CoST guidance helps current and prospective members to implement each of the four features of the CoST approach: disclosure, assurance, multi-stakeholder working and social accountability. Our resources set out the …
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The need for CoST: Strengthening economies and improving lives
This resource outlines the need for CoST, the four core CoST features and the impact we’ve seen across our member programmes. It is estimated that between 10% and 30% of …
CoST West Lombok
Prior to CoST: Infrastructure in context West Lombok is a regency of the Indonesian Province of West Nusa Tenggara. In 2020, Indonesia scored 37 out of 100 on Transparency International’s …
CoST Jalisco to boost infrastructure transparency with online disclosure platform
CoST Jalisco has announced the launch of a new online disclosure portal during its first multi-stakeholder group (MSG) meeting, taking Jalisco state a step closer to more transparent and accountable …
Infrastructure is key to recovery and growth – how do we finance it?
In an era of crisis and uncertainty, a resounding takeaway from CoST and Eurodad’s joint session at the C20 Global Summit was the need for more quality, sustainable infrastructure. Faced …
Creating a data standard for infrastructure transparency: building it
In the first part of this blog series, Open Data Services made the case for the Open Contracting for Infrastructure Data Standard (OC4IDS) — the joint CoST and Open Contracting …