March 8th is International Women's Day, which celebrates the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women around the world. To mark International Women's Day 2020, CoST talked to Foman Forough about her experience as the only female member of CoST Afghanistan's Multi-Stakeholder Group (MSG) and working as an Adviser to Afghanistan's Minister of Energy
This week, team members from CoST Panama have convened a workshop at the General Directorate of Public Procurement, an organisation which is part of CoST Panama’s Multi-Stakeholder Group (MSG) and which hosts and manages Panamá en Obras, the online disclosure platform in Panama. The workshop was attended by representatives from the Ministry of Education and
Today CoST Afghanistan joins #AssuranceWeek2019 celebrations and publishes its Second Assurance Report. A year on from its first report launch during Assurance Week 2018 and good progress can be seen in the level of infrastructure data being disclosed marked by a 9% increase, yet key issues remain in project preparation. The report highlights such issues
In October, CoST Afghanistan held a capacity building session for members of two civil society organisations (CSOs) in Balkh province, Afghanistan: the Community-Based Monitoring of the Infrastructure Sector (CBM-I) organisation and the Provincial Integrity Network (PIN). More than 30 activists from CBM-I and PIN attended the event. The purpose was to familiarise the CBM-I and
CoST Afghanistan has continued its high-level programme of engagement with a one-day capacity building event in August at the Ministry of Economy in Kabul. The event was attended by 64 staff from 11 procuring entities, all of which have recently signed memorandums of understanding with CoST Afghanistan. Representatives from the National Procurement Authority, the Oversight
CoST Afghanistan has come a long way since the programme was launched in 2016. At the time, infrastructure governance was characterised by high levels of financial waste and opaque management systems. One of the challenges faced by CoST Afghanistan was how to change the mindset of procuring entities, for whom project information - especially at
