all air transport & civil aviation documents, licenses, certificates and approvals issued by the Ministry.  Maintain a Register of aircraft registered in Samoa;  Manage, assist negotiate/review for Samoa, the Contracts for the provisions of: (i) safety & security auditing, assessments, inspections; and

(ii) upper airspace air traffic services

 Facilitate/issue approvals for international non-schedule/itinerant flights requesting landing at Samoan airports for technical reasons;

 Facilitate/assist in the conduct of aircraft accident/serious incident investigations occurring in or involving aircraft registered in Samoa

2. CHALLENGES

 The limited capacity within the Division in terms of Airworthiness and Flight Operations technical expertise to continuously monitor the Aviation Community;

 The limited inspectorate qualifications within the Division in terms of certified Inspectors to monitor compliance of Certificate Holders;

 Limited data collection capability to ensure a viable risk & threat assessment is maintained to benchmark compliance with ICAO SARPs;

 IT Infrastructure to address issues highlighted in the ICAO Universal Safety Oversight Audit Program (USOAP) Continuous Monitoring Approach (CMA) Online Framework (OLF)

3. RECOMMENDATIONS

 Fully utilize the WB Funded Training Plan to enhance the technical capabilities of the Principal Technical Officer, Principal Licensing and Certification Officer and Principal Aviation Security Officer;

 Utilize the Civil Aviation Training Awards offered by the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore to provide capacity building for the Senior Officers of the CAD;

4. CIVIL AVIATION DIVISION OPERATIONAL WORKS FOR FY 2016 - 17 The MWTI-CAD as part of its oversight responsibilities undertook the following surveillance activities such as audits and inspections including assessing applications for renewal of Special Air Service Licenses, Foreign Air Operator Certificates, and Air Operator Certificates to ensure all Civil Aviation participants comply with the ICAO SARPs, the requirements under the Civil Aviation Act 1998 and the Civil Aviation Rules and Regulations 2000.

Overall summary of the audit activities conducted by the MWTI CAD for FY 16 – 17 is illustrated below:

Civil Aviation Rule Certificate Audit/ Brief Analysis Part Holder Inspection Dates 19F Aviation Fuel PPS 08 Feb 17 This was a follow up Inspection to Supplier ensure the certificate holder was implementing corrective actions to address issues identified in the annual audit that was conducted previously. Conclusion: The certificate Holder is compliant with the rule requirements CAR Pt. 21 – Talofa Airways 13-15 Feb This was the mandated annual audit Certification of 2017 for the Certificate of Airworthiness Products for Talofa Airways registered aircraft 5W-TAL to ensure the airline is maintaining the aircraft in an 9

airworthy state. Conclusion: aircraft is airworthy. CAR Pt. 135 – Air Talofa Airways 16 – 17 Feb This was the mandated annual audit to Operations: 2017 ensure that Talofa Airways is Helicopters Small & compliant with the rule requirements Aero planes in terms of it aircraft maintenance programs including employment of the required personnel. Conclusion: The certificate holder is compliant CAR Pt. 21 – Polynesian 24 – 25 Apr This was the mandated annual audit Certification of Airlines 2017 for the Certificate of Airworthiness Products for Polynesian Airline’s registered aircraft 5W-FAW to ensure the airline is maintaining the aircraft in an airworthy state. Conclusion: aircraft is airworthy. CAR Pt. 171 Samoa Airport 22 June This was a follow up Inspection to (Aeronautical Authority 2017 ensure the certificate holder was Telecommunications) implementing corrective actions to address issues identified in the annual audit that was conducted previously. Conclusion: The certificate Holder is compliant with the rule requirements CAR Pt. 172 (Air Samoa Airport 22 June This was a follow up Inspection to Traffic Services Authority 2017 ensure the certificate holder was implementing corrective actions to address issues identified in the annual audit that was conducted previously. Conclusion: The certificate holder is compliant CAR Pt. 140 Samoa Airport 22 June This was a follow up Inspection to (Aviation Security) Authority 2017 ensure the certificate holder was implementing corrective actions to address issues identified in the annual audit that was conducted previously. Conclusion: The certificate holder is compliant 06 June This was the mandated annual audit to CAR Pt. 139 Samoa Airport 2016 ensure that the certificate holder was (Aerodromes: Use Authority maintaining the airports in compliance and Certification) with the rule requirements. Maota Airport Conclusion: The Certificate Holder is compliant. CAR Pt. 139 Samoa Airport 06 June This was the mandated annual audit to (Aerodromes: Use Authority 2016 ensure that the certificate holder was and Certification) maintaining the airports in compliance Asau Airport with the rule requirements. Conclusion: The Certificate Holder is compliant CAR Pt. 139 Polynesian 27 – 28 Jan This was the mandated annual audit to (Aerodromes: Use Airlines 2017 ensure that the certificate holder was and Certification) maintaining the airports in compliance Fagalii Airport with the rule requirements.

Conclusion: The Certificate Holder is compliant

Overall Summary of the Operational Certificates and Authorizations issued by the MWTI during the FY 16 - 17 to ensure compliance with Civil Aviation Act 1998, Civil Aviation Rules & Regulations 2000 and its obligations mandated by the Air Services Agreements Samoa has entered into.

The mandated renewal audits and assessments were conducted to ensure that the certificate holders and service providers were compliant prior to renewing the certificates and licenses.

Operational Certificates Operator Issue Date Valid until CAR Pt. 139 (Aerodromes) Polynesian Airlines (Fagali’i 17 Dec 2015 17 Dec Airport) 2017 CAR Pt. 139 (Aerodromes) SAA (Asau Airport) 24 Dec 2015 24 Dec 2017 Air Services Licenses (ASLs) Reissued to: Air New Zealand 28 April 28 April 2016 2018 Fiji Airways 05 Aug 2015 05 Aug 2019 Talofa Airways 05 July 17 21 July 19 Virgin Australia Ltd 5 May 17 12 Nov 17 Polynesian 28 Apr 2016 28 April 2018 Foreign Air Operator Certificates (FAOC) Reissued to: Air New Zealand 27 July 2017 27 July 2017 Fiji Airways 19 August 16 20 Aug 2018 Samoa Helicopters 15 March 15 Sept 2016 2016 Aircraft Maintenance Organizations Reissued to: Polynesian 20 Jan 2017 20 Jan 2019 Aeronautical Telecommunications Services Reissued to: SAA 28 Aug 2015 28 Aug 2019 Supply Organization Reissued to: PPS (Petroleum Products 21 May 2016 21 May Supply) 2018 Certificate of Aircraft Registration Initial issue: Talofa Airways Ltd. 5W-JMJ (01 March 2016) Talofa Airways Ltd. 5W-TAL (29 April 2016) Certificate of Airworthiness 5W- STF (Renewed) Polynesian 24 Dec 2015 24 Dec 2017 5W – JMJ (Renewed) Talofa Airways 01 March 03 Sept 2016 2016 5W-TAL (Renewed) Talofa Airways 20 May 2016 20 Nov 2016 5W- FAW (Renewed) Polynesian 20 May 2016 20 May 2017 11

Airline Data Airline Arrival Departing Inbound Freight Outbound Passengers Passengers (kg) Freight (kg) Air New Zealand 50497 53166 774051 291736

Virgin Samoa 65224 65046 158829 58233 Polynesian Airlines 39715 39037 63864 32482 Fiji Airways 26254 75571.06 25654 815.61 Total 181690 232820.06 1022398 383266.61

Notable Achievements:

1. The MWTI CAD Certification Policy, Surveillance Policy and Exemptions Policy have been approved by the MWTI CEO. These policies provides the following guidelines to ensure compliance with the ICAO Standard and Recommended Practices:

 Certification Policy: This policy is designed to provide overarching guidance for the granting of aviation documents to organisations. The policy applies to entry certification, certificate amendment, and certificate renewal (recertification). The focus of the policy is on the certification for organisations; it does not apply to the licensing of individuals or the certification of aircraft.

 Surveillance Policy: The contents of this document represent the policy of the Ministry of Works Transport and Infrastructure (The Ministry) with respect to the surveillance requirements embodied in the Civil Aviation Act 1998. The policy is designed to provide the foundation for the day-to-day operation of the Director’s safety monitoring function.

 Exemptions Policy: The purpose of this policy is to provide guidance to the MWTI in the exercise of the exemption powers in section 36 of the Civil Aviation Act 1998. The intention of an exemption is to set an appropriate balance between: o Rigid application of the Civil Aviation Rules (The Rules) (where requirements are clear but some individuals are greatly disadvantaged); and o Full administrative discretion where officials effectively decide whether and to what extent any individual must comply with the Rules.

