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 Witnesses Signing of Letter of Commitment to Transparency and Access to Public Information in El Salvador
December 9, 2013
The Organization of American States (OAS) acted as a witness to the signing of the Commitment to Transparency and Access to Public Information that was signed today, International Anti-Corruption Day, by the candidates for the Presidency of the Republic of El Salvador for the period 2014-2019, Norman Quijano, Salvador Sánchez Cerén and Elias Antonio Saca González.
Among the main points of the agreement are the commitment of the presidential candidates to respect the commitments, principles and purposes established by the Law on Access to Public Information; to manage public funds in a transparent manner; and to require that ministries comply with the Law on Access to Public Information and provide the information requested by citizens in a timely and accurate manner. In addition, they undertake to promote the strengthening of the Institute for Access to Public Information, guaranteeing its independence and providing an adequate operating budget.
Meanwhile, the Institute for Access to Public Information agrees to comply with the obligations established by the Law on Access to Public Information and provide advice on policy developments in the field.
The Commitment signed today is one of several actions being undertaken by the OAS, civil society, government agencies, the Institute of Access to Public Information, and the international community to improve the quality of democracy and full respect for the rule of law.
For more information, please visit the OAS Website at www.oas.org.