Governance Structure
Governance bodies, technical working groups, decision making and data governance.
Decision-Making Structure
Decisions on what is published follow a fixed path, and disputes move up the governance structure.
1. Submission: Data provider (Data Steward)
Submits the dataset with complete metadata to the FIP staging area, after preliminary validation and cleaning.
Steps 1–4 are the normal path; step 5 is used only for disputes. All actions and decisions are logged for audit. Submission states in the portal: Draft → Submitted → Under review → Returned or Approved → Published.
When there is a dispute
1
Technical Working GroupsTechnical disputes
2
REDD+ Coordination UnitMatters the Working Groups cannot resolve
3
National REDD+ Advisory BoardFinal arbitration
Source: Draft NFMS/FIP Data Sharing Protocol, version 1.0, Kenya Forest Service and State Department for Forestry (July 2026).