CoST Chair Chrik Poortman, recently took part in a Panel discussion at the Fourth OECD G20 High Level Conference on Corruption on ‘Sweeteners in international Contracts: are ‘offsets’ the new corruption threat? …
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CoST to scale-up to 22 Countries
CoST aims to scale-up to 22 countries by December 2016. This growth is a key objective of CoST’s recently published Business Plan. The Business Plan aims to establish 14 new national …
Guatemala trains up to 300 procuring entities
CoST Guatemala has trained officials from up to 300 procuring entities (PEs) at a series of workshops.Participating PEs ranged from large central government agencies to small municipalities. The training aims …
PhilGeps achieves financial sustainability
The Philippine Government’s Electronic Procurement System PhilGeps is close to achieving financial sustainability. This important milestone formed part of the PhilGeps Business Plan that was developed in collaboration with the …
CoST can improve integrity in Sports Events
CoST could be part of the solution to the risks in infrastructure development for major sporting events. This was a key message at a recent OECD meeting in Paris on …
Botswana gears up to join CoST
Over 100 participants recently attended the first CoST Workshop in Botswana. Organised by the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Board (PPADB), the event concluded with broad agreement amongst the participants …