The Open Contracting Partnership (OCP) convened a meeting in London recently to discuss its draft ‘Open Contracting Principles’. The OCP Steering Group invited a range of external participants to provide …
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EU to publish Anti-Corruption Report
The European Commission estimates that up to 120 billion euros could be lost each year to corruption in the 27 Member States of the EU. This was revealed by Cecilia …
Growing interest from Latin American countries
There are urgent calls from within Latin America for improved transparency and accountability throughout the region. This was the view of participants at a CoST seminar co-hosted by EUROSOCIAL and …
CoST in Ukraine
The CoST International Secretariat met with construction stakeholders in Kiev recently to discuss the possibility of establishing a CoST Ukraine national programme. The meetings were convened by the World Bank …
CoST Vietnam new disclosures and roll-out plan
The CoST Vietnam Bridging Phase was successfully completed at the end of 2012. During this period, that marks the transition between the pilot project and full roll-out of the programme, …
CoST appoints new Board Members
The CoST Board recently appointed Professor George Ofori and Mr. Per Nielsen as Directors and Trustees of CoST. Professor Ofori is based at the National University of Singapore where he …