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Governance Structure

Governance bodies, technical working groups, decision making and data governance.

Technical Working Groups

Three Technical Working Groups sit under the REDD+ Coordination Unit. Together they review datasets, validate technical standards, advise on safeguards and policy compliance, recommend approval or rejection of submissions and identify technical improvements.

Forest Monitoring and MRV Working Group

  • Primary technical reviewer of submitted datasets
  • Checks completeness, accuracy and conformity to the FIP standards
  • Validates technical standards and recommends approval or rejection

Policy and REDD+ Strategy Implementation Working Group

  • Advises on policy compliance of datasets and products
  • Supports implementation of the National REDD+ Strategy
  • Like all Working Groups: reviews datasets, recommends approval or rejection, identifies technical improvements

Safeguards Information System, Communication and Stakeholder Engagement Working Group

  • Ensures metadata compliance before a dataset is endorsed
  • Advises on safeguards
  • Communication and stakeholder engagement

Source: Draft NFMS-FIP Governance Structure, Kenya Forest Service (2026); Draft NFMS/FIP Data Sharing Protocol, version 1.0, Kenya Forest Service and State Department for Forestry (July 2026).