South-South Ocean Accounting Exchange 2026

Early-career professionals from the GOAP Fellows program, ocean accounts practitioners, government representatives, and technical experts from over 23 countries participated in:

• Hands-on account compilation using participant-contributed data
• Showcase presentations from Indonesia, Maldives, African coastal states, and Pacific Islands
• Informal technical roundtables on marine spatial planning, blue carbon, social accounts, and ocean economy accounting
• Regional coordination sessions for South and South-east Asian country representatives
• Policy brief development and baseline indicator co-creation aligned with SDG 14, NDCs, and NBSAPs

Co-organised by the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries - Republic of Indonesia, IPB University and Rekam Nusantara Foundation with support from the Global Ocean Accounts Partnership (GOAP) and UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

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