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.
In a show of solidarity and as part of its ongoing efforts to mobilize resources and help bring major relief to the people of Haiti, the Organization of American States Assistant Secretary General, Albert R. Ramdin and Friends of Haiti will host a special fundraising reception at the historic Hall of the Americas of the Organization of American States, tomorrow January 22 at 6:00 p.m. “In these difficult days experienced by the people of a founding member of the OAS, we each have to reach out and assist the Haitian people in their time of need. Let this be the moment we show our steadfast commitment,” Ramdin urged.
Renowned Haitian art collector Fritz Racine, President of the Haitian Art Society of the Washington Metropolitan Area has generously donated a painting by a famous Haitian artist to be auctioned at the event. In reflecting on the catastrophe that has befallen his native Haiti, Racine said “I am pleased to be able to make this contribution and to show the way we would like the country to be, filled with joy and greenery. That’s not the way it is now. We must rebuild.”
The fundraiser will also showcase some of the finest wines and spirits of the Americas generously donated by OAS Member States and Friends of Haiti. Proceeds will be handed over to the Pan-American Development Foundation, an affiliate and natural disaster relief arm of the Organization of American States to leverage additional financial support to help the earthquake relief effort.
Invited guests include OAS leadership, Haitian diplomats, policymakers and representatives of international organizations who are working together to provide both immediate relief and long-term support to Haiti.