The Municipality of Coamo became the first jurisdiction in Puerto Rico and the United States to join CoST, one of the leading global initiatives focused on improving transparency and accountability …
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New guidance published on scoping infrastructure transparency
This latest addition to the suite of CoST Guidance Notes sets out the objectives, tasks, approach and reporting requirements necessary for undertaking a Scoping Study in support of a potential …
UK and Spain commit to infrastructure transparency
The UK and Spanish Governments have both committed to infrastructure transparency as part of their Summit for Democracy commitments. Organised by the US Government, the first Summit for Democracy was …
The role of infrastructure in the World Bank discourse on public procurement
This week CoST joined a high-level panel for the release of the World Bank’s Global Stocktake of Developments in Public Procurement. The report marks a clear shift away from viewing …
Our top features of 2021
In 2021, we pushed out new technology, guidance, publications and showcased the work of our members in achieving change. Below some of these achievements are summarised in a collection of …
Open government partners together, how our joint approach delivers change
Whilst rapid digitisation accelerated by Covid-19 has many benefits, it poses a threat to heightening polarisation across actors working in open government. As part of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) …