Joe Ching’ani Chairman of the CoST Malawi Multi-Stakeholder Group writes about the potential benefits of CoST for contractors and consultants and why it is not a 'witch hunt'. As President of the Malawi Building Contractors Association and Allied Trades Association and a director of a contracting firm for almost 20 years, I believe that contractors
CoST Chairman Chrik Poortman reflects on recent progress in the CoST programme. CoST Chairman Chrik Poortman Increasing demands for transparency and accountability underpin many of the social and political upheavals of recent years. Events as apparently diverse as the Arab Spring, the Occupy and Indignant movements and Wikileaks disclosures are motivated amongst other
Vincent Lazatin by Vincent Lazatin, Chairman of the CoST Philippines’ Multi-Stakeholder Group The Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS) is the Philippine government’s official electronic procurement portal. Although it has been around for more than a decade, compliance with procurement posting, though mandated by law, is still low. The government of Benigno Aquino
Geoff French is President of the International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC) Overview of FIDIC Global Organisation FIDIC is a global organisation with 94 National Member Associations, consisting of over 60,000 firms worldwide, which employ over 1.5 million professional staff. This gives us a truly global perspective. We understand the construction industry's positive
Jamie Drummond is Co-Founder and Executive Director of ONE Jamie Drummond The 39th G8 summit will be held on 17–18 June 2013 at Lough Erne in Northern Ireland. David Cameron has ensured that transparency and accountability will be high on the agenda. This is to be welcomed as transparency and accountability are powerful
