In February, CoST Ukraine provided a training event for government officials, in partnership with the World Bank. The event was opened by Minister of Infrastructure Volodymyr Omelyan and aimed to …
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CoST Honduras agreement with transparency commissions fuels demand for citizen involvement
CoST Honduras has signed an agreement with 90 citizen transparency commissions to increase transparency and accountability in public infrastructure. As part of the agreement CoST Honduras will share information on infrastructure data …
CoST Malawi workshops spark media demand for transparency
Across the cities of Mzuzu, Lilongwe and Blantyre, CoST Malawi recently held a series of training workshops for government, the media and civil society representatives. The workshops were aimed at …
Why Costa Rica needs CoST now
Following a recent CoST workshop for public infrastructure stakeholders in Costa Rica, Mauricio Gonzalez, Vice Minister for Reform at the Ministry of Public Works and Transport in Costa Rica explains …
Better public infrastructure through open contracting: How CoST and the OCP will work together
By 2030, it is estimated that close to US$6 trillion could be lost annually in construction through corruption, mismanagement and inefficiency. To improve the lives of billions of people worldwide, …
This is why construction is so corrupt
Written by Petter Matthews, CoST Executive Director, this article was originally published by World Economic Forum here. Petter Matthews is a Member of the Advisory Committee for the Partnering Against …