The media plays a great role in information dissemination, but often times journalists are put to blame either because their publications are “lacking” or they are “subjective”. CoST believes that the media is player in advancing infrastructure transparency and accountability and without which, our multi-stakeholder arrangement will be incomplete. In this blog, CoST Uganda Manager
By Charlotte Broyd and John Hawkins We are delighted to present our final CoST Business Plan 2021 – 2025, the most ambitious and researched we have produced, appropriate to the extraordinary times in which it is published. Following extensive public consultation in 2020, this outlines our intentions to achieve a step-change in impact in delivering
By John Hawkins, CoST Programme Director Today, CoST is excited to publish the ground-breaking Infrastructure Transparency Index Manual a tool to help government, private sector and civil society understand the relative strengths and weaknesses of transparency, participation and accountability within the infrastructure sector in their country, region or city. As we announce our plans for
NGOs from around the world have come together and published an open letter that makes an appeal to providers of development assistance, to continue support for transparency, accountability and open government in the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic and the global economic crisis. CoST Executive Director Petter Matthews explains why this message is so important.
Today CoST launches the consultative version of its new Business Plan 2020−2025 ‘Strengthening economies and improving lives’. CoST Executive Director, Petter Matthews, reflects on the process of its development and the extraordinary circumstances surrounding its publication. The process of developing a business plan usually begins with reflection on progress against previous plans and by drawing
This week CoST has been taking part in the (virtual) Face-to-Face meetings between the C20 and G20 Working Groups which give the opportunity for civil society to raise concerns over G20 priorities with working group representatives. Held at this extraordinary time, their importance and value is like never before. In this blog, CoST's Charlotte Broyd
