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.
Assistant Secretary General will participate in the annual meeting of the Caribbean and Central America
Assistant Secretary General, Albert Ramdin, will participate in the 33rd Edition of the Annual Conference of "Caribbean-Central American Action" (CCAA), which will take place from November 30 until December 2 in Miami, Florida, where Ramdin together with Secretary of State of the United States, Hilary Clinton, and Minister of Foreign Affairs for the Americas of Canada, Peter Kent, will realize a presentation. Presidents and Ministers from other nations of the hemisphere will also participate in the conference, as well as representatives of the private sector and of think tanks committed with the issues of development, environment, and the economy in the region.
Multilateral Initiative of Education for Human Development
On Tuesday November 10, the OAS presented in Buenos Aires, Argentina the “Multilateral initiative of Education for Human Development” a project done jointly with institutions such as Virtual Educa, the Latin-American Parliament (Parlatino), UNESCO, through its Regional Bureau of Education for Latin America and the Caribbean (OREALC), and the Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD). The Multilateral Initiative’s objective is to promote education for human development in Latin America and the Caribbean from an innovative, inclusive and high-impact perspective. Its lines of action include technical and vocational training, secondary education, multilateral programs, information and communication, as well as knowledge management.
The OAS supports the Inter-American Conference of Social Protection
The representative of the OAS in Mexico, Ambassador Oscar Maúrtua de Romaña, recently participated in the XXV General Assembly of the Inter-American Conference of Social Security (CISS), which took place in Guatemala City and during which the Declaration of Guatemala was signed. "For a culture of Social Security in the Americas," an incentive promoted by the Inter-American Center for Social Security Studies (CIESS), the International Association of Social Security (AISS), the Ibero-American Organization of Social Organization (OISS), and the International Labor Organization (ILO). Through the mentioned participation, the OAS reiterated its commitment of promoting social security, taking into account that it is a human right that must be strengthened and protected.
The governments of Ecuador and Paraguay present their new Permanent Representatives to the OAS
The Government of Ecuador presented last October the new Permanent Representative of Ecuador to the OAS, Ambassador Francisco Proaño Arandí. Proaño was the Sub-secretary of International Relations in 2003, and is a well-known writer and diplomat. Likewise, the Government of Paraguay appointed Ambassador Hugo Bernardino Saguier Caballero as the new Permanent Representative to the Organization. Ambassador Saguier is a diplomat and politician whom until recently was the Secretary General of ALADI.