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.
Consultation and Workshop for Financiers: Financing Sustainable Energy in the Caribbean
Investment in energy projects is a long-term proposition. Governments and investors face considerable risks, and challenges, which vary by region and the stage of the energy chain which includes the failure to internalize all costs of conventional energy (e.g., effects of air pollution, risk of supply disruption) and failure to internalize all benefits of sustainable energy (e.g., cleaner air, energy security).
In that context, there is a minor penetration of renewable energy and energy efficiency projects in the Caribbean region. This is due mainly to high economic costs and unattractive investment conditions or rates of return.
As a result, the Organization of American States through the European Union-funded Initiative, Caribbean Sustainable Energy Program - CSEP and the Caribbean Renewable Energy Development Programme (CREDP/GIZ) and the Organization of Eastern Caribbean Energy Labeling Project - ECELP with the support of the Caribbean Confederation of Credit Unions (CCCU) co-hosted the consultation and workshop for financiers under the theme Financing Sustainable Energy in the Caribbean.
One of the outcomes of the workshop was get feedback from participants to improve the content of the Financiers Guide to Sustainable Energy for the Caribbean. This guide aims to demonstrate the options available today to financial institutions in order for them to seize the opportunity to further support Eastern Caribbean community development by expanding their portfolios and lending capabilities in sustainable energy.