You may have noticed that our website has a new look (and URL for that matter)! We have launched www.infrastructuretransparency.org, incorporating the best bits of our former website and refocussing areas to improve CoST scale up and impact as reflected in our CoST Business Plan 2017 – 2020. Moving infrastructure transparency up the ranks To
In November CoST participated in Africa’s first roundtable on infrastructure governance in South Africa, which brought together 27 African governments, industry, multilaterals and development partners to focus on how Africa’s infrastructure deficit can be filled through better infrastructure planning and governance. The event was the first in a series of roundtables being delivered by the
From 28 - 29 November CoST and partners, Open Contracting, Hivos, The B Team and Article 19 brought together 200 influencers and innovators from government, the private sector and civil society at Open Contracting Global 2017 (#OCGlobal17) to share lessons and collaborate to make open contracting the new norm in five years. The two-day event heard experiences from
The Philippines and Vietnam have recently informed the Board of CoST of their withdrawal from the initiative. Vietnam ran a successful pilot project from 2008 - 2011, but since then has experienced difficulty in rolling out the approach across government. The challenges faced include satisfying the need for multi-stakeholder participation and aligning CoST disclosure requirements
CoST is working with European partners to strengthen good governance in public infrastructure at a global level. From raising demand to product development, CoST supported the European Construction Industry Federation (FIEC), the European International Contractors (EIC) and the Global Infrastructure Anti-Corruption Centre (GIACC) to create a new world-wide standard on "anti-bribery management systems". ISO 37001
CoST's Performance Monitoring Policy came into effect on 1 April 2016 and ensures that national programmes are making progress towards implementing CoST standards, within CoST principles. The policy sets out procedures to identify good performance and manage poor performance or non-compliance, as well as assisting those countries which find themselves in the midst of political