2. The Aviation Sector Strategy initial report as received from the Consultancy Firm IOS on 22 May 2017. This was after consultations were conducted with the transport sector and the relevant aviation stakeholders. Further consultations were conducted in December 2017 following numerous interventions from the aviation stakeholders to ensure a viable and suitable aviation sector strategy is in place for Samoa.

The Final Aviation Sector Strategy is envisioned to be endorsed by GOS in early 2018.

MARITIME DIVISION

1. Introduction

The Maritime Division of the Ministry of Works, Transport and Infrastructure (MWTI) is the Designated Maritime Authority in Samoa. Its roles and responsibilities are governed by the principal Acts namely the Shipping Act 1998 and Marine Pollution Prevention Act 2008 with several Regulations and Codes. Since Samoa’s accession to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in 1996 the Maritime Division continues to perform its functions according to all ratified IMO Conventions. One of its crucial obligations is ensuring that all conventions for which Samoa is party to are domesticated for enhancement of its service delivery as well as the discharge of its regulatory roles within the maritime transport sector.

2. Maritime Division The Division consists of eleven (11) staff under the leadership of the ACEO Maritime; two Principal Officers with two Seniors and six Officers. The four (4) Safety Inspectors are assigned at domestic ports of Salelologa and Mulifanua to regulate and monitor the safety and security of ship operations between the two ports while the Senior Safety Inspector is responsible for the International Port of Apia. The other five members along with the ACEO Maritime are based at the main office to provide services to customers visiting the office. In September 2016, the Principal Surveyor took leave to pursue his Masters degree with the World Maritime University in Sweden, followed by the resignation of the Principal Shipping Officer in November 2016. Despite the absence of Principal Officers, our ship has managed to pursue its journey towards the end of this financial year.

2.1 The Four (4) Sections within the Maritime:

Section Responsibilities

Ship Deals with the registration of all ships, ensuring that related obligations such Registration as maritime Liens and Mortgages are appropriately dealt with in accordance with the Samoan Shipping Act 1998 and the Shipping Registration Regulations 2001

Ship Surveying Responsible with the survey of all ships registered in Samoa and any other & Inspections foreign registered ship deemed necessary for inspection by MWTI to ascertain any safety issues.

Training & Deals with verification of candidates’ results from maritime training schools Certification before issuance of any safety certificate, conduct of the Ministry’s examinations and endorsement of seafarers’ contracts. It also ensures manning of vessels are properly done and adhered to by ship Masters and crew

Safety, Responsible for vessel safety oversight, vessel clearance, port facility, Navigation & navigation channels and navigation aids, handling and stowage of dangerous Hydrographic cargo onboard ships.

2.2 Essential Regulatory Services provided by the Division 13

 Ship Registration  Ship Surveying and Inspection  Crew Training & Certification  Ship Safety Clearances  Endorsement of seafarers’ contracts  Security Assessment of ISPS Port Facilities and Ships  ISPS Audit of Ports and Ships  Approving of Training Modules for Maritime Training  STCW Audit of Maritime Training Institutions  Flag State, Coastal State and Port State Inspections  Technical Advice of International Conventions and National Maritime Legislations to stakeholders within the maritime industry

3. Challenges

 Non-existent of hydrographical experts to actually monitor the safety of navigation and provide necessary recommendations for enhancement of this service within the country especially the monitoring of the most vulnerable areas of Apia port channel.

 Not enough technical people to provide other essential services derived from the requirements of the newly ratified conventions as well as ongoing amendments of the three major conventions.

 Lack of awareness due to delays in receipt of IMO Assembly Resolutions and Conventions Amendments

4. Recommendations

 Recruit four more employees (preferably one Principal Officer to be responsible for safety of navigation and all hydrographic matters in Samoa, one Senior Shipping Officer, one Senior Surveyor and a Port State Control Officer to assist with the execution of the Maritime roles and functions.

 Ensure the Maritime Staff members have provided with the essential technical trainings offered by the IMO, SPC, SPREP etc. and continuously abreast with IMO amendments and relevant changes to improve staff performance and maintain its compliance status.

5. Ship Registration Section

The Registrar of Vessels issued Registration Certificates of new vessels that applied to the Ministry for registration when all relevant requirements stipulated in the Shipping Act 1998 and Shipping Registration Regulations 2001 have been satisfied. The revalidated Registration Certificates of all operational vessels have also been issued after successful completion of annual safety surveys conducted by the Ship Surveying and Inspection Section.

There are vessels exempted from registration including vessels less than 15 meters in length, pleasure craft, an outrigger vessel and a warship but it is with the discretion of the owners if they wish to register these exempted vessels for their own purposes.

VESSELS REGISTRATION CERTIFICATION JULY 2016 – JUNE 2017

Vessel Official Expiry Owner/Operator Issue Date Name Number Date

PASSENGER/CARGO VESSELS 1 MV Lady 0037 Samoa Shipping Corp. 05/12/2016 04/12/2017 Naomi 2 MV Samoa 0050 Samoa Shipping Corp. 16/10/2016 15/10/2017 Express 3 MV Fotu o 0063 Samoa Shipping Corp. 23/02/2017 22/02/2018 Samoa II 4 MV Lady 0078 Samoa Shipping Corp. 13/03/2017 12/03/2018 Samoa III 5 MV Pasifika 0085 Samoa Shipping Corp. 12/05/2017 11/05/2018 Express 6 MV SSC 0086 Samoa Shipping Corp. 08/02/2017 07/02/2018 Fasefulu SPECIAL PURPOSE VESSELS 7 Samoa PB 0027 Ministry of 03/07/2016 02/07/2018 Nafanua Police 8 Tug Tafola 0032 Samoa Ports TBA Authority 9 Tug Atafa 0044 Samoa Ports 27/01/2017 27/01/2018 Authority 10 Southern 0070 Aqua Samoa 03/08/2016 02/08/2017 Pacific 11 Malu o le 0087 Ministry of TBA Malo 3 Police 12 Malu o le 0088 Ministry of TBA Malo 4 Police FISHING VESSELS MORE THAN 15 METRES IN LENGTH 13 Violomanu 0049 Apia Export Fish 19/04/2017 18/04/2018 Packers 14 Jessica 0053 Apia Export Fish 24/03/2017 23/03/2018 Packers 16 Aquila 0051 Apia Export Fish 30/06/2017 29/06/2018 Packers 15 Samoan 0036 Apia Export Fish 26/07/2017 25/07/2018 Girl Packers 17 Island of 0083 Apia Export Fish 09/08/2016 08/08/2017 Pukapuka Packers 18 Teravakai 0082 Apia Export Fish 26/08/2016 25/08/2017 Packers 19 FV Moji 0075 Trade winds Fish 16/08/2016 15/08/2017 Company 20 Melinda 0058 Trade winds Fish 16/11/2016 15/11/2017 Company 21 Courier De 0052 Tautai Fishing 25/11/2016 24/11/2017 Bois II Ltd 22 Courier De 0039 Tautai Fishing 25/11/2016 24/11/2017 Bois III Ltd

Maritime Mortgages & Liens

Maritime Mortgages

No mortgage has been registered during this financial year except for the MV SSC Fasefulu’s mortgage of $6,152,000.00, this amount was registered on 23rd December 2014 and remains in the Ministry’s registry until full payment is made by 10th December 2024.

Maritime Liens

No liens have been registered during this reported period.

6. Ship Surveying and Inspection

This Section deals with all matters relating to safety surveys for vessels of all sizes and types to be complied with Part IV of the Shipping Act 1998, particularly the existing vessels under the Samoan Registry of Ships.

Vessels under 15 meters in length including fishing vessels have been surveyed in accordance with requirements of the Small Vessels Regulations 1998 and the second table below indicates all the fishing vessels that remained seaworthy during this fiscal year.

