17/06/2025
📡✨ Opening Ceremony – Mobile Satellite Systems (MSS) & Radio Telecommunications Training Workshop
Tuesday 17th June 2025 | 2AP Conference Room, Mulinuu
This morning, we officially opened the Mobile Satellite Systems (MSS) and Radio Telecommunications Systems Training - a week-long session delivered by the Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) in the Pacific, led by the World Food Programme (WFP) in collaboration with the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT).
This initiative is supported by the Government of France in Samoa - La France aux Samoa for the Pacific, therefore we were honored by the presence of His Excellency Guillaume Lemoine, Ambassador of France to Samoa, who delivered an inspiring opening remarks and reaffirmed France's support for building resilient communications systems in Samoa and the Pacific.
We were also privileged to hear from:
🔹 Ms. Sabine Bongi, World Food Programme, Head of Area Office - Samoa, Cook Islands, Niue & Tokelau
🔹 Mr. Wayne Ffoulkes, World Food Programme, Pacifc ETC Capacity Strengthening
Their addresses highlighted the critical importance of telecommunications in emergency preparedness, disaster response, and humanitarian coordination.
The Acting Chief Executive Officer of MCIT, Leasoiloafaleupolu Ronnie Aiolupotea, closed the opening session by thanking the Government of France, WFP and ETC. The Ministry reiterates its commitment to strengthening Samoa’s disaster and emergency response.
We thank all our distinguished guests, partner organizations, and participants from invited ministries for joining us in this important training.
Here’s to a successful and productive week of learning and collaboration!