Progressive Improvement Tracker

Progressive improvement represents a key aspect of the FiTI implementation, as anchored in FiTI Principle 7 which stipulates: “Increasing transparency and participation must be feasible and introduced progressively in order to ensure the wide acceptance of this initiative.“

In other words, the FiTI does not expect all countries to have complete data for every transparency requirement from the beginning. Instead, public authorities must disclose the information they have, and where important gaps exist, they must demonstrate improvements over time.

It is the responsibility of a country’s National Multi-Stakeholder Group (MSG) to agree jointly on recommendations for addressing such gaps, and for the FiTI country’s government to act on these recommendations.

Total number of recommendations issued by National Multi-Stakeholder Groups to their governments to improve transparency and participation in marine fisheries management:
0
Recommendations according to FiTI countries
Recommendations according to implementation status
Recommendations by thematic area of the FiTI Standard
  • A country's government is not obliged to implement recommendations from its National MSG. It must, however, respond to each recommendation, even if it rejects the proposal from the National MSG.
  • A government’s progress regarding implementation of the National MSG’s recommendations is documented in the country's subsequent FiTI Reports.
  • The FiTI Standard does not set out a specific timeframe for improvements to occur, as this is highly dependent on each country’s context and situation. It is the National MSG that states its expectations as to when a recommendation should be addressed by the government.
  • The Progressive Improvement Tracker is only updated after the publication of a new FiTI Report. So far, the following 16 FiTI Reports have been included:
    • Cabo Verde: 2022, 2023
    • Madagascar: 2022, 2023
    • Mauritania: 2018, 2019-20, 2021, 2022, 2023
    • Seychelles: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
    • Ecuador: 2022-23
    • Sao Tome and Principe: 2023
  • The FiTI International Secretariat does not independently verify whether recommendations have or have not been fully completed. The implementation status of recommendations is principally documented by the Report Compiler as part of their responsibilities when preparing a FiTI Report. However, if the FiTI International Secretariat finds compelling evidence that contradicts the information the Report Compiler receives from the government, this is noted in the ‘Description’ field.

Version: 1.1 (last updated: 2 April 2025)