Ja p a n S D G s I n n o v a t i o n C h a l l e n g e f o r U N D P A c c e l e r a t o r La b s

FISHUSEU N D P A c c e l e r a t o r La b Sa m o a MC OIDENTIFIED SDGs ISSUES

FISH

is critical for foodand livelihood security

YET

40-60%

is wasted.

PROPOSED SOLUTIONCONVERT FISH WASTE INTO VALUE ADDED PRODUCTS THAT:
1. IMPROVE FOOD SECURITY;
2. DIVERSIFY BLUE ECONOMY EMPLOYMENT; &3. STRENGTHEN MARINE CONSERVATION.

HOW CAN SAMOA’S OCEAN RESOURCES BE SUSTAINABLE WHEN
SO MUCH CATCH IS UNUSED OR UNDERUSED?

CONTEXTUALISING THE SOLUTION
UNDP Small Islands Developing States (SIDS) Priorities
CLIMATE ACTION

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATIONBLUE ECONOMY

UNDP is developing strategic programmes to translate Samoa’s Ocean Strategy into action. Japan is a key
partner supporting UNDP’s Blue Economy pillar through the Japan Supplementary Budget (JSB) 2020.

100% FISH USE
SDG Japan Innovation
Challenge (JIC)•30%Converting 30% of Samoa’s Exclusive
Economic Zone (EEZ) into a connected
system of Marine Protected Areas.

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Leading to a reduction in fish catch andassociated revenue as a result ofprotecting the EEZ.
URGENT need to maximise economic
benefits from all caught fish anddiversify coastal and ocean-dependent
livelihoods.

Community Aquacultureof Seagrapes (Limu)•••

Benefiting 20 villages;
Providing infrastructuraland technical support toinnovate limu cultivation;
Ongoing discussions withJapanese private sector forlimu export.

Ministry of Agriculture &Fisheries (MAF) Hatchery••Multi-species hatchery to
diversify aquaculture andmariculture stocks;
Supporting coastal
communities and semicommercial fisheries inSamoa.

•As per MAF, converting fish
waste into a value-added
product is critical tomaximising economic
benefits from each tuna
(albacore, yellow-fin andbig-eyed tuna) to offset the
reduced revenue from theprotection of 30% of
Samoa’s EEZ.
100% Fish Use is at thecross-section of climate
action, blue economy anddigital transformation.

PLANNED SOLUTIONS BY UNDP ACCLAB
NEW VALUE TO BE
EXPECTED:
Generate critical
data on fishwaste.
Prototype valueadded nutritional
products.

Test low-costprocessingtechnology.
Create blue
economylivelihoods.
Proof of conceptfor sustainablemarine resources.

ACCLAB’S PLAN TO DELIVER

BENEFICIARIES•

Use innovative technologies & methodologies to generate data & analytics
on fish waste;
Create a replicable framework for data collection on fish waste in Pacific Island
Countries and Territories (PICTs).

Government ofSamoa•

ResearchInstitutions••

Map innovative value-added products;
Contextualize mapped innovations for Samoa and PICTs;

Small & MediumEnterprises••

Map low-cost technology to reduce fish waste;
Test technologies to process fish waste into value-added products.

•Co-create and run tests / experiments with the community to inspire uptake ofblue livelihood opportunities and creating Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs).

•Develop proof of concept and share intelligence report to be used by otherstakeholders

Community
Stakeholder

DevelopmentPartners

EXPERTISE/TECHNOLOGIES FROM JAPANTECHNOLOGY FOR DATACOLLECTION AND ANALYTICS
Vision-based AI devices, IoT andDeep Learning, Machine Learning
and AI to implement innovative
data collecting methodologies togenerate analytics on fish waste.

EXPERTISETECHNOLOGYKNOWLEDGEAND EXPERIENCE
Private sector experiencearound systems for collection,storage, processing, valueadding and marketing of fish
waste products.

TECHNOLOGY
Affordable and low-cost
technological solutions/
machinery that can be piloted
and scaled up if successful toprocess fish waste into valueadded products.

SENSE

ORDER OF PRIORITYINNOVATIVEMETHODOLOGIES
Leveraging digital technologies togenerate data on fish catch, fish
utilization, type of fish waste andfish quantity.

EXPLORE

*TEST

GROW

* Focus of interventions during the SDG JIC.