VESSELS SAFETY CERTIFICATION JULY 2016 – JUNE 2017

Vessel Official Expiry Owner/Operator Issue Date Name Number Date

13 Violomanu 0049 Apia Export Fish 19/04/2017 18/04/2018 Packers 14 Jessica 0053 Apia Export Fish 24/03/2017 23/03/2018 Packers 16 Aquila 0051 Apia Export Fish 30/06/2017 29/06/2018 Packers 15 Samoan 0036 Apia Export Fish 26/07/2017 25/07/2018 Girl Packers 17 Island of 0083 Apia Export Fish 09/08/2016 08/08/2017 Pukapuka Packers 18 Teravakai 0082 Apia Export Fish 26/08/2016 25/08/2017 Packers 19 FV Moji 0075 Trade winds Fish 16/08/2016 15/08/2017 Company 20 Melinda 0058 Trade winds Fish 16/11/2016 15/11/2017 Company 21 Courier De 0052 Tautai Fishing 25/11/2016 24/11/2017 Bois II Ltd 22 Courier De 0039 Tautai Fishing 25/11/2016 24/11/2017 Bois III Ltd

FISHING VESSELS LESS THAN 15 METRES CERTIFICATION JULY 2016 – JUNE 2017

Vessel Name Date of Survey Expiry Date Owner/Operator

AJ I, II,III,IV,V 12/04/2017 11/04/2018 Anani Avia Angel Sulesa I, II, 08/02/2017 07/02/2018 Aumau Tia III Fefe ile Sou 1, 2 & 20/02/017 19/02/2018 Tofilau H. Ligaliga 3 Fish the Dream 12/04/2017 11/04/2018 Sepp Stefanny Five Angels 10/01/2017 09/01/2018 Falemalu F. Crichton Jamelia 06/02/2017 05/02/2018 Laki Laki Kirisimasi 26/06/2017 25/06/2018 Logomau Ah Chee Lady Alauni 03/06/2017 02/06/2018 Sina T. Mosea Lady Elizabeth 25/04/2017 24/04/2018 Lauia Mulipola Lady Elsie 16/09/2017 15/09/2018 Gaono Ioane Smith Lady Loimata 10/03/2017 09/03/2018 Viane & Elenoa Taula Lady Sina 08/02/2017 07/02/2018 Samuelu & Brown Lady Onela 16/09/2017 15/09/2018 Lealiifano P. Sua Lady Oge 08/06/2017 07/06/2018 Oge Faapoi Lady Margaret 29/01/2017 28/01/2018 Vaapuu Vitale Lady Josephine 29/01/2017 28/01/2018 Vaapuu Vitale Larina I, II, III, 20/01/2017 19/01/2018 Solofa Aoina IV Lupeuluiva 20/05/2017 19/05/2018 Tuatagaloa Tualogo Leilina 1, 2 & 3 21/02/2017 20/02/2018 Falefusi Eteuati Lilieni Fou 16/09/2016 15/09/2017 Feagiai Lautafi Levasa 1, 2 & 3 31/10/2016 30/10/2017 Soraya May Maniya I, I, III, 02/11/2016 01/11/2017 Pele & Paulo Poalaga IV 17

Petsy 16/09/2016 15/09/2017 Saatao O.S. Simeone Princess Lapreal 08/02/2017 07/02/2018 Afamasaga M. Soonalole Sofia 24/04/2017 23/04/2018 Gaio Alefosio Thailand 1, 2 & 16/03/2017 15/03/2018 Alofa Salima Kepu 3 Tautai Mai 06/01/2017 05/01/2018 Fiatamalii Senio

7. Training and Certification Section

This section is responsible for carrying out all obligations in respect of port, flag and coastal state control as contained in the STCW Convention and Code 1995 and STCW Regulations as amended in 2014.

STCW Audit for both the Maritime School and Administration continues to be conducted by the SPC-EDD and assisted by the ACEO Maritime and Principal Shipping Officer to ensure their responsibilities are implemented in accordance with the requirements of the above laws.

STCW CERTIFICATION JULY 2016 – JUNE 2017

1 STCW Certificates issued Total 2 Fishing Deck Hand 55 3 Deck Watch Rating 266 4 Able Seafarer Deck 61 5 Master & Engineering (Class 6) 5 6 Master Class 5 14 7 Master Class 4 12 8 Master Class 3 9 9 Master Class 2 4 10 Master Class 1 - 11 Watch Rating Engineering 67 12 Able Seafarer Engine 2 13 Engineer Class 5 9 14 Engineer Class 4 8 15 Engineer Class 3 6 16 Engineer Class 2 2 17 Engineer Class 1 - 18 Safety Certificates (new issue and revalidated) 1,387

Employment of Samoan Seafarers

Samoan seafarers are employed both locally and on international vessels. Throughout this financial year, a total of 494 seafarers comprising of new recruitment and continuing employment have been working onboard different types of vessels. With the 341 seamen engaged overseas, about 81% of this amount is employed onboard cruise ships with only 19% serving onboard container vessels.

International Cruise ships 276 Vessels Container vessels 65 Domestic Vessels Vessels of all types 153 Total 494

8. Safety, Navigation & Hydrographic Section

This section comprises of one senior and four officers who are responsible for safety clearances of vessels at arrival and before leaving ports on their scheduled trips mainly on domestic voyages and international voyages between Apia and Tokelau, Pago Pago and sometimes to Cook Islands.

Safety Clearances issued from 01/07/2016-31/06/2017. Domestic 79 books x 50 pages 3950 International 7 books x 50 pages 350 Total 4,300

Passenger Throughput at Domestic Ports Operation (Mulifanua/Salelologa) M/V Lady Samoa III 556,691 M/V Fotu o Samoa II 118,992 M/V Samoa Express 107,987 M/V SSC Fasefulu 192 Total 783,862

Note: Passengers departing from one port is the same number received at one port.

Passenger Throughput at International Operation (Apia Port) Tokelau Departing Passengers 2,069 Arriving Passengers 2,103 Pago Pago Departing Passengers 5,950 Arriving Passengers 5,602 Total 8,019 7,705

Dangerous Goods approved for sea carriage and ship refueling Domestics Services LPG 2,883 cylinders Engine/Hydraulic Oil 62 gallons Bitumen/Premix (truck loads) 162 Trucks 50 Drums Medical Oxygen 47 cylinders PPS Charter to Diesel 93,772,496 litres Savaii Unleaded 3,719,716 litres Kerosene 19,400 litres Ship Bunkers (SSC vessels) 17,090,000 litres International Services Diesel 474 drums Petrol 651 drums Kerosene 66 drums Oil 83 drums LPG 2813 cylinders

Foreign Fishing Vessels Throughput at International Operation (Apia Port) Apia Deep Sea Fishing Departing Fishing 51 Company Ltd Vessels Arriving Fishing Vessels 51 Huanan Fishery (Samoa) Departing Fishing 19 Company Ltd Vessels Arriving Fishing Vessels 19 Total 140 140

LAND TRANSPORT DIVISION

1. INTRODUCTION Pursuant to the Ministry of Works Act 2002, the Land Transport Division of MWTI is responsible for the regulation, general oversight and monitoring of the land transport sub-sector in Samoa. This report presents the key outputs achieved by the Division for the financial period July 2016-June 2017, as well as its major challenges and future directions.

2. RESOURCING As the Division is promoting the provision of efficient and reliable transportation services for the land transport sub-sector, it is crucial to strengthen its capacity in terms of human resourcing and financing. This financial year has given the division an additional staff specializing with the provision of technical advice on road and drainage designs with regards to all relevant asset management infrastructural projects and evaluation works. 1 Pavement Consultant Engineer has successfully joined the LTD team under the guidance of Assistant Chief Executive Officer, Sagauga Leilani Galuvao with the aim to recruit additional staff under several donor projects in the upcoming financial year to assist with the team’s capacity and human resourcing.

Total Operational Budget for the division for the year was SAT$59,936.00. The Budget breakdown is detailed in the Ministry’s financial report by the Corporate Services Accounts Section, with a total actual commitment of 95% at the end of financial year.

The Division was able to undertake and carry out many of its planned activities for this financial year. Highlights of the performance for the year is outlined and linked as per the relevant objectives and Indicators within the current Corporate Plan 2015-18 and MWTI Approved Budget for financial year 2016-17.

3. ACHIEVEMENTS FOR THE YEAR AS PER MWTI Corporate Plan 2015-18 and Approved Budget Indicators for financial year 2016-17.

QUALITY ASSURANCE, MONITORING AND REGULATION OF PUBLIC ASSETS (specifically ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE) (Corp Plan 2015-18 Objective 5) Budget Indicators:  Site Inspections based on Public Complaints and Official Referrals;  Numbers of Monitoring inspections to monitor overall performance of land transport and related development by LTD as per the MoW Act 2002

Highlights for the Year:  100% of all public complaints and irregularity reports received were assessed, ground truth site visits and appropriate referrals and follow-up conducted.

 Carried out assessments of all ongoing and completed road construction works including support for joint Spot Check visits by Hon Minister of Works and relevant stakeholders as well as Evaluation Committees for all Civil and Infrastructural Works.

