CoST in the global context

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 …

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 …

Transparency: Time to join the dots

Jamie Drummond is Co-Founder and Executive Director of ONE The 39th G8 summit will be held on 17–18 June 2013 at Lough Erne in Northern Ireland. David Cameron has ensured …

CoST Blog: A Salvadoran Experience

Liz Aguirre from the Ministry of Public Works in El Salvador has overseen each step of the CoST El Salvador journey since Gerson Martinez, Minister of Public Works decided that …