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Eroni Wavu
Eroni is an Indigenous Pacific Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) practitioner dedicated to advancing community development through culturally grounded, context-specific, and transformative MEL approaches.
His practice is rooted in Pacific ways of knowing, doing, and being, ensuring MEL not only measures change but honours people, relationships, and culture. Eroni’s work centres on creating positive, meaningful, and resilient change by strengthening MEL systems, amplifying local leadership, and modelling ethical, inclusive, and community-led methodologies.
A strong advocate for decolonised and locally led MEL, Eroni has contributed to several regional initiatives. He previously chaired the Pacific Community’s PacMEL Steering Committee and served on the Industry Advisory Committee that co-developed the Pacific Diploma inMEL. He currently co-leads EvalYouth Pacific, is Co-founder and Chair of the FijiMEL Community of Practice and hosts the Tok MEL Pasefika Podcast.
Area of Expertise: Culturally GroundedMEL, Systems Strengthening, Strategic Planning & Program Design, Learning& Adaptive Management, Gender Equality, Disabilities & Social Inclusion.
Favorite Quotes:
(1) “Weshould not be defined by the smallness of our islands, but by the greatness ofour oceans.” - Epeli Hau’ofa
(2) “Icome as one, but I stand as 10,000.” -Maya Angelou
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Mereseini Tuivuniwai is Communications specialist and has served extensively in the financial inclusion and development sectors, providing strategic communication consultancy and advisory in the Pacific region and beyond. Her expertise also includes content creation, project management and stakeholder mobilization. Mereseini is from Fiji is married with 7 kids and a grandson. She is currently engaged with Alliance for Financial Inclusion as the Regional Manager Pacific working closely with central banks in the Pacific specifically on financial inclusion initiatives.
Lanieta Rauqeuqe is a public sector policy and leadership practitioner. Building on her professional experience at the local, regional and multilateral level, Lani co-founded Sautu Solutions, a consultancy firm that delivers analytical, advisory and research services on macroeconomic policy and financial sector development issues. Lani also serves on a fintech and public sector boards in Fiji, bringing her global and local experience to drive impactful leadership and development. She has a keen interest in helping people and organizations embody leadership in their person (language use, emotions and body) and cultures with a view to protecting and promoting the welfare of our people and communities.
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