This is an engagement agreement which outlines how the Open Contracting Partnership (OCP) and CoST – The Infrastructure Transparency Initiative will collaborate together. Finalised by the two initiatives on 15th January 2016, this is version 1.0. It is not intended to be a binding agreement. Rather, it is an understanding between friends to collaborate in order to maximise impacts and add the most sustained value to the field of transparency and accountability

The agreement includes background on both the OCP and CoST and the areas of collaboration. It outlines joint partnership in advocacy and outreach, learning, capacity building and shared fundraising and/or shared resuls framework. There will also be a collaborative process and country overlaps.