Written by John Hawkins, CoST Programme Manager, and Lara Samuels, CoST Communications Advisor, this article was originally published by Open Government Partnership (OGP) here. There has been much discussion in the global transparency community around the key theme of sustainable development, especially following last month's adoption of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Central to
In our latest blog, International Secretariat Executive Director and Board Member, Petter Matthews highlights five lessons for the new Global Infrastructure Forum that can help to deliver better value for money from infrastructure investment. The Forum was announced at the Third International Conference on Financing for Development. CoST Executive Director Petter Matthews Infrastructure
CoST Chair Chrik Poortman Today,CoST Chair, Chrik Poortman joined a distinguished Panel at the OECD Integrity Forum to debate how we can ‘Strengthen the Governance of Infrastructure Investment’. In our latest blog, Chrik outlines some of the key issues that to be considered to ensure efficiency of investment in public infrastructure. Today, CoST
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
