The Construction Sector Transparency Initiative-Afghanistan (COST) on Tuesday signed an agreement with the Ministries of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MoRRD) and Public Works (MoPW) which will see the trio share all information regarding their building projects with the public.
This is in an effort to ensure the projects are being implemented transparently.
Economic minister, Abdul Sattar Murad, said publicizing such information is a step toward bringing reforms and that COST - which falls under the ministry of economy - will monitor all projects seriously.
Murad said they are going to sign more agreements with other government institutions in future so as to share their project information with the people.
"Sharing information with the people is the start of a transparency process. The thing that we need in Afghanistan is transparency in government activities and in spending money," said Murad.
"The information will be released according to the procedure of the Construction Sector Transparency Initiative-Afghanistan and after the release of the information, in the second phase, the information will be categorized and then we will assess the information as to whether it is correct or not," Sebghatulah Karimi, COST's national coordinator said.
Meanwhile, MoRRD and MoPW officials said they will share all project information with the people.
The Minister of Rural Rehabilitation and Development Nasir Ahmad Durani said they had established an information bank at the ministry that not only contains information about the implemented projects, but also information about future projects.
"I am ready to share information about current or future projects. Also, I am ready to share the information about our activities in the past 13 years. We have digitalized the information and you can access to it," said Durani.
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