Global Ocean Accounts Partnership
Advancing ocean accounting worldwide through collaboration, knowledge sharing, and capacity building
The Global Ocean Accounts Partnership is bringing together governments, international organisations, researchers, and practitioners to advance ocean accounting worldwide.
We support countries in developing ocean accounts based on the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA) – providing technical guidance, capacity building, and a platform for knowledge exchange.
Member Governments / Institutions
Regional Communities of Practice
Ocean Accounts / datasets created from 2023
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Highlighted content from across the GOAP community
The Social Accounts Working Group gathered over breakfast at OOC11 in Mombasa to mark two years since its founding at the 5th Global Dialogue on Ocean Accounting in Bali (July 2024)
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By Dr Randika Jayasinghe
What if the people most affected by environmental change were also the ones tracking it? Communities across Sri Lanka will soon be doing exactly that — and the data they generate could change how the country manages its environment.
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The GOAP Education Series provides self-paced learning modules on key ocean accounting topics. It provides the knowledge foundation for ocean accounting implementation - for policy makers, researchers, or practitioners.
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Technical guidance, research, reports and knowledge products from the ocean accounting community
The Bogor Strategic Action Plan is a practical roadmap for scaling ocean accounts across the Global South, developed by attendees during the South-South Ocean Accounting Exchange in March 2026 in Bogor, Indonesia.
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The Maldives has begun integrating the social domain into national Ocean Accounts frameworks.
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The Integrated Ocean Carbon Research (IOC-R) Report, developed by 72 authors and 13 reviewers from 23 countries, offers the most comprehensive evaluation to date of the processes driving ocean carbon uptake and storage, and identifies the research priorities required to strengthen global climate planning.
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This study constructs a South African Ocean Economy Satellite Account (OESA) that is SNA-consistent, adapts lessons from international pilots to local data realities, and documents a stepwise compilation approach usable in similar settings.
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Information on ocean accounting projects the Global Ocean Accounts Partnership (GOAP) is supporting in the Maldives
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GOAP Social Data Audit Tool helps countries evaluate if their existing national data systems can support the integration of social dimensions into Ocean Accounts.
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Recent webinars, workshops, and conferences from the ocean accounting community
The Social Accounts Working Group gathered over breakfast at OOC11 in Mombasa to mark two years since its founding at the 5th Global Dialogue on Ocean Accounting in Bali (July 2024)
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16-18 June 2026 Kenya time
GOAP is attending OOC11 to advance ocean accounting by connecting with partners and country representatives, highlighting progress made by countries developing and using ocean accounts, and encouraging new signatories to the Pledge to Advance Ocean Accounts by 2030.
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14:00 Kuala Lumpur 16:00 Sydney
Explore what coastal and ocean hazard data exists, what it can reliably tell us, where the critical gaps are, and what it would take to translate research-grade oceanographic outputs into decision-ready indicators for policymakers, finance ministries and investors.
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14:00 Kuala Lumpur 16:00 Sydney
Mangroves, seagrass and coral reefs are captured in ocean accounts mainly as carbon and biodiversity assets — but they are also critical disaster-risk infrastructure.
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30 April 2026, 14:00-15:00 Jakarta, Indonesia WIB (Western Indonesian Time)
This webinar recaps the key outcomes from the South-South Ocean Accounting Exchange in March 2026 and unpack the outcomes document: the Bogor Strategic Action Plan.
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The South-South Ocean Accounting Exchange 2026 was a three-day technical and strategic forum held in Bogor, Indonesia from 30 March to 1 April 2026, alongside Indonesia’s National Ocean Accounting Workshop.
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Developing methodologies and standards for ocean accounting aligned with SEEA
Training programs and workshops to support countries in implementing ocean accounts
Fostering collaboration through regional Communities of Practice
Expert perspectives, newsletters, and news from the ocean accounting community
Ocean accounting from around the world delivered to you. Highlights from the Sth-Sth Exchange, Waste Audits Fiji & SriLanka, Solomon Islands ocean accounts, Statistics Canada ecosystem accounts plus events
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By Dr Randika Jayasinghe
What if the people most affected by environmental change were also the ones tracking it? Communities across Sri Lanka will soon be doing exactly that — and the data they generate could change how the country manages its environment.
Read More
The GOAP Education Series provides self-paced learning modules on key ocean accounting topics. It provides the knowledge foundation for ocean accounting implementation - for policy makers, researchers, or practitioners.
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By Yvonne Waweru and Hadi Yoga Dewanto
Governance accounts provide a structured record of the rules, institutions and management arrangements that govern ocean spaces and are compatible with the Ocean Accounts Framework.
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By Dr Cheryl Joy Fernandez-Abila
In February 2026, the Solomon Islands Maritime Authority hosted two workshops on Ocean Accounting for Maritime Transport Workshop in Honiara — a milestone for evidence-based maritime governance in the Pacific.
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This work is supported by Australian Government DCCEEW and delivered with IUCN through the Blue Carbon Accelerator Fund (BCAF) for projects within the Indo-Pacific region. GOAP focuses on accounting and measurement to help project outcomes be reported in internationally compatible formats.
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