Vol. 6 | April 2024
A note from GOAP's Co-Chairs
Dear GOAP Community,
With the Global Dialogue on Sustainable Ocean Development fast approaching, we’re excited to share that almost 450 people have already registered. The event will take place from 1-5 July 2024 at the Meru Sanur, Bali, Indonesia. If you haven't already registered to attend, we'd be delighted for you to join us – please do so by registering here.
This will be the first Global Dialogue for us as the new Co-chairs and the 5th hosted by the Global Ocean Accounts Partnership (GOAP). The event will create pathways, new partnerships and coalitions to deliver on ocean, climate and biodiversity priorities.
The first two days will consist of engaging and interactive training events, for which the full list is now available here. We’ve just added a brand-new workshop on accounts for waste and plastics – aimed at supporting countries to engage in the new global treaty on plastics. The training sessions will be followed by three days of the core event, featuring high-level panels, expert keynote addresses and side events intended to accelerate international collaboration and knowledge exchange. We’ve received many exciting applications for side events and remind anyone interest to apply here before 3 May.
As well as the exciting preparations for the Global Dialogue, the GOAP Secretariat and partners have engaged in discussions and workshops across the globe including presentations on the use of ocean accounting to inform management and policy decisions in Samoa, Vanuatu and Costa Rica.
In this edition of the Newsletter, you will find an overview of these workshops and upcoming events in sustainable ocean development, an update on the Global Panel of Technical Experts and new knowledge products from the global community.
We encourage you all to participate in the Global Dialogue and look forward to this momentous event.
Happy reading,
- Firdaus Agung, Directorate General for Marine Spatial Management, Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries, Government of Indonesia
- César Viteri Mejia, Senior Economist & Co-Principal Investigator of the Galapagos Fisheries Think Tank, Charles Darwin Foundation for the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador