A three-day Ghana Ocean Accounts Roadmap Workshop has just ended, which brought together government officials, researchers and development partners to develop a roadmap for Ocean Accounts for the country. Specifically, the workshop sought to agree on policy and community priorities that Ocean Accounts need to support; map information, data and governance requirements and agree on the key decisions for the roadmap. The workshop was convened by the SDG’s Advisory Unit at the Office of the President, University of Cape Coast and the Global Ocean Accounts Partnership.
The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS), in partnership with the Centre for Coastal Management at the University of Cape Coast and supported by the Global Ocean Accounts Partnership (GOAP) Secretariat, has inaugurated Ghana’s first Ocean Accounts Technical Working Group to lead the development of the country’s first Ocean Economy Satellite Account (OESA).
The Centre for Coastal Management- Africa Centrer of Excellence in Coastal Resilience (CCM- ACECoR), University of Cape Coast, celebrates the promotion of Dr. Isaac Okyere to the rank of Associate Professor, in recognition of his outstanding contributions to teaching, research, mentorship and service to the fisheries and coastal management sectors.
The Centre for Coastal Management, Africa Centre of Excellence in Coastal Resilience (CCM-ACECoR) at the University of Cape Coast (UCC) has hosted a PhD candidate under the Erasmus+ Mobility Programme, in July, 2026. The student, Commander Ayo Olusola Pacheco, is a Nigerian Navy officer and second-year PhD candidate in Maritime Affairs at the World Maritime University (WMU) in Malmö, Sweden.
