During the last years, CoST has played a leading role sharing experiences and participating as an actor of change and as partners of the Open Government Partnerships (OGP), with who share principles and values around transparency, accountability, participation and use of technology. CoST and its Latin America programmes participated in the online event Open Government
The UK and Spanish Governments have both committed to infrastructure transparency as part of their Summit for Democracy commitments. Organised by the US Government, the first Summit for Democracy was held in December 2021 and provided a platform for leaders to announce both individual and collective commitments, reforms, and initiatives that defend democracy and human
It is well known that the construction industry traditionally attracts and retains more men than women. To take the UK, in 2018 only 12% of UK engineers were female compared to a 47% female composition in the overall UK workforce. Over the last year CoST has increased its focus on promoting greater gender-equality across its
In partnership with USAID, CoST Guatemala has been training young community leaders monitor infrastructure projects, helping to empower youth in Guatemala at the same time as strengthening project oversight and accountability. We are delighted that this work has been showcased by the UN SDGs in a response to its call: Good Practices, Success Stories and
In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, access to clean water and sanitation has become ever more important. CoST Guatemala has been supporting the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) and Government of Spain on a project expanding these services across the department of San Marcos, strengthening local oversight of project delivery - and increasing accountability -
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
