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.
The Organization of American States (OAS) and the Government of The Bahamas will establish Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs) in the Caribbean country, according to an agreement signed today by OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro and the Minister of State for Finance of the The Bahamas, Michael Halkitis, in the context of the Ninth Inter-American Meeting of Ministers of Education in Nassau.
Upon signing the agreement, Secretary General Almagro highlighted that “Entrepreneurship coupled with innovation has the power to transform our economies and societies, open new frontiers for growth and competitiveness, while generating more opportunities for progress for those left behind."
For his part, Minister of State Halkitis emphasized that “the small business sector is the driving force for social and economic development within any economy,” and said he looked forward to continued cooperation with the OAS.
The OAS Caribbean Small Business Development Center (SBDC) program, recently joined by The Bahamas, seeks to leverage the tradition of success of such centers in the United States, which funds the program. The small business development centers provide the supporting framework for the provision of technical assistance through extensive one – on – one, long term professional business advising, low cost training and other specialized services to small and medium businesses.