Policy Briefs

Last updated on 27 Aug 2025

The GOAP Secretariat has prepared a series of policy briefs outlining how ocean accounts can be integrated into different frameworks and concepts to accelerate and support the transition to a sustainable ocean economy.

Briefs available

Coastal livelihoods

Sustaining Coastal Livelihoods through Integrated Ocean Accounting

Sustaining Coastal Livelihoods through Integrated Ocean Accounting.pdf

Building Coastal Resilience - Role of Ocean Accounting in Disaster Risk Reduction

Building Coastal Resilience - Role of Ocean Accounting in Disaster Risk Reduction.pdf

Biodiversity

Ocean Accounts to Monitor Progress Towards Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) Goals

Ocean Accounts to Monitor Progress Towards Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) Goals.pdf

Intergrating ocean accounts into other mechanisms

An Integrated Data Framework for Sustainable Marine and Coastal Tourism

An Integrated Data Framework for Sustainable Marine and Coastal Tourism.pdf

Ocean Accounts for Effective Marine Spatial Planning

Ocean Accounts for Effective Marine Spatial Planning.pdf

Guidance - Setting Up Ocean Economy Satellite Accounts

Guidance - Setting Up Ocean Economy Satellite Accounts.pdf

Introduction to Tourism Satellite Accounts

Introduction to Tourism Satellite Accounts.pdf

Finance for the ocean

Ocean Accounts for Mobilising Private Sector Investment in the Sustainable Blue Economy

Ocean Accounts for Mobilising Private Sector Investment in the Sustainable Blue Economy.pdf

Ocean Accounts to Understand the Impact of Public Finance Investment

Ocean Accounts to Understand the Impact of Public Finance Investment.pdf

Guidance summary - Blue Public Expenditure Review

Guidance summary - Blue Public Expenditure Review.pdf

Ocean Accounts for Parametric Insurance

Ocean Accounts for Parametric Insurance.pdf

Ocean-Accounts for Blue Bonds

Ocean-Accounts for Blue Bonds.pdf

PolicyBrief_Marine Protected Area Finance

PolicyBrief_Marine Protected Area Finance.pdf

Towards Social Accounts_Rethinking How We Understand and Use Social Information (1)

Towards Social Accounts_Rethinking How We Understand and Use Social Information (1).pdf

Plastics

Policy Brief - Plastics Data and MEAs (1)

Policy Brief - Plastics Data and MEAs (1).pdf

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