It is twelve months since the tumultuous takeover of Afghanistan which sadly led to the end, at least for now, of efforts by CoST Afghanistan to open up infrastructure investment to greater transparency, participation and accountability. In the latest Engineers Against Poverty podcast, Sebgatullah Karimi, the now former manager of CoST Afghanistan reflects on what
With COP27 fast approaching, a critical barrier to tackling the climate emergency is high income countries delivering on their commitment to contribute $100 billion to help emerging economies adapt to climate change and deliver low carbon, resilient infrastructure. However, considering a third of global infrastructure investment is lost through inefficiencies, the huge sums involved are
On Thursday 14th July at 2pm for a 90 minute virtual African regional symposium on “Imagine an Africa with Infrastructure Transparency" scheduled for Thursday July 14, 2022, at 2-3:30pm EAT. The event will be attended by speakers and participants from governments, development partners, private sector, and civil society. Please register to join us. Sub Saharan
CoST Transparency was shortlist nominated for a Basel Institute award for Outstanding Achievement in Collective Action. Whilst we didn’t win, we are proud that our work has been recognised through this nomination. Recieving a nomination wouldn’t have been possible without the hard work of all of the CoST country members across four continents, working
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 Municipality of Coamo became the first jurisdiction in Puerto Rico and the United States to join CoST, one of the leading global initiatives focused on improving transparency and accountability in public infrastructure. The non-profit organization Sembrando Sentido and the League of Puerto Rican Cities, join in collaboration with the municipalities of Coamo and Toa
