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CoST – the Infrastructure Transparency Initiative
International Affairs
London, England 1,297 followers
The leading global initiative improving transparency and accountability in public infrastructure
About us
CoST works across four continents with government, industry and civil society to promote the disclosure and validation of data from infrastructure projects. This informs and empowers citizens, enabling them to hold decision-makers to account and drive reforms that reduce inefficiency and corruption.
- Website
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http://infrastructuretransparency.org/
External link for CoST – the Infrastructure Transparency Initiative
- Industry
- International Affairs
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- London, England
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2012
Locations
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Primary
29-30 High Holborn
Alliance House
London, England WC1V 6AZ, GB
Employees at CoST – the Infrastructure Transparency Initiative
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Manuel Gonzalez Caballero
Public Procurement and Infrastructure Advisor
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Pamela Acheng
Assistant Lecturer @ Makerere University | Climate Resilience Planning | PhD, @University of Oxford
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Eng. James N. Mwangi. EBS. CE. FIEK. MEI. MACEK. MKIM.
Chief Executive Officer at Kurrent Technologies Ltd.
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Sérgio Dário Fernandes
Manager
Updates
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Infrastructure plays a critical role in both mitigating and adapting to water scarcity. This includes increasing capacity to store and transport water efficiently, and developing solutions to reuse wastewater, monitor droughts and improve water efficiency in key sectors such as agriculture. #InfrastructureTransparency
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Countries allocate a significant part of their budget to investments in public infrastructure which should be managed to safeguard spending, strengthen efficiency and ensure value for money. CoST does this through its approach, tools and standards that facilitate data publication, stakeholder engagement and scrutiny throughout the budgeting process and across relevant actors. https://bit.ly/3v5aWlp
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We're looking for a communication consultant for a regional project on open governance and infrastructure transparency in Panama, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Costa Rica. More details here 👉 https://bit.ly/3AcB1EO
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The Infrastructure Transparency Index #ITI interprets data to be applied both broadly and practically, but also in line with the context of that region. Find out more about how we're using the tool across Asia: https://bit.ly/3ig0mEw
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CoST recommends disclosing data on contracts for the design, construction and supervision of a project and any other significant contract outsourced by the procuring entity. The top-level of the OC4IDS data model is used for project-level data, covering the identification, preparation and completion stages of a project. https://bit.ly/3bg4LUt
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CoST International has launched a new Climate Finance Portal Prototype designed to demonstrate transparency, accountability, and participation in climate finance. This tool is AVAILABLE NOW 👉 https://bit.ly/3Ah0FYW
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Al sumarse a CoST – the Infrastructure Transparency Initiative, el Estado Dominicano expresó su compromiso para mejorar la eficiencia y transparencia en la ejecución de los proyectos de infraestructura pública, así como la promoción al derecho de acceso a la información pública y el bienestar de la población.
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Transparency is a vital governance element to ensure that infrastructure climate projects align with urgent needs and deliver the expected social returns. CoST – the Infrastructure Transparency Initiative and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH are helping to standardize climate finance information related to infrastructure projects. Read more: https://bit.ly/3xw6OPK