Last month, leaders of the G20 gathered in Hangzhou, China, for its eleventh annual meeting and a Communiqué has since been released. As the first ever G20 summit to be …
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Why we need sector-specific open data standards
In advance of the International Open Data Conference (IODC) 2016 in Madrid, Spain, CoST highlights the need for a greater focus on sector-specific application of open data. The international Open …
3 simple steps to deliver better value infrastructure through your OGP National Action Plan (NAP)
Written by Eleanor Morgan, CoST Communications Manager, this blog was originally published by Open Government Partnership (OGP) here. We all need better value infrastructure. From the Organisation for Economic Co-operation …
Anti-Corruption Summit: Now we need action not words
World leaders gathered in London this week to commit to increased action against corruption. We inevitably viewed the proceedings through the lens of our own priorities and there was much …
We want our work to become redundant
CoST is the open contracting initiative for public infrastructure. We will be attending the Tackling Corruption Together conference on 11 May 2016, which precedes the UK Government’s Anti-Corruption Summit on …
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 …