Glossary
A
Administrator — A KCFIS role with full access, including final approvals, user management, and entity settings.
Approval workflow — The two-step sign-off (reviewer, then administrator) that every submission goes through before it is locked.
B
BTR — Biennial Transparency Report. The UNFCCC reporting requirement under the Paris Agreement. KCFIS produces BTR Table 7A and 7B.
BTR Quality Score — Composite quality measure (0–100) shown on the dashboard.
C
CFIS / KCFIS — Climate Finance Information System / Kenya Climate Finance Information System. CFIS is the system; KCFIS refers to the Kenya deployment.
Channel — Path through which finance flows: multilateral, bilateral, regional, domestic, private.
Climate marker — 0, 1, or 2. 2 = principal climate objective; 1 = significant; 0 = not climate-related. Tracked separately for mitigation, adaptation, and cross-cutting.
Climate_Use — One of Adaptation, Mitigation, Cross-cutting.
CPI — Climate Policy Initiative — referenced where KCFIS classifies finance using CPI categories.
CSO — Civil Society Organisation. An entity type.
D
Disbursement — Actual expenditure (money that has been spent), as opposed to commitments (pledged).
Donor — An entity type representing bilateral or multilateral donors.
E
Entity — A reporting organisation registered in KCFIS. Each user belongs to one entity. Submissions are filed against an entity.
Entity type — Category of entity: MDA, NGO, County, Private Sector, CSO, Donor, HQ.
F
Finalize — The administrator action that moves an Approved submission to Locked.
Financial Instrument — Grants, Concessional Loan, Non-Concessional Loan, Equity, Guarantee, Insurance, Other.
H
HQ — Reserved entity type for the system itself. Cannot be used for ordinary entities.
K
KES — Kenyan Shilling.
L
Locked — Final submission status. Data feeds the dashboard and reports; cannot be edited.
M
MDA — Ministry, Department, or Agency. An entity type.
Mobilised — Climate finance an entity helped catalyse from other sources (vs. Provided, which is direct).
N
NCCAP — National Climate Change Action Plan. The plan whose sectors KCFIS uses for sector classification.
NGO — Non-Governmental Organisation. An entity type.
O
OECD — Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. KCFIS imports OECD/CPI-style reports through the OECD Report screen.
OTP — One-Time Password. The 6-digit code emailed during a password reset.
P
Provided — Climate finance directly provided by an entity (BTR Table 7A).
R
Reporting period — Two-year span covered by a submission, e.g. 2025 - 2026.
Reviewer — A KCFIS role responsible for the first approval of submissions in their entity.
S
Submitter — A KCFIS role that creates submissions for their entity.
Submission — A BTR data file uploaded to KCFIS, with its lifecycle, validation, and approvals.
T
Table 7A — UNFCCC BTR Common Tabular Format 7a. Financial Support Provided.
Table 7B — UNFCCC BTR Common Tabular Format 7b. Financial Support Mobilised.
Token — Short-lived credential KCFIS uses to keep you signed in. See Sessions and timeouts.
U
UNFCCC — United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
USD — US Dollar.
User — A KCFIS role with read-only access to permitted screens.
V
Validation — KCFIS rule checks against your submission. Either passes (Validated) or fails (Validation Failed).