Samoa’s Tauatia Tuimauga , MCIL Principal Officer, joins the push to attract investors to Samoa by attending a regional workshop to learn to do so.
By Staff Writer
Samoa is one of the island economies keeping up the push to woo potential investors with the benefits in the region they can capitalise on.
Participants from 8 neighbouring islands recently attended about a week-long workshop in Samoa to lift skill levels needed to win investors over.
Part of the training involves the need for a ‘toolkit’ to cover all stages of the investments from planning strategies to promotion.
Representatives from the Cook Is, Kiribati, Samoa, Solomon Is, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu went through practical exercises, case studies and simulations in their training.
Principal Officer, Ms Tuauatia Tuimauga, of the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Labour, as the Samoan participant highlighted the value of the training.
“The workshop provided invaluable insights into enhancing Samoa’s attractiveness to potential investors,” Ms. Tuimauga reacted at the end.
The challenge she is keen to take up from what she learned is to work on an action plan that will hopefully position Samoa favourably to potential investors.
The Pacific Regional Investment Promotion Toolkit Workshop in Apia, was delivered by the Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations, (PACER) Plus.