 Provided MWTI review and advice on all tenders and bids referred relevant to road and other (non-building) infrastructural works, including provision of MWTI membership input as part of the weekly Tenders Board ( June 2016 – July 2017).

3.2 ROAD SAFETY ENHANCED (Corp Plan 2015-18 Objective 4) 21

Budget Indicators:  Road Safety Campaign Website;  Road Safety Campaign Awareness (Documentaries, School Awareness and Short Television Commercials);  Road Safety Campaign Awareness (Documentaries, School Awareness and Short Television Commercials).

As this financial year comes to an end, MWTI continues to provide the leadership, technical and secretariat support to facilitate the work of the National Road Safety Committee (NRSC) which has key stakeholders for government with the joint aim of improving the safety of roads. Membership of the NRSC comprises LTA, Police, Health, Education, Finance, MNRE, FESA, ACC, Petroleum Products Supplies, Chamber of Commerce and Office of the Attorney General.

The Committee met a total of five times during the review period.

ROAD SAFETY MEETINGS AND AWARENESS ACTIVITIES AS PER MULTI SECTORAL ACTION PLAN (SNAP 2011 – 2020) Highlights for the Year:  For the very first time in the country, the Ministry hosted the Samoa National Road Safety Week which was officially celebrated from the 13th – 17thof May 2017 on the theme SLOW DOWN SAVE LIVES. Celebration for this National Event included a number of activities whereby 24 Apia Urban Area Primary Schools took part in the Road Safety Poster Writing Competition, with 7 Taxi Stands competing for the Road Safety Jingle Competition. Several Media Awareness Programs were aired on local television sources for road safety promotion including Lali Panel Discussions, Road Safety Documentary and short television commercial airing;

 Successful implementation of website design for National Road Safety Awareness Campaign promotions and initiatives with assistance from BlueSky had been sorted with launching postponed as another key activity of the National Road Safety Week 2018;

 Continuous undertaking of Awareness Programmes by NRSC Stakeholders including the Ministry of Police, Land Transport Authority, Ministry of Health, Samoa Fire and Emergency Agency and Accident Compensation Corporation on Road Safety critical issues covering different Institutions including schools, media, and the public;

 Sorted Technical Assistance to provide guidance to the Ministry through the Pacific Regional Infrastructure Facility (PRIF) support for an Assessment of Road Safety in Samoaand the NRSC on progressing SNAP initiatives as well as identifying where the priorities for Samoa lie as far as the different facets of road safety lie.(i.e: 5 E’s Approach -. Engineering, Education, Enforcement, Emergency Medical Services, Everyone’s Business approach). An overall National Road Safety Status Report has been completed under this TA Consultancy with key Recommendations put forward for the Ministry and NRSC Stakeholders for consideration and effective implementation of the multispectral Action Plan (SNAP 2011-2020).

3.3 PROMOTE FLOOD MITIGATION AND EFFECTIVE DRAINAGE MONITORING AND COMPLIANCE (Corp Plan 2015-18 Objective 6)

Budget Indicators:  Flood Mitigation Policy;  Flood Mitigation-Drainage Subsector Committee Meetings;  Site Inspections based on Public Complaints and Official Referrals from stakeholders;  Drainage Site Visits.

Being the chairperson of the Flood Mitigation-Drainage Subsector Committee comprising members from the Land Transport Authority, Ministry of Women, Community and Social Development, Chairperson of the Komiti o Alavai under the LTA as well as members from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment’s Planning and Urban Management Agency, Water Resources, Water Sector Coordination Unit, Land Management and Technical and Spatial Information Agency divisions; the Committee has met4 times this financial year.

Highlights of Achievements by the Subsector Committee for this financial year:

 Completed Combined GIS Capacity Building Training for MWTI and LTA-PPD to assist with GIS drainage inspection data analysis and reporting;

 Completed Annual Review for financial year 2016-17 for Water Sector and finalisation of the Water for Life Sector Plan 2016-2020;

 Clearance of a major drainage outlet blockage at the CBD vicinity area caused by illegal discharges from nearby businesses and Savalalo Market. This project was achieved through effective collaboration between the Ministry and the Land Transport Authority, Samoa Water Authority, Samoa Ports Authority, Fisheries Division of MAF, Ministry of Health and the Samoa Land Corporation (Special Taskforce created and commenced work to investigate and find a solution to the longstanding odour issues in a specific area of the CBD (Development Bank, Fish Market & Savalalo Market area);

 securing of a TA funding for Professional Services through aTA Consultancy to develop the Centralised Integrated Asset Management System not only to assist with drainage network asset management but also with the monitoring of major infrastructural assets of government;

 Leadership and coordination for this subsector via official meetings (4),combined site inspections (6) and regular communications resulted in:

(Achievements by key IA (Land Transport Authority) under Flood Mitigation & Drainage Subsector):  Flooding events in the Urban Apia area during the wet season reduced by 25%;

 Additional drainage upgrades/reconstruction for the total network of 3km during the year;

 Continuity of total CBD drainage network maintenance contracts monitored and reviewed. Increased in size from 60km in 2011/12 to 90km for this financial year.

 Post-flooding emergency response coordination and clearance of culverts, fords and crossings affected.

 All public complaints and irregularity reports reviewed were assessed, ground truth site visits, appropriate referrals and follow-up conducted.

Activities removed from Budget Indicators due to overlapping issues:  Drainage Memorandum of Understanding – 95% of MoU completion however been put on hold due to pending finalisation of the MoW Amendment Bill whereby several agreements made under this MoU are subject to;

 Flood Mitigation Policy – 50% of Policy Research completed with key overlapping issues identified for further negotiations with key stakeholders regarding clarification of legal roles and responsibilities under relevant jurisdictions.

3.4 IMPROVING THE POLICY AND PLANNING FRAMEWORK (Corp Plan 2015-18 Objective 3) Budget Indicators:  Review of the Public Drainage Regulations 2006;  Samoa National Road Construction Guidelines and Standards Reviewed and Updated;  Institutional Integrity Strengthening Review and Framework in place for Land Transport sector.

Irrespective of the inadequacies around the legislation affecting this division’s key roles and responsibilities, MWTI and this division in particular operates under this understanding of the intention behind reforms, as well as the principle functions within its MoW Act 2002 towards effective construction, management and maintenance of public assets, and preparation of associated policies as well as advice to the Minister and Government in relation to those public assets.

In anticipation of requisite changes being made to the legislation, the Ministry and the division has gone ahead with its work towards improving the policy and planning framework.

During the year funding from the Adaptation Fund (a global climate resilience financing mechanism accessed by Samoa) was secured and procurement commenced for independent Technical Assistance to Review Road Standards in use in Samoa1This is a first step towards improving the standards of road construction and getting more value out of the resourcing available. Upon completion of this Review a National Road Standards Review Report was completed by the IPA Consultancy Firm in anticipation of separate reviews for various Road and Drainage Standards Guideline towards the development of new National Standards to address the many issues interrelating with poor road/drainage construction by local and international contractors. It is anticipated that the Division will continue to seek assistance through various line projects implemented by the Government of Samoa with relevancy to Land Transport and Infrastructure Asset Management to assist with future reviews, human resourcing and institutional strengthening.

4. KEY ISSUES AND CHALLENGES – LOOKING AHEAD

4.1 Policy and Planning Framework As stipulated in the Annual Report for financial year 2015-16, there is still a need to update legislation to clarify and strengthen MWTI and this division’s role for effective regulation of the Land Transport subsector. Regardless of the gap in legislation, a working relationship is being fostered through various multi sectoral Plans and Projects so that government’s key objectives are met. Another way the Ministry has promoted closer collaboration within the overall transport sector, has been the

1Review was completed in November 2016 with key recommendations put forward for the development of new Road/Drainage Standards for effective monitoring and maintenance. 24 establishment in 2016 of monthly meetings for each of the 3 transport subsectors (land, sea, air) and reducing the meetings of the Transport Steering Committee (which has all three subsectors) to quarterly. This has allowed each subsector (implementing agencies and respective monitoring divisions within MWTI) to focus on the issues specific to them. An initiative which has seen a significant improvement in communication, coordination and collaboration. Further to the above, there have been positive discussions towards the establishment of a Transport Sector Coordination Unit under this Ministry which will further strengthen this Division’s regulatory functions and roles

4.2 Resourcing One Pavement Engineer has been recruited to join the division during this financial year with anticipation to recruit more technical staff to assist with the Division’s infrastructural and asset management role in order to conform the Ministry’s regulatory role for all land transportation services in Samoa. With the many line projects currently implemented by the Ministry as the key Implementing Agency, it is envisaged that more staff will be recruited to assist with these various projects and at the same time building capacity and acquiring more staff to assist with the division’s additional roles and tasks. Technical Assistance sorted via International Funding mechanisms and projects for policy and planning review/formulation is also seen as another potential avenue for further capacity building and resourcing for the division’s long term development and institutional strengthening.

