A core team led by Piera Tortora (OECD) managed and produced the report. The team comprised Jonathan Baines (WRI/Friends of Ocean Action), Silvia Guzzini (WEF/Friends of Ocean Action), Maria Livia Reis (OECD), Uta Saoshiro (SDIP) and Alessandro Valentini (SDIP). The chapters were authored as follows: Chapters 1, 2 and Chapter 3 by Piera Tortora with Maria Livia Reis; Chapter 4 by Jonathan Baines; Chapter 5 by Piera Tortora with Maria Livia Reis and inputs from Uta Saoshiro and Alessandro Valentini; Chapter 6 by Piera Tortora with Maria Livia Reis, Jonathan Baines, Uta Saoshiro and Alessandro Valentini. Daniel Prosi (OECD) provided statistical data support for the analysis on official development assistance (ODA). Talanoa Consulting and associates collated an initial literature review to inform the analysis and provided comments to the first draft of the report. Mark Foss provided editorial advice.
The report was prepared under the direct oversight of Jens Sedemund, Team Lead Environment and Climate Change, Financing for Sustainable Development Division, Development Co-operation Directorate (OECD). Haje Schütte, Head of Financing for Sustainable Development Division, Development Co-operation Directorate (OECD) provided overall strategic guidance.
The report was informed by structured interviews and consultations with representatives from relevant Fijian ministries and government bodies, development partner representatives, think tanks, civil society and the private sector, including from: Fiji’s Office of the Prime Minister, Minister of Economy, Ministry of Commerce, Trade, Tourism and Transport, Ministry of Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation, Ministry of Education, Heritage and Arts, Ministry of Local Government, Ministry of iTaukei Affairs and Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Lands and Mineral Resources, Ministry of Defence, National Security and Policing, Disaster Management, Rural and Maritime Development, Fiji Bureau of Statistics, Ministry of Fisheries, Fiji Meteorological Services, Fiji Development Bank, Fiji Hotel and Tourism Association, Nadi Town Council, Suva Town Council, Savusavu Town Council, Port Denarau Marina, Talanoa Consulting, Fiji National Provident Fund, University of South Pacific, Fiji National University, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Pacific Community, World Wildlife Fund, Pacific Island Forum, Wildlife Conservation Society, German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) Pacific, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, United Nations Development Programme, Japan International Cooperation Agency, New Zealand High Commission, British High Commission, the Global Ocean Accounts Partnership, Conservation International, World Bank and the International Finance Corporation.
Support for the identification of stakeholders for these consultations and for the consultations themselves was provided by Janice Nand, with Sheenal Naiker, Shimron Nair and Rishika Chand (Solved (Fiji) Pte Limited).
The authors would like to acknowledge comments and suggestions from OECD members and colleagues, including Claire Jolly, Katia Karousakis, Olaf Merk and Will Symes, as well as from Jack Dyer (University of South Pacific), Marita Manley and Sangeeta Mangubhai (Talanoa Consulting).
In addition, the authors would like to acknowledge consultations with and inputs from Melissa Walsh, Program Manager, Ocean Finance Initiative, Asian Development Bank (ADB); Nicholas Pascal, Executive Director, Blue finance; Benjamin Bartle, Project Director RMI, Climate Finance Access Network (CFAN); Ramzi Issa, Managing Director, Credit Structuring, Credit Suisse; Valeria Ramundo Orlando, Partner & Co-founder and Vita Moltedo, Director of Social Impact, Greensquare Ventures; Nathalie Andre, Interim CFAN Pacific Lead and Shelveen Kumar, CFAN Advisor for Fiji, Global Green Growth Institute; Arieta Gonelevu Rakai, Programme Officer (Lead), SIDS Lighthouses, and Peceli Nakavulevu, Pacific Focal Point, International Renewable Energy Agency; James Oliver, Senior Programme Officer, Ocean Team, International Union for Conservation of Nature; Anton Gigov, Investor Contact, Matanataki; David Eyre, Regional Coordinator Pacific, Private Financing Advisory Network; Harry Fisher, Economic Adviser, Overseas Territories Department and SIDS Hub, UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office; Hee Sung Kim, Regional Technical Specialist, United Nations Capital Development Fund; and Toluwanimi Adeoti, Infrastructure and Project Management Senior Analyst, United Nations Office for Project Services.
The Blue Recovery Hub of Fiji has been established in partnership with the government of Fiji, under the leadership of the Ministry of Economy of Fiji and in co-ordination with the National Ocean Policy Steering Committee. Steering and direction from Kushaal Raj, Head of Climate Change & International Cooperation & Ocean Specialist and Izhaar Ali, Ocean Officer I, Climate Change & International Cooperation Division from the Ministry of Finance of Fiji are kindly acknowledged.