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The world is increasingly urban: 55% of the world’s population lives in cities and this figure is fast increasing. Central to the discussion about urbanisation is whether local infrastructure can keep pace with growth and ensure that citizens have access to the housing, sanitation and transport they need for a decent standard of living. If it
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 Uganda published its Second Assurance Report which shows an increase in disclosure rates up from its previous report by 29%. The report outlines that procuring entities subjected to the assurance process disclosed 62% of the CoST Infrastructure Data Standard which requires 40 data points (or items) to be published during key stages of
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
In August CoST Uganda launched its first Assurance Report, assessing infrastructure information disclosure from five major road sector projects in Uganda. The report finds that disclosure from the procuring entities of these projects was insufficient - on average disclosure was just 50% of the information required by the CoST Infrastructure Data Standard. The remaining information
