Venues to facilitate the key meetings for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in October have been confirmed with access restrictions to certain sites. 

The meeting spaces is noted in a media arrangement document for CHOGM that outlined information on side events and what the press can and cannot access at the high level conference. 

The week of CHOGM begins with four forums bringing together representatives from the world of business, civil society and government. 

The Commonwealth Youth Forum (C.Y.F.) from 21st to 22nd October will be held at the E.F.K.S. Youth Hall.  

On the same date, the Commonwealth Women’s Forum (C.W.F.) is meeting at the Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Efi (T.A.T.T.E.) Convention Centre. 

Just down the road, the Commonwealth People’s Forum (C.P.F.) will gather at the Tanoa Tusitala Hotel and the Commonwealth Business Forum (C.B.F.) will have their talks at the Sheraton Samoa Aggie Greys Hotel and Bungalows. 

In relation to the Bilateral Meetings at the Heads of Government Retreat at the Sheraton Samoa Beach Resort members of the media will not have access to the venue. 

The CHOGM 2024 Media Centre will be located at the Radio 2AP at Mulinuu Peninsula and all accredited members of the media will have access to the centre through the meeting. 

According to the CHOGM information paper for the press, media access to some of the CHOGM venues will be limited due to space constraints. 

Accredited delegates will have access to the Media Centre for media opportunities if they are accompanied by an accredited journalist. 

In June last year, Prime Minister Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa, and the Commonwealth Secretary-General, Patricia Scotland KC announced that the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) will be held in Apia, Samoa, beginning on 21 October 2024.

This was a historic announcement as Samoa became the first Pacific island nation to host the event.

CHOGM – customarily held every two years – is the Commonwealth’s primary political meeting. Building on progress since CHOGM 2022, leaders will deliberate on global economic, environmental and security challenges, and discuss how the contemporary Commonwealth can work together to build resilience, boost trade, innovation, growth, and empower the Commonwealth’s 1.5 billion young people to build a more peaceful, sustainable future.