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.

What are ocean accounts?

Ocean accounts organise social, economic and environmental information to enable coherent measurement of progress towards the sustainable development of the ocean.

Why are ocean accounts important?

Ocean accounts provide countries with the means to go Beyond GDP to measure and manage progress towards ocean sustainable development.

Regional and Global Commitments to Advance Ocean Accounts

Global The Pledge to Advance Ocean Accounts by 2030View the

Social Accounts

Social Accounts are the outputs of capturing, analysing, and reporting of data related to the social, cultural and equity dimensions of the human-ocean relationship within the Ocean Accounts framework.

Ocean Accounts Explained by Rekam Nusantara Foundation

Rekam Nusantara Foundation created this video to build and share knowledge on ocean accounts it shows the diverse coastline of Indonesia while showing the use of ocean accounts for sustainable ocean development.

Who we are

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

What we do

Build a global community of practice for ocean accounting to ensure the diverse values of the ocean are recognised in all decision-making about social and economic development.

Ocean accounts inform evidence-based sustainable development of the ocean economy

Ocean accounting is a data foundation towards an integrated understanding.

Technical Guidance on Ocean Accounting

The Technical Guidance on Ocean Accounting outlines how to compile, use and maintain ocean accounts.

Africa Dialogue Position Paper 2022

The paper summarises the thematic areas discussed at the Africa Dialogue and provides a number of recommendations for the advancement of ocean accounting and blue economies in Africa.