POLICY AND PLANNING DIVISION Introduction 25

The Policy and Planning Division within MWTI is specifically responsible in planning, transport infrastructure sector policies that formulate quality advices in a more strategic and approachable manner towards the Government as well towards the Transport Sector. Nonetheless having effective policies and plans that can assist the Ministry and contributes in aligning targets and performance towards achieving broad targets at the Sector level especially our long term goals stipulated within the Strategy for the Development of Samoa 2016/17-2019/20as well as the Global Sustainable Development Goals.

Core functions: I. Lead the coordination and implementation of Transport Sector Plan (TSP) II. Lead preparation and coordination of Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF), Annual Review, Monitoring and Evaluation of TSP III. Provide Secretariat roles to the Transport Sector Steering Committee and the three sub sectors namely Sea, Air and Land IV. Lead the coordination and implementation of the National Infrastructure Strategic Plan (NISP) V. Provide advice and solutions to cross sectarian and transport sector wide issues. VI. Undertake research on key areas of strategic priority to the Ministry, organizing and facilitating meetings for policy developments, analysis and research work VII. Lead appropriate consultations processes within the transport sector (policy development and formulation VIII. Provide progress report of the Transport Sector to the Cabinet Development Committee for awareness and endorsement IX. Provide Secretariat roles to the Minister’s Advisory Committee (MAC) and provide policy advice to the Minister on matters pertaining the Sector X. Provide quarterly reports to Cabinet in relation to the MAC on a timely basis. XI. Provide progress updates to the Sector Coordinators Forum in regards to Transport Sector including Sea, Land and Air sub sectors.

The above mentioned functions are all associated under the efforts by the Ministry to pursue safety and security of all forms of Transport and Infrastructure Regime. All obligations are based on the intention that we can proactively implement functions in a more achievable way that will enable our Transport Sector to provide efficient/improved transports systems/networks and infrastructure developments that will enhance and sustain Samoa’s economic growth which contributes in Improving Quality Life for All Samoans.

Highlights •As we monitor two major Strategic Plans that belongs to our Ministry and Transport Sector we get to have limited capacity and number of staff members that responsible in terms of reviewing of these plans as per Government process. Therefore within FY 2016/2017 PPD have the chance to work along with one of the Technical Assistance (TA) from SPREP TA Facility to work on reviewing of our National Infrastructure Strategic Plan (NISP) that our MWTI now lead since its first publication in 2011. As part of all efforts to team work and coordinate all of Infrastructure Implementing Agencies to provide more satisfying services to our people an allocated Advisory committee was formulated under the leadership of our Minister (Papali’itele Unasa Niko Lee Hang) to strengthen our sectors performance on all developments that we are responsible. For instance water, electricity even roads developments for the whole country. Our division currently plays the secretariat role to this Committee which enhances coordinating our Sector as well getting update information monthly on development progress to assist our performances way forward.

Achievements - Mid-Term Review for Transport Sector Plan 2014-2019 (01st March 2017)

- Completion of the first review for our National Infrastructure Strategic Plan (May 2017) a corporate effort done by the TA together with all our Implementing agencies as well relevant stakeholders. - Completion of Monitoring and Evaluation Framework (MEF) - Endorsement of MEF by the Transport Sector Steering Committee (TSSC) - Completion of Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) - Endorsement of MTEF by TSSC - Both Monitoring & Evaluation Framework to track our TSP implementation and MTEF to identify our sector’s financial gaps are in place and at the early stage of implementation for the sector to be aware of the importance why we need these frameworks.

Challenges  a centralize database for the whole sector that will assist in updating of all information also useful on tracking of all developments;  Capacity building programs for the sector with the implementation of TSP and awareness programs to the public on several careers within the sector and the Ministry  Updating of MTEF and consolidation of updated investments for NISP  Potential donor to fund activities layout within the Transport Sector Plan  Shortage of personnel

Recommendation  continue seeking of valid training opportunities for employees to enhance capacity  strengthen collaborate work of all stakeholders within the sector and line ministries  Integrating list of priorities highlighted within Transport Sector Plan in funding proposals to our donor partners given limited amounts that all IAs trying to complete developments based on timeframes.

ASSET MANAGEMENT BUILDING DIVISION

1. Introduction By virtue of Section Part IV Building Regulations - Ministry of Works (MOW) Act 2002, the Ministry of Works, Transport and Infrastructure administers, regulates, monitors and provides advice to the public, community and stakeholders on building matters.

2. Core Functions The core functions performed by AMB Division are as follows: Administer, apply, regulate, enforce and promote safer construction through putting into effect the National Building Codes 1992 (NBC) for Samoa and other regulations;

2.1 Regulation  Registration of Contractors for Government Projects;  Revision of the National Building Code and Regulations

2.2 Government Advisory  Participate in Project Committees and provide technical advice for Government initiated construction projects  Partake in the procurement process for Government initiated projects

2.3 Operational (Public Interface)  Educate and disseminate information to the public regarding multi-hazard resilient housing and promote principles of ‘Building Back Better’  Monitor and enforce the construction of all building structure activities in Samoa in accordance with the NBC 1992, including;  Monitor building projects in compliance with approved plans;  Administer and advise on the issuance of building permits;  Promotion of the NBC 1992, other relevant Building Regulations and best practice procedures;

3. AMBD Personnel The financial year 2016-17 has added 4 new staff members to the Asset Management Building Division. They are the positions’ of Principal of Works Officer; LeiatauaIoasa Afamasaga,Senior Building Inspector, John Sila, Senior Typist, Ms Helena Fifita, and new Sanitation Technical Officer, Ms Tracey Faasii. Also a great loss to this division is the resigning of AMB Division’s ACEO, Ms Anne Godinet- Milbank, and two (2) multitask-tradesmen, Mr Taiese Paulo and Mr Loia Kolia. Ms Milbank started working at MWTI as ACEO for the AMB Division in February 2015. She resigned in March 2017 when she landed a new job with the UNDP Branch in Samoa. All three will be greatly missed by this division.

4. AMBD Staff for 2016-2017: The Staff for AMBD include 1 Principal of Works Officer, 1 Principal Building Inspector, 4 Senior Building Inspectors, 1 Senior Sanitation Technical Officer, 1 Senior Documentation Clerk/Secretary 1 Senior Typist. Unfilled Positions: ACEO. 1 Senior Building Inspector

5. Achievements

5.1 National Building Code Revision: The AMB Division has completed its Final Draft for the 2017 National Building Code. The new NBC is currently approved in principle by the Cabinet with few sections to revisit. Preparation for the new NBC revisions and public awareness is planned to start early 2018. This great task had started since 2013 and the final draft of the 2017 NBC completed in the beginning of February 2017. MWTI also would like to thank the Technical Steering Committee members of the NBC for their time and efforts in completing this review.

Technical Steering Committee members are consisting of the following representatives from:

Ministry of Works Transport and Infrastructure, Planning and Urban management Agency Electrical Power Corporation Plumbers’ Association Institute of Professional Engineers Samoa Ministry of Women Community and Social Development Ministry of Health Samoa Fire Service Disaster Management Office Samoa Water Authority Land Transport Authority UNDP MNRE Renewable Energy Division SAMATIC Air Conditioning Consultants Australia Pacific Technical College

5.2 Building Regulation: The building regulation at this stage has not been reviewed due to lack of staff. The review process is now handled by the MWTI Legal Officer.

5.3 Standard Plans As part of the National Building Code revision process, the Ministry has prepared a set of standard plans to assist with low-income families that would otherwise have difficulty obtaining drafting services and complying with the Building Code. The standard plans will come with a schedule of quantities that will greatly assist in the control of costs once under construction. This task was funded by the Economy Wide Adaptation to Climate Change (EWACC Project) and now has been handed over by Kramer Ausen consultants whom were employed by MWTI to conduct this task. The deliverable includes 16 Sixteen Standard Plans ranging from Open Fale with a single bedroom, and single Bed Room House to 4 Bed Room House using timber and/or masonry materials. A full set of standard plans. A schedule of Quantities PDF format and of file format for each standard plans.

