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 Deploys Mission to Municipal Elections in Costa Rica
February 2, 2016
The Electoral Observation Mission of the Organization of American States (OAS/EOM) headed by the former Uruguayan Deputy Minister Edgardo Ortuño, began its activities today in preparation for municipal elections to be held on Sunday, February 7th in Costa Rica.
Today, the Chief of Mission and the President of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal of Costa Rica, Luis Antonio Sobrado, signed the Agreement for Observation Procedure, which guarantees the Mission access to all information related to the organization and supervision of the electoral process. In the days before the election, the Mission will hold meetings with electoral and government authorities, as well as with candidates, members of civil society, and security forces.
Sunday´s election will be the first time that voters will choose all the municipal representatives in Costa Rica. The Electoral Code of 2009 established that local elections must occur on the same day and at mid-term (two years after presidential elections). The OAS highlights the importance of these elections as part of the process of decentralization and empowerment of local communities and reiterates the role of citizen participation in strengthening this process.
The Mission is made up of 21 experts and observers who will be deployed in the seven provinces of the country to carry out a detailed analysis of the technical aspects of the election process and monitor the voting and vote counting process.
In 1962, Costa Rica was the first member state to which the OAS deployed a Mission and has since observed 11 elections there. Costa Rica stands out for its solidarity of its democratic system. On Monday, the Mission will make public its preliminary observations. Once the process is completed, a report will be delivered to the Permanent Council of the OAS that will include comments and recommendations.
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