Each year the OAS Secretary General publishes a proposed Program-Budget for the coming calendar year. The OAS General Assembly meets in a Special Session to approve the Program-Budget. Find these documents from 1998-2013 here.
Each year in April, the OAS Board of External Auditors publishes a report covering the previous calendar year’s financial results. Reports covering 1996-2016 may be found here.
Approximately six weeks after the end of each semester, the OAS publishes a Semiannual Management and Performance Report, which since 2013 includes reporting on programmatic results. The full texts may be found here.
Here you will find data on the Human Resources of the OAS, including its organizational structure, each organizational unit’s staffing, vacant posts, and performance contracts.
The OAS executes a variety of projects funded by donors. Evaluation reports are commissioned by donors. Reports of these evaluations may be found here.
The Inspector General provides the Secretary General with reports on the audits, investigations, and inspections conducted. These reports are made available to the Permanent Council. More information may be found here.
The OAS has discussed for several years the real estate issue, the funding required for maintenance and repairs, as well as the deferred maintenance of its historic buildings. The General Secretariat has provided a series of options for funding it. The most recent document, reflecting the current status of the Strategy, is CP/CAAP-3211/13 rev. 4.
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Every year the GS/OAS publishes the annual operating plans for all areas of the Organization, used to aid in the formulation of the annual budget and as a way to provide follow-up on institutional mandates.
Here you will find information related to the OAS Strategic Plan 2016-2020, including its design, preparation and approval.
OAS ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL RAMDIN PRAISED PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION IN THE V SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS
February 11, 2009
The Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American Sates (OAS), Albert Ramdin, recently met with representatives from the Organization Private Sector of the Americas to discuss issues related to the private sector participation in the forums scheduled to be held prior to the V Summit of the Americas and the 39th OAS General Assembly.
During the meeting, Mr. Enrique Obando, Vice-president of the Organization Private Sector of the Americas, extended a formal invitation to Ambassador Ramdin to participate at the II Hemispheric Private Sector Forum: “Promoting Private Sector-Led Prosperity in the Emerging Decade: The Quest for Competitiveness,” to be held in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, April 15th and 16th, 2009 in the framework of the V Summit of the Americas, which will gather the Heads of State of 34 governments of the Western Hemisphere.
Assistant Secretary General Ramdin accepted the invitation and took the opportunity to reiterate the increasing importance of the private sector’s engagement in the decision-making process, in view of the current world economic situation, in which the private sector is playing a key role.
Participants of the meeting considered that the forum will provide room for interaction between government officials and private sector representatives, who will be able to discuss a new perspective for development priorities and shape partnerships towards a shared vision for the America’s development. According to the organizers of the forum, it will be “an opportunity to set the course for a more global and competitive dynamic in the Hemisphere.”
At the conclusion of the meeting, Ambassador Ramdin and the representatives from the Private Sector of the Americas agreed to continue working together in an effort to provide the business community of the region with an opportunity to exchange ideas and communicate their views on the prospects for business growth and human prosperity.