The Ministry has yet to publicize these standard plans and finalize fees for public use. These Standard Plans will be available from the Ministry for an affordable fee at any time when requiring for a building permit application.

5.4 Sanitation Programmed This year we continue to promote the importance of constructing septic tanks correctly to minimize any adverse impacts on the environment and more significantly on the health of the population. Inspecting of new and existing septic tanks and on-site sanitation

systems in connection with building structures to monitor and enforce regulations, standards and codes is still on-going and carried out twice in every week. Only visited the Upolu Island (Area 1, 2, 3 & 4) but still haven’t visited or conducted any inspections in Savaii. Reviewing and assessing of Plumbing/Septic site plans is done by the AMB Principal Inspector, ACEO and the CEO. The Technical Sanitation Officer is instrumental in providing technical advice during the divisions’ field weekly inspections and in response to wastewater issues and public complaints regarding septic environments, thus is referred to the CEO from time to time.

6. Sanitation Operational Works

Table 1: List of Inspections Total Number of Inspections Residential Buildings 55 Total Number of Inspections Commercial Buildings (Govt. Project) 5 Total Number of Complaints (Sanitation Issues) 20

6.1 Awareness Programs AMBD has yet to conduct Sanitation Workshops (launching of the New National Building Code) to inform builders, plumbers and household owners about the importance of building proper septic tanks, good plumbing practices and compliance drainage/wastewater systems within the communities and their homes. Program will include more updated water and sanitation design solutions and also some of the Standards (National Effluent Standards).

Table 2: Total number of meetings Total of Sanitation Subsector Meetings conducted 3 Total of Water and Sanitation Technical Steering Committee Meetings conducted 3 Total of Joint Water and Sanitation Sector Steering Committee Meetings conducted 3

6.2 Total number of meetings from March2017 – December 2017 Total of Sanitation Subsector Meetings conducted: 3 Total of Water and Sanitation Technical Steering Committee Meetings conducted: 7 Total of Joint Water and Sanitation Sector Steering Committee Meetings conducted: 3 Some of the events held by the Sector for this Financial Year F17 were the National Sanitation Toilet Day on the 21st of November and Annual Sector Review that was held on the 22nd of November. Unfortunately the Senior Sanitation Officer did not attend the Pacific Water and Wastewater Conference 2017 that Samoa hosted from the 7th – 11th of August because she was attending Plumbing and Drainage course in New Zealand during this conference.

6.3 Overseas Training This year we had two staff members undertake overseas training. Senior Building Inspector Enesi Fesootai participated in a two-months training programmed in China on a week-long training on establishing post disaster emergency shelter and evacuation centers, while Senior Building Inspector John Sila attended the Construction Technology of Highway and Sewage Treatment for developing countries on 8th to 24th June 2017.

6.4Public Awareness: The Asset Management Building Division conducted awareness programs through Upolu, Manono, Apolima, and Savaii, now that the National Building Code is finalized and approved by

Cabinet. MWTI would further required support from everyone to comply with NBC construction standards, and following proper procedures in acquiring a building permit for building homes, commercial buildings for businesses and also all government projects.

7. Challenges

7.1 Enforcement: In order to strengthening the Division’s roles in its monitoring and enforcement capacities, the division believes it is imperative that Government Ministries are seen to be the leaders in compliance with the laws governing building and construction in Samoa as an exemplar for the rest of the community to model. This is prevalent in both the public and private sectors when Building Inspectors face issuing stop notices to many Government run projects often when construction is well underway. Thus remains a challenge still, and we cannot achieve this goal if AMB does not have the support from all Government Ministries, Private and Public Sectors.

7.2 Mobility: With the approval of the 2017 National Building Code for Samoa, the Building Inspectors’ duties have increased, and continue to have a large area to cover every day in order to adequately monitor construction in Samoa. This division has two vehicles allocated for the regular daily inspection routine, and one vehicle is used for special Government projects inspection. Yet still the issue of unavailability of these three vehicles and drivers from time to time on many occasions is the most affecting issue the division faces now and then. The cause of these affecting moments are due to many meetings the division tale part in either in town or in other places outside of Apia.

Other than that are the special Government functions which includes Flag Day &Teuila Festival preparations, not forgetting International/Regional Meetings, South Pacific Games, or Common Wealth Youth Games that are hosted by Samoa, which requires the usage of staff, vehicles and drivers.

Therefore we kindly request that the amount of budget allocated to petrol usage should be more significant for this division due to the amount of activities and area necessary to be covered by these three vehicles each day. AMB would also request for another new vehicle to assist in these special purposes and meetings in town or within the rural areas, and also for conducting public awareness programs so other vehicles would concentrate solely on building inspections only.

8. Personnel AMBD is still lacking in senior qualified personnel, and this tends to be a problem in having the expertise in qualities such as report writing, which is a big part of the regulation component of the AMBD’s functions. Not only is it important to the sanitation subsectors that provide a large portion of the Divisions’ operational budget when demanding written reports throughout the year, but it is a load easier to have the approval of the PSC in regards to proceeding with recruitment of new administration staff and more qualified building inspectors.

9. Recommendations In order to meet the above challenges the following recommendations are proposed:

9.1 Continue with Community Engagement; Many more awareness programs through television and other media and disaster relief campaigns in the village and business communities will continue this year. This programmer will be conducted to raise the preparedness of all people in relation to building climate resilient houses and the importance of constructing housing in accordance with the new 2017 NBC. AMB will also continue collaborating with the local village councils (Komiti o TumamaLautele) in the rural areas in our efforts to promote the correct building of septic tanks and appropriate sanitation facilities to avoid any subsequent environmental, health and social problems and complaints.

9.2 Improve Assistance and Technical Advice for Government Projects To ensure that construction projects undertaken by other Government ministries have the best technical advice when formulating a project, the division must be proactive in making their time and expertise available. AMBD have addressed this issue by allocating senior inspectors to specific projects to ensure there is consistent technical advice and monitoring throughout the life of the project. Officers are attending site meetings and critical stages in construction of major projects such as the Parliament Building, Airport, new Prison in Tanumalala, and the renovation of the Head of State House at Vailele.

9.3 Improve Permit and Inspection Procedure To recruit a data operator staff member to handle the data collection of permits each day and post it on the database, and scan the permits and plans, while the other officer concentrates on the registration of permits and filing them in order within the Permit Archive Cabinets. More funding is also needed to purchase appropriate Corp-files, labels, and box files to store these permit files.

9.4 Establish Savaii Office: As with the previous financial years, there is still the intention for the Ministry to establish a permanent presence in Savaii for not only monitoring and public awareness purposes but also to cater to building permit applications so people in Savaii will save money from travelling to Apia to apply for a building permit. The Ministry is still investigating other options for the location of the office and staffing options, but in the meantime inspections to Savaii have been increased to two inspections perm month in order to gain more efficiently monitor construction works in Savaii.

9.5 Employ Full Time Structural Engineer: Due to the rising amount of Government projects and businesses constructed, therefore it is a must to employ a full-time Structural Engineer to fully assess and monitor future large construction projects built in Samoa.

9.5.1 Continue to Seek Knowledge Sharing and Training Opportunities: To seek further training opportunities both locally and overseas to build the capacity of the staff to meet the new and emerging construction practices. Especially fully funded training opportunities allocated by MFAT, and most of all utilizing professional relationships AMBD established with Local Government New Zealand assistance and the Building Officials Institute of New Zealand.

