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.
The Organization of American States (OAS) has launched two intensive educational courses on trade, the environment and related topics in partnership with the Washington College of Law of American University, George Washington University, and the World Trade Organization (WTO).
The two courses are titled, “Trade and Environment,” and “OAS-WTO Course on Multilateral and Regional Trade for the Americas.” These initiatives, by the OAS Department of Sustainable Development and the OAS Department of Economic Development, Trade and Tourism, have brought together students and renowned experts from the Western Hemisphere with the objective of providing practical tools and know-how to the participants on the critical issues of trade, the environment and related topics.
During a reception this week to inaugurate the undertaking, OAS Assistant Secretary General Albert R. Ramdin highlighted the importance of collaboration in proceeding towards the solution to the challenges that face the countries of the hemisphere today, and reiterated the Hemispheric Organization’s commitment to provide the leaders of the future with the tools they need to make a difference.
“Over the past decades we have gone through many challenges in the Hemisphere,” asserted Ambassador Ramdin. “These seminars are very important and we hope they will benefit you as well as the communities where you come from. Though we have made much progress, we should not be complacent but rather strive to improve economic and environmental conditions for all of our peoples.”
Finally, he recalled that “the OAS is committed to working with our partners in these areas.”
A gallery of photos of the event is available here.
For more information, please visit the OAS Website at www.oas.org.