CoST Chairman Chrik Poortman reflects on recent progress in the CoST programme. Increasing demands for transparency and accountability underpin many of the social and political upheavals of recent years. Events …
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CoST Philippines expanding disclosure
by Vincent Lazatin, Chairman of the CoST Philippines’ Multi-Stakeholder Group The Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS) is the Philippine government’s official electronic procurement portal. Although it has been around …
Construction Transparency: Time to scale-up
FIDIC is a global organisation with 94 National Member Associations, consisting of over 60,000 firms worldwide, which employ over 1.5m professional staff. This gives us a truly global perspective. We …
CoST in Indonesia
The Construction Development Agency (BPK) of the Ministry of Public Works (MPW) Indonesia recently hosted an Expert Panel Workshop on Transparency in the Construction Sector in Indonesia. The purpose was …
Mexico confirms interest in CoST at the Open Government Partnership Summit
The Mexican Government has confirmed that it is seriously considering joining CoST in early 2014. Julián Alfonso Olivas Ugalde, Secretary of Public Administration (see right flanked by Christiaan Poortman and …
CoST included in UK Action Plan
The UK government is supporting CoST, as part of its wider vision to promote openness and accountability. This commitment appears in the UK Open Government Partnership National Action Plan 2013 – …