January 2023- May 2025 | Client: ygap | Lead facilitator for the 2023, 2024 and 2025 yher / ygap sustainable tourism accelerator, supporting women-led sustainable tourism businesses to gain critical access to market intelligence, tourism networks and business advisory services to progress their businesses and grow their confidence as women entrepreneurs and change makers
small business and social enterprise development
We have undertaken the following projects in SME small business and social enterprise development:
SME business continuity planning guidance
August 2021 to April 2022 | Client: UNDP | Undertake consultations with SMEs and Chambers of Commerce in Fiji, Vanuatu, Tonga and Palau on revising business continuity planning tools in light of the private sector response to Covid-19; and revise materials appropriately.
Support to establish the Islands Dance Association and the Association of Visual Artists
August 2021 to October 2021 | Client: ILO | Support the ILO to establish Fiji Islansd Dance Association and the Viti Association of Visual Artists and the ground work leading up to establish the Creative Council under the Fiji Commerce and Employers Federation.
Business Link Pacific evaluation and SME Finance Facility formative evaluation
August 2021 to September 2021 | Client: Sapere (MFAT) | ordinating an evaluation team across the Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, Tonga, and Vanuatu; leading the evaluation in Fiji; developing national and regional thematic summaries; supporting Sapere in engaging with the MFATA Steering Group.
Develop Business Advisory Materials for Business Development Services training – Fiji
June 2021 to July 2021 | Client: International Labour Office |
Evaluation support to a review of the Market Development Facility (MDF)
March 2021 to September 2021 | Client: Assai Pty Ltd (DFAT) |
Scaling Frontier Innovators – programme support
July 2020 to January 2021 | Client: YGAP |
Covid-19 and the Scaling Frontier Innovation program: Needs assessment
May 2020 to June 2020 | Client: YGAP |
Greenpreneurs Networking Event
March 2020 | Event organiser and facilitator | Client: Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) |
Business Link Pacific evaluation
January 1, 2019 Period: January - February 2019 Supported an independent evaluation of Business Link Pacific led by a NZ-based consulting firm. Client: Sapere Group, New Zealand
Green Entrepreneurship
September 2018 - February 2019 and March 2020.. Designed and led a Green Enterprise development training and mentoring programme. This also included the development of a guide to Green Business for Fiji, Vanuatu and Kiribati. Client: Global Green Growth Institute, Fiji
Pacific agribusiness research and development initiative
July 2017 to December 2021 | Included designing and leading research on the success factors and constraints to agribusiness development, an advisory facility for emerging agritourism operators and reviewing an update of an agriculture value-chain guide with Pacific examples. http://pardi.pacificfarmers.com/ | Client: Pacific Island Farmers Organisation Network, Nadi and University of the Sunshine Coast
Marine conservation agreements in Fiji
February - November 2017 Contributing author to a review of tourism-related marine conservation agreements in Fiji. The technical report was subsequently published as a journal article. Client: Wildlife Conservation Society, Suva