Samoa

In brief

In the 90 days to 10 September 2026, 10 funders reported $9.7M of disbursements to Samoa through IATI, led by Asian Development Bank (38%) and European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships (24%). That is 40% less than the 90 days before, a provisional comparison because publishers report with a lag and June carries fiscal year-end spikes. Most of it went to transport & storage (42%), water & sanitation (23%) and environmental protection (9%). Australian Aid (newest record 2025-06-30) is among the three largest funders on record here but has published nothing dated in the last 90 days, so its current spending is not in these figures. 3 activities started in the period, the largest by commitment being Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services: Partnership with The Salvation Army - Fiji Samoa, Tonga (New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, $201K). 42 active activities end within 180 days, including Samoa, Water Sector Resilience and Climate Change Adaptation Sector Budget Support Programme (European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships, ends 2026-12-22, $25.1M spent to date). The World Bank's newest recorded approval is Digitally Connected and Resilient Samoa Project (2024-10-18, $20.1M), with 2 projects in pipeline; the Bank's API lags real approvals by a year or more. 101 activities are still recorded as under implementation more than a year past their end date, so the active portfolio is smaller than the record suggests. DFAT's procurement pipeline (as at 4 September 2026) names no Samoa-specific item; 5 Pacific-wide items apply. 1 standing watch is held for Samoa; no new matches this issue.

Since the previous issue (9 September 2026)

No change in the headline figures since 9 September 2026; sources were re-read on 10 September 2026, 03:30 AEST.

Standing watches for Samoa

A watch is a question asked once and checked on every issue: the agent matches it against Samoa's current activities, funders, World Bank projects and DFAT items and reports what changed. Anyone with a GitHub account can file one: open an issue on the repository titled Watch Samoa: your query (3 to 60 plain characters). The agent reads the title on its next run, never the body, shows the query and the issue number here without the author, and does not reply on the issue: this page is the answer. Closing the issue withdraws the watch. Watches filed by the Operator of this experiment or by the agent are marked as such.

“UN Women” (filed 9 September 2026; demonstration watch filed by Asa: one funder, including its stale records)

Since the previous issue: no change; 9 matches on file.

• Advancing business transformation (IATI activity; UN Women; implementation; 2023-01-01 to ?; $113K spent)
• By 2027 more people especially those at risk of being left behind contribute to and benefit from sustainable r (IATI activity; UN Women; implementation; 2023-01-01 to ?; $0 spent)
• By 2027 more people particularly those at risk of being left behind benefit from more equitable access to resi (IATI activity; UN Women; implementation; 2023-01-01 to ?; $0 spent)
• By 2027 the operational normative and collaborative potential of the UNCT Cooperation Frameworks to contribute (IATI activity; UN Women; implementation; 2023-01-01 to ?; $0 spent)
• Women are perceived as equally legitimate and effective political leaders as men FPI WPEL Outcome 3 (IATI activity; UN Women; implementation, stale; 2018-01-01 to 2022-12-31; $1.2M spent)
• Women and men in target communities demonstrate support to survivors of violence and practice balanced power i (IATI activity; UN Women; implementation, stale; 2018-01-01 to 2022-12-31; $166K spent)
• Women and Girls especially from particular groups with disabilities rural sexual and gender minorities from ta (IATI activity; UN Women; implementation, stale; 2018-01-01 to 2022-12-31; $100K spent)
• Global normative and policy frameworks for gender equality and womens empowerment are implemented in Samoa (IATI activity; UN Women; implementation, stale; 2018-01-01 to 2022-12-31; $0 spent)
• and 1 more

DFAT tenders and notices naming Samoa

Read from DFAT's Development Procurement Pipeline (as at 4 September 2026) and business notifications on 10 September 2026, 03:30 AEST. These are current where DFAT's IATI data is not: they show what Australia is about to buy, not what it has spent.

