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.
JAMAICA RECEIVES OAS CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS HURRICANE RELIEF
September 21, 2004
The Organization of American States today contributed $25,000 towards recovery efforts in Jamaica, after Hurricane Ivan killed 17 persons and left significant material damage recently.
This contribution, derived from the OAS’ Inter-American Emergency Aid Fund (FONDEM), may be small but “has behind it the will of the member states” to boost natural disaster mitigation initiatives, Assistant Secretary General Luigi Einaudi told Jamaica’s Permanent Representative, Ambassador Gordon Shirley.
Einaudi lauded the resilience of Jamaicans amid the hurricane’s significant human and material toll, and underscored the OAS’ commitment to cooperation and to speaking out “as conscience” on the need to mitigate natural disaster impact. “There has been an effort by the inter-American system to respond,” he declared, noting Secretary General Miguel Ángel Rodríguez has convened a meeting for today to discuss with the heads of various inter-American agencies strategies to better respond to hurricanes and other natural disasters in the Caribbean.
Meanwhile, Executive Director of the Pan American Development Foundation John Sanbraillo spoke about current PADF disaster relief efforts in Jamaica, reporting that emergency packages, including tents, blankets and other relief supplies, had already been delivered to Jamaica, compliments of the Chevron-Texaco Company.
Ambassador Shirley thanked the OAS for its longstanding tradition of assisting Jamaica with disaster relief. He remarked that, “This little setback, while important, won’t deter us from the forward momentum.”
The Jamaican envoy also called for a more coordinated strategy to help Caribbean countries tackle these inevitable yearly natural disasters. He urged the OAS to continue to work with the affected Caribbean countries “to find a more effective response mechanism and a more effective way of mitigating the damage in the countries of the region.” He said CARICOM countries stand ready to participate in such initiatives that would greatly benefit the region.