CoST Infrastructure Data Standard (CoST IDS) 

CoST – the Infrastructure Transparency Initiative (CoST) is one of the leading global initiatives improving transparency and accountability in public infrastructure.

CoST 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 Infrastructure Data Standard (CoST IDS) promotes the disclosure of 40 data points to be published at key CoST IDS stages of the project cycle including identification, preparation, completion, procurement and implementation. CoST, an Infrastructure Transparency Initiative.

Key to the process is data disclosure in accordance with the CoST Infrastructure Data Standard (CoST IDS) and the Open Contracting for Infrastructure Data Standard (OC4IDS).