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.

A Post-2030 Ocean Economy Agenda: Aligning Measurement and Targets

With just five years until 2030, countries have an opportunity to do something different–align measurement and target-setting from the start, rather than setting targets first and building the measurement systems later.

Counting the Blue Rand: Building South Africa’s Ocean Economy Satellite Account

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.

Natural Capital Accounting in the Maldives

This page contains informationon ocean accounting projects the Global Ocean Accounts Partnership (GOAP) is supporting in the Maldives.

Webinar. Measuring First, Targeting Second – Building Usable Ocean Economy Accounts

Dr Phil James Director The Global Ocean Accounts Partnership (GOAP)

Fiji charts a course toward evidence-based plastic waste management

In October, the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change in

COP30 event. Climate and Biodiversity Action: Integrated Opportunities for Big Ocean States

Eliza Northrop GOAP Secretariat Director The Global Ocean Accounts Partnership

The Social Data Audit Tool

GOAP Social Data Audit Tool helps countries evaluate if their existing national data systems can support the integration of social dimensions into Ocean Accounts.

Social Accounts Working Group

The Social Account Working Group was established in 2024 to ensure that social, cultural and equity considerations are integrated into Ocean Accounting

Valuing The Ocean Economy: Lessons from earlier adopters

The paper compares three Ocean Economy Satellite Account (OESA) pilots (Portugal, Norway, U.S.), extracts methodological lessons, and sets out a protocol that countries can adapt to their own data environments.

Why ocean data must include people

Coastal communities remain largely invisible in ocean policy decisions. A new eight-country analysis reveals that countries have the tools and data to start integrating social data into Ocean Accounts transforming ocean governance into an instrument of equity.