Summary
Project and Programme Design, Preparation, Implementation and Evaluation
Capacity Building, including training, institutional strengthening and policy development and planning
Disaster and Climate Risk Assessments and Management - nationally as well as for specific sectors, islands and communities
Climate and Disaster Risk Reduction Financing
Qualifications and credentials
PhD, 1966-1970, Completed, University of London
English, Excellent, Excellent, Excellent, Excellent
French, Average, Average, Average, Average
Work experience
M & E specialist
Proposal writing/Report writing
Community trainer specialist
Capacity building specialist
Disaster Relief/Management specialist
Environmental and social safeguards specialist
Project and Programme Design, Preparation, Implementation and Evaluation
University of the South Pacific, Adjunct Professor, Cook Islands and Regional
John E. Hay & Associates Ltd, Director, Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Publications
Strengthening the Inclusion of Adaptation to Climate Change in RESCCUE Activities at Regional and Pilot Site Levels: Advice and Actions., Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), Noumea, New Caledonia
Guidance on the Assessment of Vulnerabilities and of Adaptation Options for the Pacific Islands Region, Griffith Climate Change Response Program & Information Services, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia
Climate Risk Assessments for Redevelopment of the Samoa Parliamentary Complex, Elsevier - Weather and Climate Extremes
Second Independent Corporate Review of SPREP: The Pacific Regional Environment Programme, Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), Apia, Samoa, 232pp.
Mid Term Review of the SPREP Strategic Plan, Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), Apia, Samoa
Global Climate Change from a Pacific Islands’ Perspective., Engineers for Social Responsibility, Auckland
Roles of Pacific Regional Organizations in Disaster Risk Management: Questions and Answers., The Brookings Institution, Washington DC
Pacific Integrated Regional Strategy for Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change, Submitted to the Roadmap Technical Working Group through the Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Suva, Fiji Islands
Understanding and Managing Global Change in Small Islands., Sustainability Science, 8(3), 303-308.
Situation and Needs Assessment of Programming Priorities for Australia’s Pacific Disaster Risk Management, Environment and Climate Change (DEC) Develo, Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID)
World Bank Engagement Note for DRM/CCA Programming in the Pacific Islands Region, World Bank
Understanding and Managing Global Change in Small Islands., Sustainability Science, 8(3), 303-308
Small Island Developing States: Coastal Systems, Global Change and Sustainability., Sustainability Science, 8(3), 309-326.
Vulnerability, Risk and Adaptation Assessment Methods in the Pacific Islands Region: Past Approaches, and Considerations for the Future., Sustainability Science, 8(3), 391-405.
Climate Change and Tourism: From Policy to Practice., Routledge/Taylor and Francis, U.K, 240pp
Acting Today, for Tomorrow: A Policy and Practice Note for Climate and Disaster Resilient Development in the Pacific Islands Region., World Bank, Washington, D.C, 28pp.
“‘Ridge to Reef’ Management Approaches: Addressing Interactions in Samoa’s Coastal Zone., Inprint 3:40–44.
Scenarios for Coastal Vulnerability Assessment. In: van den Belt M. and Costanza R. (eds) Volume 12, “Ecological Economics of Estuaries and Coasts”., In Wolanski E. and McLusky D.S. (eds) Treatise on Estuarine and Coastal Science. Waltham, MA: Academic Press, 289-303.
Institutional and Policy Analysis of Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation in Pacific Island Countries., United Nations International System for Disaster Reduction and the United Nations Development Programme, 78pp