A press release from the Initiative CoST reads:
The initiative CoST Guatemala, composed of representatives from government, private sector and civil society, presented the results of their analysis of 13 projects to build public infrastructure in Guatemala. From this analysis, Guatemala CoST recommends changes to Guatecompras, implementing procedures to increase transparency in the procurement of emergency works and ensure that management works are not undertaken by nongovernmental organizations (NGOs).
For the analysis, CoST studied the degree of disclosure of 13 randomly selected projects. These 13 projects are in charge of 6 entities that collaborated with COST:
General Directorate of Roads (DGC)
Road Maintenance Fund (COVIAL
Ministry of Culture and Sports (MCD)
Municipal Development Institute (INFOM)
National Peace Fund (FONAPAZ)
Municipality of Guatemala
On average, the level of disclosure in these 13 projects started out at 26.50 percent of the key information required by Guatemalan law. After CoST required organizations to publish information missing from their projects, the level of disclosure rose to 74.93 percent, on average.
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The commission is composed by representatives of the private sector, civil society, academy and Government, and will oversee the construction of public infrastructure.
The finance ministry (Minfin), informed the creation of this commision, which is part of a World Bank sponsored initiative, called Cost.
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