Social accountability stakeholders such as the media, civil society and academia play an important role in holding decision-makers to account. CoST works with these stakeholders to to promote the use of data published by governments and the use of the findings from its independent review (assurance) process so that they can put key issues in the public
An independent review of the published data, known as assurance, is appointed by CoST programmes. The teams look at the data published through the disclosure process and identify key issues of concern, gaps in the data and areas of good practice. They put technical jargon into plain language, turning data into compelling information. This allows
The process of publishing data (disclosure) sees that information such as the purpose, scope, costs and implementation of infrastructure projects is open, accessible and more readily available to the public. We aim for data to be published in accordance with the CoST Infrastructure Data Standard (CoST IDS) and the Open Contracting for Infrastructure Data Standard (OC4IDS). The CoST IDS
Enhancing transparency and accountability in public infrastructure involves collaboration among stakeholders from government, the private sector, and civil society, who have different perspectives and backgrounds. CoST connects these stakeholders through multi-stakeholder groups in each member or affiliate programme. The groups guide the delivery of CoST and provide a neutral forum for stakeholders to pursue infrastructure
