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.
Here you will find information related to the GS/OAS Procurement Operations, including a list of procurement notices for formal bids, links to the performance contract and travel control measure reports, the applicable procurement rules and regulations, and the training and qualifications of its staff.
The OAS Treasurer certifies the financial statements of all funds managed or administered by the GS/OAS. Here you will find the latest general purpose financial reports for the main OAS funds, as well as OAS Quarterly Financial Reports (QFRs).
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.
FOOD SECURITY, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, THE FOCUS AS OAS GROUP OF
FRIENDS OF HAITI MEET IN WASHINGTON
August 1, 2008
Food security and rural development in Haiti took center stage as the Organization of American States (OAS) Group of Friends of Haiti, representing member countries and observers to the hemispheric body, met at OAS headquarters this week to review ongoing projects and new initiatives with that country, and to facilitate information sharing among the partners.
OAS Assistant Secretary General Albert R. Ramdin, Chair of the organization’s Haiti Task Force, called the meeting that also included delegates of other multilateral institutions. Highlights of the Assistant Secretary General’s presentation included information on the establishment of an OAS Haiti Fund to facilitate the organization’s mandates and priorities in Haiti as well as to be able to respond to specific requests from the Haitian government. Ramdin took the opportunity to reiterate “the willingness of the OAS to work closely within the Inter-American system and other partners to support Haiti’s current needs in terms of the revitalization of the agricultural sector and in opening up the country to infrastructural development support.”
The Group of Friends received an update on the political situation in Haiti from that country’s Permanent Representative to the OAS, Ambassador Duly Brutus; an oral report on the recent Madrid Donor Conference from PADF Director General John Sanbrailo; and information from IICA, PADF, Young Americas Business Trust (YABT) and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) on their respective cooperation programs with Haiti. Joseph Simon Milien, Director General in Haiti’s Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Rural Development outlined his country’s plan to tackle the issue of food security. Pamela Coke-Hamilton, Director of Trade and Tourism, presented information on efforts of the OAS to launch the Executive Program Initiative with the National Institute for Administration, Management and Higher International Studies (INAGHEI) in Haiti aimed at capacity-building and governance strengthening.
Ramdin also signaled that “while the OAS fully understands that the nomination and confirmation of a new Prime Minister reside with the Haitian Legislature and the Executive Branch, the absence of a government could impact negatively on the execution of projects in Haiti and on donor assistance.” Assistant Secretary General Ramdin also reminded the Group that “the OAS and its entire membership should be encouraged by the ongoing efforts by all in Haiti to support governance.”