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 Electoral Observation Mission (EOM) of the Organization of American States (OAS0 began its process of formal installation in Guatemala, with the purpose of observing the general elections of September 11.
The presence of the EOM/OAS responds to an invitation from the government of Guatemala based on which the OAS Secretary General, José Miguel Insulza, appointed José Octavio Bordón as Chief of Mission. The Special Advisor to the Secretary General has been in Guatemala since August 29 leading the observation activities.
On this occasion, the Chief of the EOM/OAS has conducted three preliminary visits to Guatemala to assess the pre-electoral environment. During the course of this week, Bordón will hold interviews and meetings with various electoral, political and government authorities as well as with representatives from the international community.
For the general elections, the Mission expects to deploy 86 observers throughout the Guatemalan territory beginning next week, with the purpose of following the development of the administration and organization of the elections as well as of the political campaign. Furthermore, during the EOM/OAS two pilot methodologies will be put into practice: one of gender and the other of electoral financing, to analyze the interaction of these two issues during the elections.
José Octavio Bordón has an extensive political career; he is the former ambassador of Argentina to the White House, former senator and congressman from the Province of Mendoza, and former presidential candidate in 1995. Bordón has headed other OAS observation missions, including those for the presidential elections in the Dominican Republic in 2008 and in Panamá in 2009.
The EOM/OAS hopes the electoral process of September 11 will be conducted in a normal and peaceful environment.
For more information, please visit the OAS Website at www.oas.org.