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.
2nd Global Dialogue on Ocean Accounting
20 April 2021 | Sydney, Australia
Ecosystem accounting for the ocean
Guidance on classifying coastal and marine ecosystem types, their conditions and services, as well as recommendations on the treatment of areas beyond national jurisdictions.
Blue Paper: National Accounting for the Ocean and the Ocean Economy
This Blue Paper highlights the opportunity for incorporating ocean accounts into national accounting frameworks and the data and technology already available at our fingertips to do so.
Asia-Pacific Community of Practice
The GOAP Asia Pacific Community of Practice (APCoP) is a regional collaboration platform dedicated to developing ocean accounts in the Asia Pacific region.
Marine Spatial Planning and Ocean Accounting: two tools in Ocean Governance
The Ocean Accounting framework helps MSP achieve its objectives through supports evidenced-based decision making, by having transparent and accountable ocean data.
Membership
GOAP membership is open to national governments, intergovernmental institutions, representative bodies of the private sector, and research-intensive institutions.
Inaugural Global Dialogue on Ocean Accounting
12–15 November 2019 | Sydney, Australia
Independent Evaluation of the Global Ocean Accounts Partnership (GOAP) 2025
Read the full Evaluation ReportRead the Management's Response