In December 2020 we launched the Infrastructure Transparency Index, our flagship tool providing unique actionable insight to government, private sector and civil society on the level of infrastructure transparency and processes to improve participation and accountability in national and sub-national contexts. The tool generates a score for procuring entities of infrastructure projects as well as
The four dimensions of the ITI The Infrastructure Transparency Index (ITI) measures levels of transparency and the quality of processes related to public infrastructure at national and sub-national levels. Collaboratively designed and based on international good practice, its objective is to provide stakeholders with quality information that serves to promote transparency and improve
Today CoST Costa Rica and CoST Ukraine publish the first results from the implementation of the CoST Infrastructure Transparency Index (ITI) methodology. The ITI measures levels of transparency and the quality of processes related to public infrastructure at national and sub-national levels, to help stakeholders understand the relative strengths and weaknesses of the sector and
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
The road sector in Ukraine – crucial to serving the country's growing transport and trade needs - faces long-standing issues stemming from low investment and unfair business practises. The sector was decentralised in 2018, in a bid to enhance transparency and accountability at a local level and ensure funds are spent in line with local
As 2020 draws to a close, we reflect on what has been a tumultuous year – but one in which we have also seen renewed calls for social justice and the desire to ‘’build back better’’ after the life-changing events of recent months. CoST teams globally have worked to hold governments to account as the
