Funding in support of Global Forum activities has been provided mainly by the Global Environment Facility through the project on Fostering a Global Dialogue on Oceans,

Coasts, and Small Island Developing States (SIDS), and on Freshwater-Coastal-Marine Interlinkages (GEF/MSP) (September 2005-July 2008) and the GEF IW:LEARN: Portfolio Learning in International Waters with a Focus on Oceans, Coasts, and Islands and Regional Asia/Pacific and Coral Triangle Learning Processes (July 2009-July 2013). 

In the period 2001-2008, the Global Forum has received financing and co-financing support from various organizations as follows. 

Sources of Global Forum Support, 2005-2008

Initial Partners
Global Environment Facility
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
UNEP Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine
Environment from Land-based Activities
U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Canada
Pacific Islands Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC)
IOC Sub-Commission for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (IOCARIBE)
Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia (PEMSEA)
New Partnership for Africa's Development/Coastal and Marine Coordination
Unit (NEPAD/COSMAR)
Centro de Ecología, Pesquerías y Oceanografía del Golfo de Mexico, Mexico
(EPOMEX)
Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (SEMARNAT), Mexico
Consejo Consultivo del Agua (CCA), Mexico
GEF International Waters Learning, Exchange and Resource Network Program
(IW:LEARN)
The Nippon Foundation, Japan
Government of Singapore
Portuguese Committee for Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
The Nature Conservancy
Gerard J. Mangone Center for Marine Policy, University of Delaware
International Coastal and Ocean Organization
NAUSICAA Centre National de la Mer, France
World Ocean Network
Additional Partners/Support Generated by the GEF/MSP
Coastal Services Center (NOAA CSC)
Flemish Government and Flemish Minister for Economy, Enterprise, Science,
Innovation and Foreign Trade, Belgium
General Directorate for Nature Protection, Ministry for the Environment and
Territory, Italy
Global Water Partnership
International Ocean Institute
International Union for the Conservation of Nature
Associação Industrial Portuguesa
Banco Espiritu Santo
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
Fundação Oriente
Le Centre de Decouverte du Monde Marin, Nice, France
Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and National Parks Board, Singapore
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Portugal
Ministry of Land, Transportation and Maritime Affairs, Republic of Korea
Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries, Indonesia
Ocean Policy Research Foundation, Japan
Oceanário de Lisboa
Port Authority of Lisbon
Pusan National University, Korea
Secretary of State for Maritime Affairs, Portugal
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Vietnam Institute of Fisheries Economics and Planning, Ministry of Agriculture
and Rural Development, Vietnam
World Bank
World Ocean Observatory

The support of the organizations noted above is acknowledged with sincere thanks.