Their first report highlights that the review process doesn’t duplicate existing systems, but shows strengths and weaknesses to improve decision-making and encourage greater accountability throughout project implementation. This included providing key information around:
- proactive and reactive data publication, which ranged from 78% to 26%;
- accuracy of data, showing strengths in early phases;
- the strongest and weakest areas of the infrastructure lifecycle;
- private sector participation and price competition, which highlighted that fair and transparent tender information fosters healthier competition and better value for money.
Potential areas for improvement include technical capacity, data systems, and enforcement. Key recommendations included:
- enforcing data publication across the whole infrastructure cycle
- further legal reforms to strengthen data accuracy and responsiveness;
- improve institutional capacity;
- integration of local systems with national platforms through the data portal of CoST Indonesian members called INTRAS;
- automated validation tools, templates, and quarterly audits;
- enhanced public participation through open data feedback mechanisms.