The Social Data Audit Tool
GOAP Social Data Audit Tool helps countries evaluate if their existing national data systems can support the integration of social dimensions into Ocean Accounts.
social accounts
Social Accounts Working Group
The Social Account Working Group was established in 2024 to ensure that social, cultural and equity considerations are integrated into Ocean Accounting
Why ocean data must include people
Coastal communities remain largely invisible in ocean policy decisions. A new eight-country analysis reveals that countries have the tools and data to start integrating social data into Ocean Accounts transforming ocean governance into an instrument of equity.
Leveraging national social data for Ocean Accounts
This report outlines a social data audit methodology which can be used as a first step in compiling social data within the ocean accounting framework.
The importance of Social Accounts on the pathway towards Ocean Equity
Without including social, cultural, and equity aspects, Ocean Accounts may provide an incomplete or misleading picture, potentially leading to poor decisions with negative social consequences.
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.