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Analysis, success stories and best practices on public investment monitoring, artificial intelligence and transparency, written by the Interkont team.

Featured2 min · August 2026

Over fifteen years monitoring the public sector: what we’ve learned about government investment

More than 200,000 projects and USD 20 billion under supervision led us to an uncomfortable conclusion: the problem is rarely a lack of data; it is a lack of visibility into it.

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Success stories

Housing: unit-by-unit tracking with on-site evidence

COBRA Housing verifies the progress of each home improvement with geotagged photo records and subsidy control.

1 min · August 2026
GovTech

Full traceability: what it really means for a public entity

Beyond the rhetoric, traceability means being able to answer three questions about every dollar invested: who approved it, what it was spent on and what evidence supports it.

1 min · August 2026
GovTech

Citizen participation: oversight that multiplies transparency

When citizens can check the progress of public works in their area, oversight is no longer the government’s alone; it becomes collective.

1 min · August 2026
Product

On-Premise or SaaS: how to choose a COBRA licensing model

Data sovereignty, predictable costs and scalability. A practical guide to choosing the option that best fits your entity.

1 min · August 2026
Success stories

Ministry of the Interior: live investment monitoring

How a national entity moved from monthly spreadsheet reports to a dashboard with real-time alerts on projects and contracts.

1 min · August 2026
Artificial intelligence

How Eye Control detects safety violations on construction sites

IK Labs’ visual recognition analyzes inspectors’ photo records and verifies hard hats, vests and workforce presence with no extra manual work.

1 min · August 2026
Artificial intelligence

DataWiz AI: asking your data questions in natural language

Enterprise conversational AI removes the dependence on technical teams to get answers about projects, contracts and budget execution.

1 min · August 2026
Public procurement

Quoting through the IAD Catalog: the fast track to procuring technology

Colombia Compra Eficiente’s Demand Aggregation Instrument lets entities procure solutions from the Government Virtual Store without a lengthy bidding process.

1 min · August 2026
Product

From paper-based procedures to traceable digital processes with COBRA BPM

Automating pre-contract workflows cuts turnaround times, eliminates errors and records who did what at every stage.

1 min · August 2026

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