Financing the future of coastal communities:
Scaling solutions for sustainable fisheries & aquaculture
🗓️ Saturday, June 7, 16:30 – 18:00
📍 Grimaldi Forum, Apollinaire, Monaco
The details
Join Rare & partners at the Blue Economy Finance Forum to explore how governments, philanthropies, and private investors are aligning capital to support community-led ocean solutions. The session will highlight practical experiences from implementers working directly with small scale fisheries and aquaculture, and feature funders and finance leaders to share how blended finance, catalytic philanthropy, and technical assistance are mobilizing private and public capital to scale sustainable aquaculture and coastal conservation – and deliver impact to communities on the ground.
Speakers
Event speakers
Kate Schweigart, VP, Innovative Finance, Rare
Brett Jenks, CEO, Rare,
Jonathan Kelsey, Director of Bloomberg Ocean Fund
Kathryn Dawson, Lead of Blue Finance Mobilization at DEFRA
Nuria de Oca, COO of Levoca
Serge Raemaekers, Co-Founder & Executive Director of Abalobi
Jerry Mang’ena, Co founder & Executive Director of Aqua-Farms Organization
Pieter Van Eijk, Programm Head at Wetlands International
Claire Lemoine, Director of Institut Océanographique Paul Ricard
Amy Novogratz, Managing Partner of Aqua-Spark
Marie-Cécile Thirion, Director, Rangoon Office, French Development Agency (AFD)
Dale Gavin, Founder & CEO of Deliberate Capital
Chip Cunliffe, Senior Director at ORRAA
RSVP
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Event Partners
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Contact
Please contact Tanmatra Bhanti at tbhanti@rare.org with questions about the event.