CoST International

01/10/2026

📢 Welcome to CoST, Sokoto State!
Sokoto has officially joined the CoST network, reinforcing its commitment to more transparent, accountable, and inclusive infrastructure.
The inauguration of the state's new Multi-Stakeholder Group marks the beginning of a collaborative effort between government, civil society, and the private sector to strengthen infrastructure governance and deliver better outcomes for communities.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4tXHnxy

30/09/2026

ITI at a glance 👇

The Infrastructure Transparency Index (ITI) provides governments and their partners with credible, comparable evidence to identify reform priorities, track progress and support better decisions.

With 20 implementations across 14 countries and four continents, the ITI is helping turn evidence into practical reforms — from legal reforms in Costa Rica to stronger feedback mechanisms in Uganda and more accessible infrastructure data in Ecuador.

📄 Discover what the ITI measures, who can use it and how it is driving change on the ground: https://bit.ly/4yAc4eX

30/09/2026

Where are the integrity risks in an infrastructure project — and what can you do about them?

The new Infrastructure Integrity Toolbox from CoST brings together practical diagnostics, tested tools and real-world examples to help stakeholders identify, assess and manage integrity risks across the project lifecycle.

🔎 Explore 42 integrity points
🛠️ Find 100+ practical tools
🌍 Learn from 70+ real-world examples

Whether you work in government, the private sector, civil society or elsewhere in the infrastructure ecosystem, the toolbox offers resources to help turn integrity risks into practical actions.

Explore the Infrastructure Integrity Toolbox: https://bit.ly/46OBidZ

24/09/2026

🔎 Who is behind the companies delivering public infrastructure?

CoST, Accountability Lab and C4ADS brought together experts from across Latin America to explore how beneficial ownership data and AI can help connect infrastructure contracts, companies and their owners — and turn complex data into practical tools for transparency.

📖 Read the full story: https://bit.ly/4hatskP

24/09/2026

What can 32,000+ contracts tell you about an infrastructure market?

In Ecuador, more than 32,000 public works contracts worth US$9.3 billion were published through CoST-supported work.

The scale of the data gives government and other stakeholders a much clearer picture of how public infrastructure is being planned, procured and delivered — creating an evidence base for better market oversight and reform.

Transparency doesn't just show individual projects. It can reveal patterns across an entire infrastructure market.

👉 Explore the CoST 2025 Impact Report//bit.ly/4bR6Wuf

22/09/2026

Three new members joined CoST in 2025 — but growth isn't only about numbers.

🇨🇴 Cali, Colombia joined the network.
🇰🇪 Kakamega, Kenya became a new member.
🇿🇲 Zambia joined CoST.

Meanwhile, existing members were adapting and expanding the approach — from 35 additional municipalities in Jalisco to infrastructure transparency embedded in national systems in Thailand.

Different contexts. Different entry points. Growing demand for better ways to govern infrastructure.

🔗 https://bit.ly/4bR6Wuf

16/09/2026

What’s next for infrastructure reform in Thailand?

As Thailand moves towards OECD membership, infrastructure governance is firmly on the agenda. Our new report looks at what could come next – and the practical reforms that could help create a more competitive, transparent and high-performing infrastructure market.

There are strong foundations to build on. Thailand’s Ministry of Finance estimates that CGD’s implementation of the CoST approach contributed THB 2.4 billion (£54.5m) in savings in 2024 alone.

Developed with Thailand’s Comptroller General’s Department (CGD) and supported by British Embassy BKK / UK in Thailand, COST Thailand report sets out a practical roadmap for further reform.

👉 Read the report:

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15/09/2026

CoST Technical Adviser Hamish Goldie-Scot joined the FIDIC Integrity Forum to explore how infrastructure stakeholders can identify, anticipate and respond to integrity risks in practice.

Hamish also introduced CoST’s forthcoming Infrastructure Integrity Toolbox (IIT), designed to support practical responses to integrity risks across the infrastructure lifecycle.

👉 Read the full story: https://bit.ly/4AknuWa

15/09/2026

Transparency has greater staying power when it becomes part of how governments work.

In 2025, CoST members embedded infrastructure transparency into legislation, institutions and government systems — from Ecuador and Jalisco to Thailand.

The goal? Reforms that can endure beyond individual projects or changes in leadership.

👉https://bit.ly/4bR6Wuf

10/09/2026

⛏️ Critical-minerals investment depends on more than what is extracted.

Today, CoST Regional Manager for Africa and Asia, Olive Kabatwairwe, joined the Australia–Africa Critical Minerals Policy Dialogue, highlighting why transparency needs to extend across the infrastructure that connects mines to markets.

A critical-minerals investment rarely involves just one project. A mine may depend on a road, railway, port, power supply or water system to operate and reach markets. But when information on these projects is held separately, it can be difficult to see how they depend on each other — or where problems in one project could affect another.

Olive highlighted how tools such as OC4IDS can help connect project-level information, giving governments and other stakeholders a clearer picture of these dependencies and supporting better planning, coordination and risk management.