At a country level, Samoa’s National EFA Forum was established in 2001, encouraging broad-based partnerships between MESC and civil society in the development of Samoa’s EFA National Action Plan. The Forum members agreed to make all six EFA goals of equal importance and integrate the protection of human rights and basic health education into the plan. The goals, objectives and activities pertaining to EFA have since been incorporated into the Strategic Policies and Plan (SPP) of the Ministry of Education, Sports and Culture (MESC), as well as Samoa’s National Strategy for the Development of Samoa (SDS).