Every year trillions of dollars are wasted in the infrastructure sector worldwide due to corruption, mismanagement and inefficiency. Since 2012, CoST has been working to address this issue and build …
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CoST membership competition opens, offering opportunity for transparency advocates to demand better for citizens and infrastructure
CoST is delighted to open its competitive process for membership running until 31 August 2019. With four positions available to join as a member, we welcome any government (sub or …
OC4IDS – a new standard for infrastructure transparency
The Open Contracting for Infrastructure Data Standard (OC4IDS) is a new data standard, developed jointly by CoST – the Infrastructure Transparency Initiative and the Open Contracting Partnership. OC4IDS builds on …
#OC4IDS: Un Nuevo Estándar para la Transparencia en Infraestructura
Usted no se imaginaría construir un puente sin planos. Pero así es como, muchas veces, la infraestructura pública es financiada y adquirida. Se gastan – y se desperdician – trillones …
Sekondi-Takoradi joins CoST, demonstrating commitment to furthering open government and infrastructure transparency
Today Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly (STMA), Ghana announces its membership to CoST. In doing so, it becomes the first sub-national government to join the initiative and demonstrates its seriousness to committing …
A story of growing impact
CoST is the leading global initiative improving transparency and accountability in public infrastructure. Working with government, industry and civil society, CoST promotes the disclosure of infrastructure project data, validates and …