Our second CoST Assurance Week draws to a close today, after a full week of celebrations in Malawi, Afghanistan, Ukraine, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras and Ethiopia. The results of these assurance processes paint an encouraging picture of the stage we’re at as 2019 comes to an end, building on the unprecedented increase in disclosure
The assurance reports released today by CoST Ethiopia indicate an encouraging level of cooperation from procuring entities: on average 58% of the data required by the CoST Infrastructure Data Standard (CoST IDS) has been reactively disclosed (disclosed on request). Although this cooperation is a sign that procuring entities are committed to open data, the reports
The Government of Ethiopia, working with the support of the World Bank and in collaboration with other development partners, is undertaking a procurement assessment of Ethiopia using the World Bank’s Methodology for Assessing Procurement System (MAPS II). The aim of the review is to support Ethiopia in its efforts to implement sustainable and inclusive public
From 12 – 16 November CoST held its first Assurance Week, offering the opportunity for us to delve into CoST Assurance, explain its full benefits and focus on the assurance reports of five of our members published throughout the week. Each report launch took different formats but joined our core stakeholders to raise awareness on
Today, CoST Ethiopia publishes its Third Assurance Report which looks at 14 building projects with a collective value of US$ 78.2 million. The report finds that, on average, procuring entities of these projects disclosed 68% of the CoST Infrastructure Data Standard (IDS) which is adapted to the Ethiopian context. The CoST Ethiopia IDS looked at
We are delighted to launch our first CoST Assurance Week (#CoSTAssuranceWeek) from 12 - 16 November. The week offers the chance for us to delve into the assurance process - one of our four key features - and highlight how it impacts on promoting accountability, showing citizens exactly how their tax money is spent on