STAKEHOLDERS OF THE PROJECTUNDP – Lead throughout the JIC, liaising and collaborating with partners.

STAGE 1

GENERATING CRITICAL DATA ON FISH WASTE:
PARTNERS

Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries: partnership onsustainable aquaculture.

BENEFICIARIES

Samoa Bureau of Statistics: partnership on digitaltransformation.

CREATING VALUE-ADDED PRODUCTS:

STAGE 2COLLABORATION STATUS WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS:PARTNERSBENEFICIARIESKey Decision Makers

Scientific Research Organization of Samoa:
consultations on seaweed fertilizer.
Japan International Cooperation Agency: humancapacity support for community-based interventions.
Conservation International: national and regional blue
economy partner.
SMEs: partnership with Samoa Chamber of Commerce.
Communities: partnerships with 20 village councils underJapan Supplementary Budget 2020 project for innovativeand sustainable aquaculture of limu.

RESOURCES THE ACCLAB CAN PROVIDEHUMAN RESOURCES

4 UNDP staff with complimentary skills, will work on thisproject:
1. Kaisarina – Explorer; Tech Savvy, Analyticaland can drive the innovative process fordata generation​;
2. Maria – Solution Mapper; Samoan Culture
Expert, Community Champion and can find& contextualize solutions​;
3. Pragya – Experimenter; Entrepreneurial, Systems thinkerand can create and pilot prototypes ; and4. Monty – Integrator; Blue Economy specialist and canintegrate AccLab work on JIC with UNDP Samoa work tocontinue building the Blue Economy pillar.

RESEARCH DATA &MARKET INSIGHTS- Access to UNDP Blue Economy expert with 30+
years' experience in the Pacific;- Capacity to leverage UNDP Samoa's extensive
research on the Blue Economy for this project​.
INFRASTRUCTURE- Dedicated office and access to UNDP sharedspaces which can be used for JIC related processes;- UNDP procurement processes and can leverage it toget necessary technology in the country if required​.

EXPECTED OUTCOMES AND FOLLOW UP ACTIVITIES12GENERATECRITICAL DATADATA COLLECTION
MODEL FOR PICTs

GEOGRAPHICAL SCOPE:
1. Apia Fish Market
2. Manono Community Fishery

PRODUCT & TECH PROTOTYPEBLUE LIVELIHOOD OPPORTUNITIESPROPOSED PLAN TO SHOWCASE THE OUTCOMES:SHARE DATA & METHODOLOGY WITH GOVERNMENTPARTNERS AND RESEARCH ORGANISATIONSOPEN SOURCE THE COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE REPORTSUSTAINABLE USE OF MARINE RESOURCESREPLICATE PROOF OF CONCEPT FOR PICTsSDG JapanInnovation
Challenge

Activities byUNDP beyond
August 2023

SHOWCASE PROTOTYPES AT 100% FISH SUMMIT (TO BE
ORGANISED BY UNDP IN MID-2023)
CONVERT PROTOTYPES & LEARNING INTO PROGRAMMESUNDER UNDP SAMOA BLUE ECONOMY PILLARSUPPORT PRIVATE SECTOR TO SPIN-OFF SUCCESSFUL
PROTOTYPES INTO BUSINESS VENTURESUNDP ACCELERATOR LAB TEAM
Pragya Mishra
Head of Experimentation- Manage team coordination throughout
the Japan SDGs Innovation Challenge;- Prototype value-added products from Experimenter
fish waste;- Pilot low-cost technological solutions
on groundTESTEXPLORE

Solutions Mapper

SENSEMonty Jefferson
Innovative Programming& Partnerships Analyst- Conduct financial, ecological, andsocial feasibility studies of the valueadded products- Tie the project progress andoutcomes with the ongoing UNDP
Blue economy portfolio

GROWExplorer

AccLab Learning Approach
Integrator

Maria Bernard
Head of Solution Mapping- Map innovative value-added
products that can be made fromdistinct categories of fish waste;- Map low-cost technology solutions- Contextualizing the innovations for
Samoa and PICTs
Kaisarina Salesa
Head of Exploration- Explore innovative technologies
and methodologies to generatedata & analytics on i) fish catch; ii)
fish utilization; iii) fish waste
categories and iv) fish wastequality in Samoa’s fisheries sector