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.
TRADE UNDERSTANDING AND ENVIRONMENTAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT TO BE SIGNED FEBRUARY 18
February 16, 2005
Seven governments, all members of the Organization of American States (OAS), will sign an Environmental Cooperation Agreement and an Understanding Regarding the Establishment of a Secretariat for Environmental Matters under the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement, or “CAFTA,” on Friday, February 18, 2005. Both the Understanding and the Agreement promote sound environmental practices, the former by instituting a mechanism to aid in the implementation of the environmental provisions of CAFTA and the latter by establishing a framework for cooperation in environmental protection.
Senior representatives from the governments of Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and the United States will sign the instruments.
WHAT: Signing of Environmental Cooperation Agreement
and CAFTA Letter of Understanding
WHEN: Friday, February 18, 2005
TIME: 10:00 a.m.
VENUE: Hall of the Americas
OAS Main Building
17th Street & constitution Ave., NW
Washington, DC
NOTE TO THE MEDIA: The signing ceremony will be open to the press. Media representatives will be required to present press credentials. Media with electronic equipment (TV cameras, etc.) should arrive at 9:00 a.m. to clear security and complete set up by 9:30 a.m. Other members of the press should arrive by 9:30 AM. The event will be web cast live over the Internet at www.oas.org.