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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.
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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 Digitalizes and Catalogues 2.5 million Vital Statistics Records in Seven Countries of the Eastern Caribbean
April 7, 2014
The Organization of American States (OAS), through its Universal Civil Identity Program in the Americas (PUICA), has completed a project to assist the Civil Registries in Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to digitalize vital statistical information.
PUICA initiated its Eastern Caribbean Modernization Project three years ago to scan vital statistic certificates and input this information on searchable databases. During the implementation of the project some 2.5 million records of vital statistics were digitalized and catalogued.
Electronic databases of birth, death, marriage and divorces offer increased efficiency and lower costs. Vital statistics information, produced by the civil registries and virtually stored, can help provide social services to those who are entitled to it. It can increase the efficiency of land titling and help provide for cleaner voter rolls.
During the project, PUICA purchased equipment, developed software and trained data entry clerks to scan and input information from books containing birth, death, marriage, adoption and legitimization certificates. The Governments of Canada, Luxembourg and South Korea made contributions that allowed for the completion of the project.
Civil registry authorities from the six countries met in St. Vincent and the Grenadines in October of 2013 to discuss the progress made and to plan next steps to use the data. Those next steps could include connecting the databases with passport offices and other state entities in charge of issuing the Multi-Purpose Identification Card, and linking hospitals with the civil registry for bedside registration.
The OAS Universal Civil Identity Project of the Americas supports member states in their efforts to eradicate under-registration, in order to ensure recognition of the right to civil identity for all persons in the region. All the activities of PUICA are geared towards fulfilling the five objectives set by the Inter-American Program for Universal Civil Registry and the Right to Identity: universalization and accessibility of civil registration and the right to identity, strengthening policies, public institutions and legislation, promoting participation and awareness on the issue, identifying best practices, and encouraging international and regional cooperation.
For more information, please visit the OAS Website at www.oas.org.
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