GOAP Secretariat

GOAP Secretariat

GOAP is a global, multistakeholder partnership established to enable countries and other stakeholders to go beyond GDP to effectively measure and manage progress towards ocean sustainable development.

WIOMSA 2025 Special Session: Advancing Sustainable Ocean Management through Ocean Accounting

Friday 3 October 2025 | Dodori Room (SS036), Pride Inn Paradise

Consultancy opportunity. Integrating the social domain of Ocean Accounts in Belize: a pilot study towards global standards

The Global Ocean Accounts Partnership (GOAP), in partnership with the

The Power of Data: the potential of Ocean Accounts for marine restoration

We are all familiar with images of bleached coral reefs

Webinar. Ocean Accounts in the Indian Ocean Region

Webinar to explore how Ocean Accounts can serve as a critical data framework for advancing sustainable ocean governance across the Indian Ocean region.

Webinar. Viet Nam’s Ocean Accounting Journey and Regional Leadership

Dr Ngoc will share Viet Nam's journey from initial collaboration with the Global Ocean Accounts Partnership (GOAP) to achieving major national and regional milestones

Remediation of Plastic Pollution: Why Island Nations need stronger measures in the new plastics treaty

Maritime plastic disasters are not rare accidents. The plastics treaty negotiations (INC5.2) are a unique opportunity to protect island nations that bear the greatest impacts of marine plastic pollution, including from global plastic commerce.

Policy brief: The need for data on plastics – ensuring a transparent, equitable and ambitious global agreement to end plastic pollution

Key messages * The success of a global agreement on plastic

Vol. 11 | July 2025

A note from GOAP's Co-Chairs Dear GOAP colleagues

Plastics Webinar. No data, no deal: the importance of science and data driving the final plastics treaty negotiations

As delegates prepare for the resumed negotiations for the global plastic treaty (INC-5.2) the need for science and data-driven decision-making has never been more critical.

Closing the Information Gap in Global Plastics Governance: No Data, No Deal

Without improving national data on plastics, even the most ambitious treaty will be implemented in the dark, making commitments difficult to properly measure and collective progress impossible to accurately understand.