These are the minutes for the first CoST Board Meeting, held in September 2011. The Interim Board discussed the the function of the board, the Global CoST Programme and the …
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CoST Guatemala First Assurance Report (Spanish)
Findings and recommendations from CoST Guatemala’s First Assurance Report.
Briefing note 11: Construction sector transparency initiative
CoST- The Infrastructure Transparency Initiative is a multinational effort to explore how public construction projects could be made more transparent and accountable, reducing the mismanagement, waste, and corruption that are …
Success stories from the CoST pilot project
The CoST pilot project developed procedures to gather, verify, and disclose information on publicly funded construction projects. The expectation was that disclosure would increase transparency and accountability and thus, in …
Briefing note 10: CoST Pilot Experience in Ethiopia
CoST- the Infrastructure Transparency Initiative seeks to improve transparency and accountability in publicly financed construction projects through the disclosure of information in an accessible format. Over the long term, the …
Briefing note 9: CoST Initiative – the Cost Pilot Experience in the Philippines (Spanish)
In the Philippines, corruption in construction and infrastructure is broadly recognised to be high, and the CoST pilot benefited from a strong civil society push for transparency. For the Multi …