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.
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
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