International Secretariat
Evelyn Hernandez
Technical Director
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Based in: Montpellier, France
Evelyn is CoST’s Technical Director, helping members and partners turn transparency tools and standards into practical solutions that safeguard infrastructure investments and strengthen sustainability and resilience. She has worked with CoST since 2014, first leading CoST Honduras and later serving as Technical Advisor and Head of Members, where she led the development of CoST’s international data standard (OC4IDS) and the Infrastructure Transparency Index (ITI).
Before CoST, Evelyn built more than 25 years of international programme leadership experience across governance, transparency, accountability, open government and citizen engagement, developing a strong ability to connect data, policy and implementation across different contexts.
She is never far from planning her next trip to discover new places and cultures…
Ask me about: open infrastructure data standards | climate finance transparency | measuring infrastructure transparency
Latest publications:
Malawi is Leading the Way on Open Climate Finance
Malawi’s Climate Finance Challenge: From Ambition to Accountability
Data Use Manual: A Guide to Turning Infrastructure Data into Actionable Insights