By John Hawkins and Charlotte Broyd. We are delighted to launch our first CoST Assurance Week (#CoSTAssuranceWeek) – five celebratory days where we will delve into the assurance process and demonstrate its value in showing tax payers how their money is being spent on infrastructure. For the week, CoST members, Afghanistan, Guatemala, Ethiopia, El Salvador and Uganda
CoST is looking forward to sharing its experience this week at the Open Government Partnership (OGP) Summit 2018 in Tbilisi, Georgia. To mark this important event, we have published guidance on how our approach to infrastructure transparency and accountability aligns with OGP principles and we have launched our new membership opportunity which gives flexibility in
In 2017 CoST Uganda began engagement with Wakiso District as part of its assurance process assessing data disclosure on the repair of a major road, Namasuba-Ndejje-Kitiko alongside other infrastructure projects in Uganda. In this blog, CoST Regional Manager for Africa, Olive Kabatwairwe reflects on Wakiso’s journey to enabling infrastructure transparency and how adopting the CoST
Roads, railways, airports, water distribution, electricity transmission, building schools and hospitals: in most countries you will find hundreds of active infrastructure projects in planning, construction or operation. With billions of dollars of public and private funds invested in these projects every year, estimates suggest that between 10 and 30% of that investment is lost due
CoST Executive Director Petter Matthews reports from a recent ‘Infrastructure Financing Seminar’ organised by the G20 Infrastructure Working Group1 and reflects on the challenges of mobilising private investment in public infrastructure. It was reported last year that the global financial system is awash with up to $10 trillion dollars of excess cash. This report came
From 28th - 29th November, CoST and other organisations will convene 200 key innovators in Amsterdam for Open Contracting 2017. In our latest blog, we take the opportunity to respond to research carried out ahead of the event and to clarify the role of CoST in open contracting. We are excited to be joining influencers
