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Blue Economy is the buzzword on everyone’s lips, but what does it look like in reality and how do we get there? Join 4 ocean champions from islands around the world to learn about the behind the scenes work that goes into building a Blue Economy and lessons learned along the way. How can we create sustainable ocean economies that remain resilient in a changing world while ensuring that local communities and livelihoods are prioritized with economic prosperity?
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Dr. Angus Friday leads the Waitt Institute’s work in helping nations design sustainable blue economies to support long-term ocean and community health and wellbeing. He is an accomplished blue economy leader and practitioner, having served as the World Bank’s Ocean Representative and having worked with the Dutch Government and FAO in establishing the Global Blue Growth Network. Dr. Friday also played a leading role in developing the Blue Grenada Program which included the development of a Blue Growth Master Plan and the establishment of the Blue Innovation Institute; all of which contributed to the World Bank’s “First Fiscal Resilience and Blue Growth Development Policy Credit” with $30 million in concessional financing for Grenada under IDA-18.
As a diplomat, he served as Grenada’s Ambassador to the United States, Mexico and Canada and also as Grenada’s Ambassador to the United Nations. A qualified medical doctor with an MBA, Dr. Friday brings a wide perspective on the interconnected nature of business, health, and international economic policy.
Ms. Carla Dâmaso is Graduated in Marine Biology and Fisheries and Master in Integrated Studies of the Oceans. She has lived in Faial since 2002, where she worked in the University of the Azores in the area of Fisheries in the Azores, having been responsible for more than 10 years for a series of actions and publications of scientific dissemination, namely in the area of fisheries, promotion and valorization of the Azorean Seafood.
Since 2013 she has developed a work more dedicated to environmental education, dissemination and communication of science, as a marine educator and Coordinator at the Science Center of the Sea Observatory of the Azores (OMA).
Ms Elisapeti Veikoso is the Project Manager for the Tonga National Marine Spatial Planning Project. The project is based at the Department of Environment of the Ministry of Meteorology, Energy, Information, Disaster Management, Environment, Climate Change and Communications (MEIDECC) of the Kingdom of Tonga. She coordinates the activities implemented by the Oceans 7- the technical group which comprises of representatives from 7 Government’s Ministries that looks after Tonga’s Ocean Management Plan.
Shafiya Naeem has been working as the Director General of the Maldives Marine Research Institute since 2019, having joined the Institute in 2001. In addition to directing all research initiatives and international research collaborations, Shafiya has been leading the mariculture research and development programme, guiding the development of mariculture as a completely new economic sector in the Maldives. Shafiya is passionate about recruiting and developing young scientists to contribute to marine sciences in the Maldives. She is trained as an aquaculture practitioner and has further specialized in aquatic pathology.
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The Waitt Institute creates and implements sustainable ocean plans in partnership with committed governments and local stakeholders. They currently have partnerships with the governments of the Azores, Barbuda, Bermuda, Curaçao, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Maldives, and Tonga. The Waitt Institute is a founding member and the organizing body of the Blue Prosperity Coalition, a network of NGO’s, academic institutions, foundations, and other organizations working together to assist committed governments to protect the environment and improve the economy at the same time.
