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.
OAS to Hold Small Hotels Forum in Antigua and Barbuda
July 9, 2012
The Organization of American States (OAS) is organizing a forum for Caribbean Small Hotels in Antigua and Barbuda that will provide owners and operators access to new information on service quality, the culture of hospitality, social responsibility, marketing, technological tools and information systems for the tourism sector and the use of social media by small hotels. The forum will be held at the Antigua and Barbuda Hospitality Training Institute in Antigua from July 12 to 13.
The forum, arranged in conjunction with the Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Authority with the support of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and the governments of Luxembourg and Serbia, is part of the Small Tourism Enterprise Network initiative.
The initiative is part of the Office of Tourism’s Sustainable Tourism Program for 2012 under the auspices of the Small Tourism Enterprise Network (STEN) Project and focuses on improving the competitiveness of small and medium tourism enterprises. Owners and operators of small hotels from 14 Caribbean countries as well as public sector officials involved with the development and support of the small hotels sub-sector in the region are expected to participate.
WHAT: Caribbean Small Hotel Forum
WHEN: July 12-13, 2012
WHERE: Antigua and Barbuda Hospitality Training Institute, St. Johns, Antigua