1. THE Blue Economy FROM CONCEPT TO REALITY IN THE CARIBBEAN
Dr Julian Roberts
Adviser (Ocean Governance)
The Commonwealth

2. INSANITY – doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results…..
Albert Einstein

3. What is the Blue Economy?
“economic activities that directly or indirectly take place in the ocean, use outputs from the ocean, and put goods and services into ocean’s activities”
Source: The Economist Intelligence Unit, 2015

4. What is the Blue Economy?
Tourism
Beach tourism
Cruise ships
Yachting
Fisheries
Recreational / subsistence
Sport fishing
Commercial
Mariculture
Conservation & environmental protection
Marine protected areas
Goods and services
Amenity values
Maritime transport & ports
Maritime industry
International shipping
Port and harbour facilities
Offshore Petroleum
Crude oil
Natural gas
Dredging & aggregate extraction
Sand mining
Port dredging

5. What is the Blue Economy?

6. The G20 and the Blue Economy
Integrating developing and low-income countries into the world economy
Creating better quality jobs
Better integration of SMEs
Food security with a focus on sustainable food systems
Human resource development
Energy sustainability and renewable energy investment

7. Goals for the blue economy
Economic diversification
Creation of high value jobs
Ensure food security
Managing and protecting the marine environment

8. Future blue growth opportunities
Mariculture
Blue Bio- technology
Marine Renewable Energy
Blue Finance

9. What is already happening?
Carbon War Room Renewable Energy
Caribbean Challenge Initiative (CCI)
Eastern Caribbean Regional Ocean Policy

10. Enablers for change Healthy, resilient & productive marine environment
Ocean governance
Technology, research & development
Business development, investment & finance
Maritime surveillance & enforcement
Education & capacity building
Infrastructure

11. Malama o kekai, kekai o ke malama Thank You For Listening
Take care of the ocean and the ocean will take care of you
Thank You For Listening