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
Updates / Resources
Highlighted content from across the GOAP community
13:00 Sydney / 15:00 Fiji / 8:30 Sri Lanka
Launching the Handbook for Developing National Plastics Data Systems and new Global Plastics Data Tracker. Two resources from CSDR, GOAP and Grid-Arendal that support systematic data collection for effective plastic pollution, health policy and evidence-based decision-making.
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Ten researchers from Indonesia's Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (MMAF) completed an eight-week ocean accounting research study visit at UNSW Sydney, hosted by the GOAP Secretariat.
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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
A phased roadmap for Australia to implement national Ocean Accounts, developed through the National Marine Science Committee process to inform the 2026–2035 National Marine Science Strategy.
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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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Recent webinars, workshops, and conferences from the ocean accounting community
13:00 Sydney / 15:00 Fiji / 8:30 Sri Lanka
Launching the Handbook for Developing National Plastics Data Systems and new Global Plastics Data Tracker. Two resources from CSDR, GOAP and Grid-Arendal that support systematic data collection for effective plastic pollution, health policy and evidence-based decision-making.
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14:00 Kuala Lumpur 16:00 Sydney
Why Evidence Fails to Reach Decision Makers in South and South-East Asian Disaster and Ocean Governance.
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12:00PM Maldives | 5:00 PM (AEST)
An introductory webinar on the draft of the Maldives' National Ecotourism Standards and Certification Framework. A GEF-funded CATENATE project, on behalf of the Ministry of Tourism & Civil Aviation and the Ministry of Climate Change, Environment & Energy.
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Workshop on Ecosystem Assessment: Towards a Sustainable Blue Economy. To move ecosystem assessment from theory into Viet Nam's everyday practice of planning, financing and policymaking.
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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 attended 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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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
By Hadi Yoga Dewanto and Bella Charlesworth
An ocean accounting pilot at Indonesia's Gili Matra Islands is using governance accounts to inform marine protection that lasts.
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Ocean Accounts Fellows in Madagascar are developing ocean accounts for coastal and coral reef change, and the ecosystem services they provide to local communities.
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Community-based social data is being collected in Inhambane Bay, Mozambique to feed into a future pilot Social Account, through the work of Ocean Revolution Mozambique and World Resources Institute and support from the UK Government’s Blue Planet Fund.
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The Pacific's first internationally standardised maritime accounts put a value on a fleet, a workforce and a lifeline that national statistics had never captured.
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By Dr Cheryl Joy Fernandez-Abila
The Philippines' central economic planning department becomes GOAP's newest Member, strengthening the country's commitment to measuring the value of nature and the ocean.
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Ten researchers from Indonesia's Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (MMAF) completed an eight-week ocean accounting research study visit at UNSW Sydney, hosted by the GOAP Secretariat.
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