CoST’s Executive Director Petter Matthews was recently appointed International Chair of the Civil Society 20 (C20) Infrastructure Working Group (IWG). In this blog, he reports from a recent ‘C20 Face-To-Face Meeting’ in Tokyo, which was aimed at agreeing the C20 priorities for 2019. The Government of Japan (GoJ) is using its Presidency of the G20
Today is Open Data Day 2019, an opportunity for CoST and other open data advocates to shine a light on the benefits of data transparency and encourage its accessibility to all. In this blog, Maria da Graça Prado of CoST looks at the way in which innovative online data platforms are helping CoST members to enhance
By John Hawkins. This week you may have read how our CoST programmes in Afghanistan, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Guatemala and, today, in Uganda have used data disclosed from 72 infrastructure projects and turned it into compelling information using the CoST assurance process. By the end of 2018, 12 Assurance reports will have been published from
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
