Australia Pacific Partnerships (AusPac Partnerships), operating on behalf of the Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) to support sustainable economic development, regional stability, and climate resilience across the Blue Pacific, published a high-level Expression of Interest (EOI) on 14 September 2026 seeking an eminent Research Consultant or specialized Economic Policy Research Firm to undertake an exhaustive study on the 'Falepili Mobility Pathway: Economic Impact and Policy Research'.

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Australia Pacific Partnerships (AusPac Partnerships), operating on behalf of the Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) to support sustainable economic development, regional stability, and climate resilience across the Blue Pacific, published a high-level Expression of Interest (EOI) on 14 September 2026 seeking an eminent Research Consultant or specialized Economic Policy Research Firm to undertake an exhaustive study on the 'Falepili Mobility Pathway: Economic Impact and Policy Research'.

The landmark Australia-Tuvalu Falepili Union treaty represents a globally unprecedented bilateral agreement combining climate mobility pathways, collective defense guarantees, and long-term socioeconomic partnership. Under the treaty's dedicated mobility stream, Tuvaluan citizens are granted legal pathways to live, work, and study in Australia, safeguarding human mobility in the face of existential sea-level rise while providing critical remittance and economic diversification opportunities. To evaluate the early macroeconomic, fiscal, labor market, and community impacts across both sovereign jurisdictions, AusPac Partnerships is commissioning a flagship research study.

With electronic applications closing on Thursday, 01 October 2026 at 11:59 PM Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT) via email to recruitment@auspacpartnerships.com.au, this procurement offers premier macroeconomic research institutes, Pacific policy think-tanks, and international development economists an exceptional intellectual engagement. This TenderMan procurement report delivers an authoritative breakdown of the treaty policy framework, econometric modeling mandates, stakeholder consultation protocols, and winning submission architectures.

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This Expression of Interest seeks a senior researcher or multidisciplinary research consultancy to conduct an independent, evidence-based economic and policy assessment of the Australia-Tuvalu Falepili Union's human mobility pathway.

The research will investigate the structural economic impacts of bilateral migration on Tuvalu's domestic economy—including labor market shortages in vital public services (healthcare, education), remittance transmission flows, sovereign revenue dynamics, diaspora social safety nets, and skill circulation models.

Simultaneously, the study will analyze absorption, employment outcomes, and