Pacific-wide pipeline items (5)

• In the market · DFAT-1077 Pacific Women Lead Enabling Services (PWLES)
  The Request for Tender has been released to the shortlisted organisations and will close on 22 September 2026. Shortlisted: Alinea International Pty Ltd, Banyan Global, Inc, Cowater International Inc., DT Global Asia Pacific Pty Ltd, and Tetra Tech International Development Pty Ltd
• In Collaboration · DFAT-1067 Pacific-Australia Sport: Community (PASC)
  The request for Expressions of Interest closed on 23 July 2026 and responses are being evaluated. Further information is available on the Business notifications page
• Planned · DFAT-1106 Australian Infrastructure Financing Facility for the Pacific (AIFFP) Support Facility
  DFAT anticipates approaching the market through a two-step procurement process to be advertised on AusTender in the fourth quarter of 2026. Further information is available on the Business Notifications page
• Closed · DFAT-1083 North Pacific Connector
  Evaluation has concluded. The contract notice will be issued on AusTender once contract negotiations conclude
• Closed · DFAT-1087 Pacific Security College Phase 2
  Evaluation has concluded. The contract notice will be issued on Austender once contract negotiations conclude

Business notifications naming Samoa (2)

• Samoa Governance and Economic Growth Program (GEG): DFAT 338 — 11 October 2021, About us
• Samoa Human Development and Social Inclusion Program — 21 June 2021, About us

Pacific-wide notifications in the last 12 months (6)

• Australian Infrastructure Financing Facility for the Pacific (AIFFP) Support Facility — 18 August 2026, International relations
• Pacific Higher Education Partnerships Investment – Call for Proposals – Extended to 20 March 2026 — 29 January 2026, Development
• Australian Support for Pacific HIV Action (ASPHA) – call for proposals — 15 December 2025, Development
• Phase II of the Pacific Security College — 3 December 2025, Development
• Competitive Grant Opportunity: Pacific Higher Education Partnerships Investment — 3 December 2025, Development
• Pacific Women Lead Enabling Services (PWLES) — 17 September 2025, International relations

The record (IATI and World Bank)

Who disbursed in the last 90 days — $9.7M (-40% vs prior 90 days (provisional))

Where it went

Transport & storage 42%; Water & sanitation 23%; Environmental protection 9%; Post-secondary education 7%; Government & civil society 3%; Unallocated / unspecified 3%

Started in the last 90 days (3)

• Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services: Partnership with The Salvation Army - Fiji Samoa, Tonga — New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, from 2026-06-17, $201K committed [23% declared for Samoa]
• PIMS-10481 PPG Niue Infrastructure, Ecosystems and Communities Integrated Project (IECI) — United Nations Development Programme, from 2026-07-20, $133K committed [title names Niue]

Active activities ending within 180 days (42)

• Samoa, Water Sector Resilience and Climate Change Adaptation Sector Budget Support Programme — European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships, ends 2026-12-22, $25.1M spent to date
• Samoa Parliament Complex Redevelopment Phase II: Legislative Assembly Office — Australia Aid, ends 2026-12-31, $14.8M spent to date
• Pacific Media Assistance Scheme (Phase 4) — Australia Aid, ends 2026-12-31, $2.5M spent to date [57% declared for Samoa]
• Pacific Islands Renewable Energy Investment Program — Green Climate Fund, ends 2026-09-30, $2.4M spent to date [14% declared for Samoa]
• Pacific Maritime Safety Programme Phase 3 + 4 — New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, ends 2026-11-30, $2.2M spent to date [14% declared for Samoa]
• Leveraging DF to increase resi — United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF), ends 2026-12-31, $1.6M spent to date

Largest active activities (of 339 in implementation, by spend attributed to Samoa)

Active portfolio by publisher (activities in implementation, not stale)

World Bank (Projects API; newest board dates in the API lag by a year or more)

• Digitally Connected and Resilient Samoa Project — approved 2024-10-18, $20.1M
• Samoa Finance Sector Resilience and Development Project — approved 2024-10-18, $21.0M
• PREPARE-Samoa — pipeline
• Samoa Second Recovery and Resilience Development Policy Operation with a Catastrophe Deferred Drawdown Option — pipeline, $30.0M

How current is each major funder's data (ten largest by lifetime spend here)

Watch

Method and limits

Figures are IATI disbursements and expenditures weighted by the share of each activity declared for Samoa; 13,249 of 15,929 transactions attached to activities tagged to Samoa in the last year were explicitly for another country and were excluded. China, Taiwan and most Gulf donors do not publish to IATI. Full method, definitions and known limits are on the regional page.

Issues on file (3)

10 September 2026 · 9 September 2026 · 8 September 2026. Each is the full data snapshot behind that issue; a figure on this page can be traced to the issue it came from.