In December, CoST Afghanistan and the Afghanistan Builders Association (ABA) conducted an awareness raising event on providing fair business opportunities for the private sector through the disclosure of infrastructure project information. The event focussed on familiarising the construction industry and national investors with CoST aims and mandates and was attended by representatives from across private
This morning in Kabul, Afghanistan key findings from the CoST Afghanistan First Assurance Report were highlighted at a high-level event attended by H.E. Abdullah Abdullah, Chief Executive, Government of Afghanistan, Petter Matthews, CoST International Secretariat (CoST IS) Executive Director, key representatives from relevant government ministries, the private sector, civil society, media and international partners. Over
In June, the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development and the Ministry of Public Works signed two Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) with CoST Afghanistan committing the ministries to disclose information on public infrastructure in accordance with the CoST Infrastructure Data Standard. The MoUs were signed at an event where H.E. Abdul Satar Murad, Minister of
CoST Afghanistan launched its Scoping Study on 16 March, exploring the opportunities for and challenges to infrastructure transparency. With strong representation across government, industry and civil society, and live streamed across various media channels, the launch event highlights the strong demand for infrastructure transparency development at a national level. The Scoping Study identified that the
Afghanistan announced yesterday (23 October 2013) that it has joined the Construction Sector Transparency Initiative (CoST). Exactly one year after the launch of CoST's Global Programme, just ahead of the Open Government Partnership's global Transparency Week, the announcement from Kabul signifies an important step both for Afghanistan, and for CoST. Afghanistan's national CoST programme will
