Soli Middleby

Recent graduation after work-ready training geared towards labour mobility. Organised in collaboration with the Vanuatu Labour Department, Pacific Labour Facility and APTC.

APTC and the pandemic

by Soli Middleby and Mere Nailatikau

24 July 2020

Soli Middleby

Soli Middleby has worked in International Development for over 20 years, predominately in the Pacific region. This has included 15 years with the Australian Government's aid program including four years in Papua New Guinea on a decentralised governance program and three years in Fiji as Australia's Regional Counsellor, managing regional development assistance to the Pacific. Most recently Soli was Strategic Advisor on Partnerships to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature's Oceania Regional Office and a Pacific Partnership Manager to the International Centre for Democratic Partnerships. She is the co-director of Pasifik Nau, an online art gallery showcasing contemporary art from the Pacific Region and organised the first TEDx event to be held in a Pacific Island Country. Soli is currently based in Fiji where she is the CEO of stage three of the Australia Pacific Training Coalition (APTC).