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Kabul, Afghanistan, Nov 10, 2020 – CoST Afghanistan report on transparency and accountability on the National Infrastructure Projects, highlights key challenges in the implementation and disclosure of project information. According to the report’s findings, the Government of Afghanistan have been prioritized 16 National infrastructure projects in the National Infrastructure Plan (NIP) (2017-2021) under the 1st […]
CoST Afghanistan held the MSG meeting No 30 with the chair of H.E Dr. Karima Hamed Faryabi, the new Acting Minister of Economy on Oct 15, 2020. Representatives from Gov, Private Sector, and CSOs including the new members participated in the meeting. H.E Dr. Faryabi commenced the meeting by pointing to the active participation of […]
CoST Afghanistan held a webinar on disclosure of information of COVID19 infrastructure projects on July 28, 2020. The attendees of the event in particular the CSOs and private sector representatives raised their concerns on non-disclosure of information of COVID19 projects with related government entities at the webinar: The National Procurement Authority, Ministry of Public Health, […]
Infrastructure Transparency Initiative-Afghanistan
CoST-the Infrastructure Transparency Initiative in an international initiative aimed to strengthen transparency and accountability in publicly funded projects by disclosure of information. The initiative works with government, private sector and civil society to promote the disclosure, validation and interpretation of data from infrastructure projects. This helps to inform and empower citizens and enables them to hold decision-makers to account. CoST experience indicates that Informed citizens and responsive public institutions help drive reforms that reduce mismanagement, inefficiency, corruption and the risks posed to the public from poor quality infrastructure. The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan joined the CoST initiative in October 2013 through Ministry of Economy and officially start in 2016. Afterward, the initiative has tried to encourage and inspire the government of Afghanistan procurement entities to disclose the information of public infrastructure projects based on CoST IDS and engage public to the process. therefore, CoST signed MoUs with 12 entities and as a result information of 4315 projects are disclosed.
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CoST- the Infrastructure Transparency Initiative – Afghanistan has 4 core features: Disclosure, Assurance, Multi-stakeholder Group and Social Accountability
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No of Assured project7654
No of projects disclosed2
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No. of Actions taken26
Our partners1655
No of citizens received training280.1 M USD
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MSG Meeting Minutes # 30
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CoST Afghanistan Safeguarding Policy
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CoST Afghanistan Newsletter – April 2020
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