October 2025 - March 2026 | Client: Department of Tourism, Vanuatu / ATTA | Working with the Adventure Travel Trade Association (ATTA) in the role of Project Expert and Co-Educator, undertook an in-person assessment of Vanuatu's adventure travel sector, delivered a co-creation workshop and training for adventure operators and tourism officers (including modules on understanding the sector, safety and risk management, and private sector community building), and developed a Roadmap report for the Department of Tourism to support the development of Vanuatu's adventure travel sector.
sustainable tourism management and development
We have undertaken the following projects in sustainable tourism management and development:
yher Programme
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
Assessment of Needs and Opportunities to Improve Ecosystem Resilience and Sustainable Tourism in Fiji
November 2022 - April 2024 | Client: ICEM | Senior Sustainable Tourism Expert as part of an 'Assessment of Needs and Opportunities to Improve Ecosystem Resilience and Sustainable Tourism in Fiji'. Subcontracted to ICEM.
Phase B: Fiji National Sustainable Tourism Framework
September 2023 - February 2024 | Client: World Bank | Lead consultants to support the research, consultation process and drafting of the National Sustainable Tourism Framework in Fiji
Barriers and opportunities to women’s economic empowerment and paid work in Fiji
July - September 2023 | Client: The World Bank | Supported the World Bank to undertake a qualitative study in Fiji that explores constraints to women’s access to paid employment in and opportunities for women’s greater access to work opportunities. Key informant interviews and focus group discussions were undertaken on Vanua Levu in vosavakaviti and Fiji baat through a team of five social researchers.
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.
Fiji Marinas Sustainable Benchmarking
June 2021 to September 2021 | Client: BMT Commercial (IFC) | Assist the IFC to prepare a decision-making tool to evaluate whether potential marina proposals in Fiji are sustainable from an environmental, economic and social perspective to enable the bank to consider investment decisions.
A Review of the SPTO Strategic Plan 2020-2024
April 2021 to May 2021 | Client: Pacific Tourism Organisation (SPTO) |
UNWTO Workshop on Sustainable Tourism Product Development in the Pacific Islands – Facilitation
March 2021 to April 2021 | Client: UNWTO |
UN Tourism Roundtable for the Pacific – Facilitation
December 2020 to January 2021 | Client: UN Resident Coordinators Office (UNDP) |
Development of a Monitoring Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Policy and Frame Work
December 2020 to March 2021 | Client: Pacific Tourism Organisation (SPTO) |
Migration trends in the Pacific
July 2020 to August 2020 | Client: Pacific Immigration Development Community (PIDC) |
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