10. Building Operational Works

Table 3: Building Inspection Units Totals for Building Division Activities 2016/2017 Total Number of Inspections 500 Total Number of Stop Notices Issued 200 Total Number of Permits Issued 218 Total Value of Fees Collected2 $651950.00 Total Value of Construction Approved $651950.00

Table 5: Types of Building Building Permit Fee Bands (Fees and Charges Regulations 2013)

BUILDING TYPE No. of Permits 1 Residential 561 2 Commercial 52 3 School 10 5 Churches 14 6 Retail 31 8 Others 23 TOTAL 691

Table 4: Building Permit Fee Building Value Fee WST ($) $1,000 - $10,000 $150 $10,001 - $50,000 $350 $50,001 - $100,000 $450 $100,001 - $500,000 non commercial $1200 $100,001 - $500,000 commercial $2500 $500,001 - $1,000,000 non commercial $3,000 $500,001 - $1,000,000 commercial $5,000 $1,000,001 - $10,000,000 non commercial $14,000 $1,000,001 - $10,000,000 commercial $25,000 $10,000,001 - $20,000,000 non commercial $30,000 $10,000,001 - $20,000,000 commercial $35,000

Table 6: Number of Permit issued per fee band Building Permit Fee Bands (Fees and Charges Regulations 2013) Building Value Fee WST ($) Number of permits $1,000 - $10,000 $150 295 $10,001 - $50,000 $350 221 $50,001 - $100,000 $450 88 $100,001 - $500,000 non commercial $1200 49 $100,001 - $500,000 commercial $2500 21 $500,001 - $1,000,000 non commercial $3,000 1 $500,001 - $1,000,000 commercial $5,000 7 $1,000,001 - $10,000,000 non commercial $14,000 5 $1,000,001 - $10,000,000 commercial $25,000 3

2Data taken from MWTI Cashier issued receipts 33

$10,000,001 - $20,000,000 non commercial $30,000 - $10,000,001 - $20,000,000 commercial $35,000 - $20,000,001 and above non commercial $40,000 - $20,000,000 and above commercial $50,000 2 Total 692

10.3 Inspection Areas Currently permits are catalogued into seven (7) areas arbitrarily selected and labeled as shown in the diagram below. These areas are used by the Inspection Units to assign duties to the relevant inspectors. The chart below shows the area with the collecting the highest amount in fees is Area 1 being the western part of Apia which includes the Vaitele Commercial Zone.

Table 7: Permit fee collected per Area Building Permit Fee Collected per Area Area Fee Total Number of permits Area 1 259600 217 Area 2 108300 149 Area 3 5950 25 Area 4 28250 50 Area 5 38900 78 Area 6 39900 83 Area 7 74700 88 Total fees 528600 690

10.4 Building Types The when comparing the two charts below the majority of Building Permit applications are for residential projects at 38%. There has been a significant increase in the number of permits for retail and commercial premises compared to the previous year; this could be a reflection of the tailing off of Cyclone Evan reconstruction and a stronger focus on economic development.

Table 8: Percentage of Value Per Building Type Percentage of Value Per Building Type Building Type Percentage Value SAT Residential 35 % 200,967.00 Commercial 47 % 268,550.00 Educational 13 % 76,850.00 Churches 3 % 15,050.00 Retail 0.6 % 3,400.00 Others 1 % 5,200.00 Total Value 100 % 570,017.00

Table 9: Total Fees Collected per Building Type

Percentage of Permits Per Building Type Building Type Percentage Number of permits Residential 81.3 % 561 Commercial 7 % 51 Schools 1.4 % 10 Church’s 2 % 14 Shops 4.5 % 31 Others 3.33 % 23 Total Permits 100 % 690

11. Analysis: A provision must be made for several projects which have a significantly higher value that have skewed the data somewhat in particular the Faleolo Airport Renovation and Extension with a value if $140 million SAT.

11.1 Building Contractor Registrations The registration of contractors’ falls into three categories as per table below, the Ministry stratified contractors on how they carried out government projects;

Table 10: Building Contractor Registrations NO. CATEGORIES TOTAL OF COMPANIES CONTRACTORS RGISTERED FROM JUNE 2016- REGISTERED TO JULY2017 1 Category A 4 2 Category B 10 3 Category C 7 TOTAL 21

11.2 Events

a. 55thIndependence Day Celebrations As is every year MWTI is part of the ‘venues committee’ for the Independence Day celebrations. This year due to the commencement construction of the new Parliament Building at Mulinuu the venue for the Independence Day celebrations and parade was held in-front of the FMFM II Government Building at Matagialalua. The erection of tents, seating arrangements and other work necessary to make the day a success was 37

overseen by the Acting ACEO for AMBD, Senior Principal Inspector and some of their Senior Building Inspectors and drivers.

12. Government Projects The Division plays a major technical advisory role in design programming, monitoring and inspecting the compliancy of various Government building projects such as:

a. Legislative Assembly – New Parliament Building Construction work is still undergoing for this project. Building is designed by Cox and one of our local construction companies, Craig Construction. The building will be completed sometime in 2018.

b. Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade – Canberra High Commission The new Canberra High Commission complex designed by Canberra Architects COX and built by Australian Company, Manteena Construction Ltd is near completion. The project construction budget totals up to 5.6 Million AUD, and the Canberra High Commission complex will open sometime towards the end of 2017.

c. Samoa Airport Authority - Faleolo Airport Upgrade The upgrade of the Faleolo Airport terminal is well underway with the first stage – opened on the December 2016. The new terminal project is assuming to be open on April 2018 however, the aero bridges planning to install later after reconstruction of the apron. The phase two is about 95 % complete according to its schedule. The project Manager is Chris Soti and the contractor is Shanghai Construction.

d. Tanumalala Prison – New building The construction of the project is supervised by Vui Sebastian Mariner or O.S.M Consultancy and the contractor is Schwartz’s Hunt Construction. The construction is running for eight month with some variations causing the project to delay.

e. Matautu wharf – New Extension The construction for the project is halfway through according to the schedule. The contractor is Wakachiku from Japan.

f. Manono Tai Wharf Construction of the wharf was constructed by Ham Rock Construction, a local contractor and its 100 % complete. 50 % of the project was funded by the Government of Samoa and 50 % by funded by the village and it was open on 2017.

g. Head of State Residential The Zhen Construction has been award for the renovation of the Head of Sate residential at Vailele. The project will comment to start in February 2018 and supervised by the Ministry of Works.

The building division has allocated a senior building inspector to participate in all regular site meetings to ensure codes and standards are met.

13. Committees and Evaluation Panels The AMB Division regularly participates in Government and NGO Committees and Evaluation Panels to assess bids submitted through the Tenders Board for procurement of building works for the Government of Samoa, such as the following projects: Teuila Festival; Samoa Tourism Accommodation Standards; Independence Celebrations; Sanitation Technical Committee; Petroleum Committee; Trades Sector Advisory Group; National Taskforce for People with Disabilities; Disaster Management Office Shelter Committee Samoa Parliament Building S

CORPORATE SERVICES DIVISION

Human resource plays an instrumental role in the successful delivery of our Ministry's overall strategic objectives. The success of our Ministry depends in part of our ability to retain, motivate, develop and continue to attract employees with the right skills and experience to help the Ministry’s master challenges and make the most of opportunities. To enable employees to maximize their potential and get the most out of their career, HR team promotes the continuous professional and personal development of its staff by conducting Induction courses for the new recruits on relevant legislations, policies and procedures as well as ongoing refresher courses to update knowledge and skills as well as improving level of awareness on revised working conditions and entitlements.

There is a continuance to pursue changes and developments in several areas of Human Resources Administration as in previous years and notable achievements and developments included,

 Successfully submitted Annual Report 2015-2016 within the timeframe  Cabinet on 19 October 2016 approved the recruitment of newly established positions – Legal Officer at Salary Grading $84,048 p.a, Structural Engineer Consultant, Pavement & Drainage Engineer Consultant and Offshore & Coastal Engineer Consultant at A17: $55,805 p.a  Continuous support was provided for the staff in the continuation of performance management system for permanent officers through refresher presentations, development of appraisal plans, formulation of key result areas and relevant learning development needs  HR policy and advice to employees as an ongoing activity that is provided on the spot or dependent on the nature of the query.

In spite of these successes, HR Team also faced struggles with difficulties in filling in the approved number of engineering consultants which took almost a year to recruit an engineer.

There are thirty five (35) males and twenty-three (23) females out of the total number of fifty-eight (58) employees within Ministry of Works, Transport & Infrastructure during this FY 2016-2017 period. The gender gap remains the same as the previous financial year where more males were employed and still dominates the total workforce at 60% and 40% for female this FY.

In comparison to the previous financial year, noted is that the gender gap has slightly reduced and this is consistent with a few more females joining our Ministry, hence female increases by 3% and male decreases to 3%.

There are 2 categories of staffing levels within our Ministry, contract and permanent employees. There are 23 females and 35 males out of the total number of 58 employees within this MWTI during FY 2016 2017 period. For FY 2016-2017 they were 58 established positions within the organisational structure of Ministry of Works, Transport indicating a decreased in the number of established positions when compared to the previous financial period.

For this reporting period FY 16-17, Males outnumber females in all job levels; this remains the same in comparison to the last financial year.

The graph shows an enormous increase in the number of employees who have served for more than two years and more than 15 years compared o the previous financial year. It also shows a decrease in number of those serving the Ministry for more than 7 to below 15 years.

Given in the above graph, 16% of employees are in the retirement age category (50-59) and are still employed, 3 staff members are due to retire during the next financial year period.

