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
Tomorrow marks Open Data Day, an annual celebration of open data globally. In the spirit of the Day, we reflect on how the Open Contracting for Infrastructure Data Standard (OC4IDS) is helping CoST members to move towards more effective infrastructure project monitoring. In Honduras, procuring entities publishing data on the SISOCS and SISOCS APP platforms must
In Honduras and Panama, governments are taking steps to institutionalise the CoST approach in recognition of the role that transparency, open data and citizen engagement play in public infrastructure investment. As both programmes have matured – CoST Honduras was established six years ago and CoST Panama three - a familiar pattern has emerged: governments have
Engaging the media is a key part of the CoST approach, increasing accountability by ensuring key issues in public infrastructure projects enter the public domain. The Covid-19 crisis has impacted the viability of holding physical events and meetings, but CoST programmes have been making headlines by underscoring the need for transparent infrastructure procurement and delivery
Engaging the media is a key part of the CoST approach, increasing accountability by ensuring key issues in public infrastructure projects enter the public domain. It's already been a busy year for CoST teams and below are some of the headlines from 2020 so far. January Panama After a six month implementation period, Panama's formal
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
