Adapted from the Opinion Piece written by Olive Kabatwairwe, Manager of CoST Uganda and featured on New Vision Uganda, like many countries around the world, allocates significant resources and finance to public infrastructure – at present its average expenditure on the sector is around $1b per year - the equivalent to 17% of its Gross
From 28th - 29th November, CoST and other organisations will convene 200 key innovators in Amsterdam for Open Contracting 2017. Ahead of the event, participant and Chair of the CoST Malawi Multi-stakeholder Group, Joe Ching'Ani, outlines the challenges and his motivations behind his work promoting infrastructure transparency. Advocating for an end to corruption and increased
CoST has published the results of recently completed Strategic Review and Business Planning exercises. In our latest blog, CoST Executive Director Petter Matthews reflects on these exercises and explains how they will affect our approach in the future. “Everyone has a plan till they get punched in the mouth.” This was the response of former
Members of CoST Panama give their views on the country's membership to CoST. Leah C. Estrada Interim Country Manager, CoST Panama Public procurement is the most recognised high-risk area for corruption in government; large-scale infrastructure projects are especially vulnerable to corruption, mismanagement, and political exploitation. It is a chronic problem worldwide. Many businesses are heedless
Last month, leaders of the G20 gathered in Hangzhou, China, for its eleventh annual meeting and a Communiqué has since been released. As the first ever G20 summit to be hosted in China and only the second Asian host country, China drew upon its status as a developing nation to bring the themes of development
In advance of the International Open Data Conference (IODC) 2016 in Madrid, Spain, CoST highlights the need for a greater focus on sector-specific application of open data. The international Open Data Charter provided a breakthrough moment for aligning data standards, as highlighted in a previous IODC blogpost. Specifically, Principle 4 includes a commitment to “engage
