The Sports Association of Samoa and National Olympic Committee will focus on building the capacity for coaches and trainers in Samoa for the Oceania Institute of Sports now established under the organisation.
SASNOC's chief executive officer, Faamausili Taiva Ah Young says the first phase is providing training in eight areas.
These areas include, Community Coaching and Officials, Sports in Community Administrators (SiC), Educators Master Educators, Management in Sporting Organisations (MiSO), Presenters and Assessors, Managing Olympic Sports Organisations (MOSO) and Master Degree in Master Executive Management Organisations and Sports (MEMOS).
"We have trained and accredited 103 participants mostly from schools and our affiliated national federations," says Faamausili.
"For 2016, SASNOC will continue the above courses and will add on Competition Coaching and Strengthening and Conditioning as we prepare to start training elite athletes in our Oceania Institute of Sports," he continued.
Aside from the Oceania Institute of Sports which is the first in the region, SASNOC is preparing the country's qualified athletes for the Rio Olympics in August.
"Hockey will be participating in the Oceania Pacific Cup in December 2016 to ensure that its world ranking is improved, the Samoa International Cricket will be participating in an International Cricket Competition and will be hosting an international tournament here," says Faamausili.
The weightlifting federation however, has been one of the most successful sports for Samoa, aside from the Manu Sevens.
They have yet to qualify for the Rio Olympics but are preparing for their upcoming qualifications tounament after missing out on the weightlifting championships in the US last year.
Faamausili says SASNOC's focus for now is to fully build capacity inside each National Federation on their way to fully build elite athletes through the Oceania Institue of Sports, and their skills will be tested in two local national competitions in the year.
The Olympic Day Games on 2 June 2016 and the Samoa Games on 28 November 2016.