Today is Open Data Day 2019, an opportunity for CoST and other open data advocates to shine a light on the benefits of data transparency and encourage its accessibility to …
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Digging deep into CoST Assurance: the data, key issues and promoting sector reforms
By John Hawkins. This week you may have read how our CoST programmes in Afghanistan, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Guatemala and, today, in Uganda have used data disclosed from 72 infrastructure …
Turning infrastructure data into compelling information: How CoST Assurance adds value to open government and open contracting
By John Hawkins and Charlotte Broyd. We are delighted to launch our first CoST Assurance Week (#CoSTAssuranceWeek) – five celebratory days where we will delve into the assurance process and demonstrate its …
Turning commitments into actions: How CoST and OGP principles work together
CoST is looking forward to sharing its experience this week at the Open Government Partnership (OGP) Summit 2018 in Tbilisi, Georgia. To mark this important event, we have published guidance …
Building impact from the bottom up: the Wakiso District story
In 2017 CoST Uganda began engagement with Wakiso District as part of its assurance process assessing data disclosure on the repair of a major road, Namasuba-Ndejje-Kitiko alongside other infrastructure projects …
Towards data driven infrastructure transparency
Roads, railways, airports, water distribution, electricity transmission, building schools and hospitals: in most countries you will find hundreds of active infrastructure projects in planning, construction or operation. With billions of …