The Scoreboard to assess the progress in combating illegal killing, taking and trade of wild birds (IKB) is a self- assessment framework jointly developed in 2017 by the Secretariats of the Bern Convention and the Convention on Migratory Species. The Scoreboard aims to offer national governments a tool to provide an objective, fact-based self-assessment of the current status of illegal killing, taking and trade of birds at national level, and to enable countries to measure their progress in implementing their commitments related to this area. The Scoreboard also supports reporting in relation to the implementation of the Tunis Action Plan 2013-2020, the Programme of Work 2016-2020 and the Rome Strategic Plan.

The Scoreboard is based on a format developed by the International Consortium in Combating Wildlife Crime   (ICCWC). The changes and adaptation were deemed necessary to focus on the specific requirements for the assessment and measurement of IKB.

The Scoreboard is organised in five areas, using a total of 28 different indicators, each looking at a specific aspect of the fight against IKB:

1. National monitoring of IKB (data management of scope and scale of IKB);
2. Comprehensiveness of national legislation;
3. Enforcement response (preparedness of law enforcement bodies and coordination of national institutions);
4. Prosecution and sentencing (effectiveness of judicial procedures);
5. Prevention (other instruments used to address IKB).

The complete set of questions and possible answers can be found in the original Scoreboard. Additionally for Indicators 2 and 4, respondents could submit a set of data on a separate form. For those countries that did submit data, these are included with their submissions in the table below.

So far, 35 national governments have used the Scoreboard to report their progress against IKB. The first Scoreboard assessment was conducted in 2018 and saw the participation of 30 national governments. A second assessment was completed in 2020-2021 by 24 countries. Furthermore, NGOs submitted Scoreboards for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Syria and Ukraine in 2018. However, those submissions are not published here as they do not represent official country submissions.

Going ahead, new assessments are planned from 2023 on a three-year basis, i.e. in 2026 and 2029 and will support the monitoring of the implementation of the Rome Strategic Plan 2020-2030.

A summary analysis of the answers received for the Scoreboard in 2018 was presented at the 39th Standing Committee of the Bern Convention in December 2019, of the answers received in 2020/2021 at the Joint Meeting of the Bern Convention Special Focal Points and MIKT members in June 2021, and of the 3rd scoreboard at the 43rd Standing Committee in December 2023.

The table below features the information concerning the original data and answers to the Scoreboard submitted per country. Those countries which to date have explicitly agreed to have their data shared on a public website have their reports linked below.