Within the reported period, a total of 13 staff members resigned to take up new appointments with other Government Ministries, Authorities and Corporations when compared to 7 resignations last year thus staff turnover increases considerably.

Recruitment & Selection process during this period enabled the facilitation of fourteen (14) appointments which is two (2) less than the number of recorded appointments facilitated in the last FY. Out of the 14 appointments made nine (9) were new recruits and five (5) were promotional appointments.

For this reporting period, twenty five (25) staff travelled overseas to attend thirty two (32) of the various meetings, trainings, workshops in Singapore, Japan, China, Fiji, USA, Belgium, Cambodia, Canada, Russia, Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii and American Samoa. Compared to last FY, this FY 2016-2017 has seen an increase in overseas trainings and workshops with less in local trainings such as in-country trainings. This is an impression that the Ministry had been fortunate to have had the opportunities to take the employees abroad.

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OUTPUT BUDGET REPORT 2016- 2017

2.1 Expenditures:

SUMMARY OF BUDGET FOR FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING 30TH JUNE 2017 OUTPUTS Annual Budget Appropriation FY 2016 – 2017 3,316,250 Less: Output Expenditure 3,203,003 ( 113,247) THIRD PARTY OUTPUTS Annual Budget Appropriation FY 2016 – 2017 35,614,490 Less: Expenditures 34,799,510 ( 814,980) TRANSACTION ON BEHAF OF STATE Annual Budget Appropriation FY 2016 – 2017 645,276 Less: Expenditures ,591,856 ( 53,420)

Total Overall Balance (under - spent) ( 981,647)

The Ministry Annual budget at the Output level was under-spent by 113,247 the under utilization of funds were due to:  High Staff turnover rate.  Minister’s Committee Allowances , Board Allowances and salary overtime for the Minister’s staff  Vehicle lease under utilise.

2.2 Revenue / Cost Recoveries SUMMARY OF REVENUE COLLECTION FOR FY2016 – 2017 COST RECOVERIES BY OUTPUTS Annual Revenue for FY 2016 – 2017 906,250. Actual Revenue Collection 1,034,108. $127,858 REVENUE ON BEHALF OF THE STATE Projected Revenue for Upper Airspace 1,424,946 Actual Revenue Received 1,621,467 $196,521

Total Revenue Collected Exceeded Target by $324,379

The total revenue and cost recoveries collected by the Ministry for Financial Year 2016 – 2017 is over collected by $324,379 the over collection of funds were due to the:  Increase number of surveyors , STCW Certificate and vessel clearances  Slightly increase in the Upper airspace dividend.

MINISTRY OF WORKS, TRANSPORT & INFRASTRUCTURE STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURE BY OUTPUTS FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2017

Outputs Total Total % Balance

Account Codes Actuals Estimates+Supplementary (OVER)/UNDER

Policy Advice to the 1.0 Minister Personnel 211,117 222,743 95% 11,626

Operating 74,224 74,226 100% 2

Capital 18,170 18,173 100% 3 TOTAL 303,511 315,142 96% 11,631

2.0 Ministerial Support Personnel 167,138 213,154 78% 46,016

Operating 191,291 191,295 100% 4

Capital 2,000 2,000 100% 0 TOTAL 360,429 406,449 89% 46,020

Civil Aviation Policy 3.0 Admin. & Regulation 45

Personnel 352,534 356,723 99% 4,189

Operating 70,068 70,077 100% 9

Capital 695 695 100% 0 TOTAL 423,297 427,495 99% 4,198 Maritime Policy 4.0 Admin. & Regulation -

Personnel 443,377 449,273 99% 5,896

Operating 56,851 57,097 100% 246

Capital 47,360 62,695 76% 15,335

TOTAL 547,588 569,065 96% 21,477

Land Transport 5.0 Services

Personnel 189,007 199,643 95% 10,636

Operating 59,936 60,085 100% 149

Capital 28,613 28,615 100% 2 TOTAL 277,556 288,343 96% 10,787 - 6.0 Policy and Planning

Personnel 172,015 175,301 98% 3,286

Operating 21,097 21,105 100% 8

Capital 12,217 12,217 100% 0 TOTAL 205,329 208,623 98% 3,294 - Asset Management - 7.0 Building

Personnel 326,574 343,345 95% 16,771

Operating 65,887 64,889 102% (998)

Capital 95,404 93,939 102% (1,465) TOTAL 487,865 502,173 97% 14,308 - 99.1 Central Services Unit

Personnel 437,769 439,153 100% 1,384

Operating 141,298 141,444 100% 146

Capital 18,361 18,363 100% 2 46

TOTAL 597,428 598,960 100% 1,532 -

Total Departmental Outputs: 3,203,003 3,316,250 97% 113,247

THIRD PARTY OUTPUTS Samoa Water Authority(CSO) 3,405,562 4,219,409 81% 813,847

Electric Power Corporation 4,302,885 4,304,000 100% 1,115

EPC-VAGST Subsidy 0% 0

Land Transport Authority 18,306,640 18,306,658 100% 18

Samoa Water Authority 8,784,423 8,784,423 100% 0

Total Third Party Outputs: 34,799,510 35,614,490 98% 814,980

Transaction on behalf of State

International Civil Aviation 115,854 132,200 88% 16,346

International Maritime Organization 14,709 23,000 64% 8,291

Pacific Aviation Safety Office 42,097 48,200 87% 6,103

Rents and Leases ( TATTE) 227,530 232,760 98% 5,230

Sanitation - Building 14,860 15,000 99% 140

Drainage - LTD 41,956 41,980 100% 24

VAGST Output Tax 134,850 152,136 89% 17,286

Total Transaction On Behalf of State: 591,856 645,276 92% 53,420

TOTAL 38,594,369 39,576,016 98% 981,647

MINISTRY OF WORKS, TRANSPORT & INFRASTRUCTURE STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURE FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2017

Total Total Actuals Estimate Policy Advice to the Minister 303,511 315,142

Ministerial Support 360,429 406,449

Civil Aviation Policy Admin. & Regulation 423,296 427,495 Maritime Policy Admin. & Regulation 547,589 569,065

Land Transport Services 277,556 288,343

Policy and Planning 205,328 208,623

Asset Management - Building 487,865 502,172

Central Services Unit 597,427 598,960 Total 3,203,003 3,316,250

MINISTRY OF WORKS, TRANSPORT & INFRASTRUCTURE STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS BY OUTPUTS FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2017

Actuals BUDGET % Balance

OVER/(UNDER) Civil Aviation Policy Admin. & Regulation 15,830 20,000 79% (4,170)

Maritime Policy Admin. & Regulation 568,560 360,000 158% 208,560

Asset Management - Building 449,718 526,250 85% (76,532)

TOTAL COST RECOVERIES 1,034,108 906,250 114% 127,858

UPPER AIRSPACE RECEIPTS 1,621,467 1,424,946 114% 196,521

TOTAL REVENUE 2,655,575 2,331,196 114% 324,379

INTERNAL AUDIT UNIT

Internal Auditor is responsible to conduct audits for management to assess effectiveness of controls, accuracy of financial records and efficiency of operation.

Activities,

 Plans and conducts Audit.

 Examines Divisional activities for compliance with management plans and policies.

 Audits ministry’s records to comply with PSC and Treasury Policies and Regulations.

 Assess the proper accountability of the Ministry’s assets.

 Inspects accounting systems and update internal auditing procedures to test efficiency and protective value on internal controls.

 Conducts internal investigations and make recommendation to management to improve controls.

The Internal Audit Unit works co-operate with the Finance Section and Human Resource & Administration to provide support services to all divisions. It advises to manage resources and provides high quality financial, human resource and administration effectively and efficiently assists in achieving the corporate mission and objective.

Audit Checks Number

On Irregularities Reports 3

On Assets (registering, labelling, sighting, inspecting) 6

On Written off Assets (write off form) 24

Audits conducted

System Process Operation 1

PSC Investigations 2

Asset Inspection 1

Total – Reports of above audits 4

Total – Training & Meeting Reports submitted 18 (Tenders Boards Opening & STSC)

MWTI ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

HON MINISTER

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

INTERNAL AUDITOR

CIVIL MARITIME LAND POLICY AND ASSET CORPORATE AVIATION DIVISION TRANSRT PPOLANNIN MANAGEMENT SERVICES DIVISION DIVISION G DIVISION BUILDING DIVISION DIVISION

Minister Chief Executive Officer

Internal Auditor

Division