The CoST Global Program now being established is a partnership between participating countries and international stakeholders. Building on experience from a successful three-year pilot program, it will provide technical and financial support to countries' own CoST programs and facilitate international exchange of experience and knowledge to improve transparency in public construction around the world. The program will be launched in 2012, once international funding is established and available, and is expected to run 10 to 20 years, subject to periodic reviews.
This report details the keynote speeches, workshop discussions and main talking points from the launch of CoST's pilot phase. The event took place in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in May 2008. Over 80 individuals attended the event from all pilot countries, representing the three key stakeholder groups participating in CoST. DFID and the World Bank were also represented at the conference.
This two year workplan sets out the main areas of responsibility for the international secretariat across CoST's pilot phase. It was reviewed by key stakeholders during a meeting in London in August 2008 and will be revisited at the end of the first year of implementation.
The following document is a record of the discussion that took place amongst stakeholders from all CoST pilot countries during a meeting in August 2008. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the operational arrangements for CoST during the pilot phase of the initiative.
