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.
Carolina Peña has been working at the Department of Sustainable Development since 2001. Ms. Pena is originally from Bolivia. She held a bachelor degree in Business Administration from Universidad Privada de Santa Cruz de la Sierra and a Master's of Science in Environment and Energy Management from the George Washington University.
From July 2004 to October 2008, she assisted in the implementation of the Inter-American Biodiversity Information Network Project (IABIN). The goal of this 5-year project is to provide accessible and standard biodiversity information required by the 34 countries of the Americas to improve decision-making, particularly on human development and biodiversity issues.
In 2008, Carolina joined the Energy and Climate Change Mitigation Section as an Energy Specialist, assisting the Division staff to address the needs of the OAS in the area of energy policy and delivery of technical assistance of the projects located in the OAS Member States. She is directly providing technical support to the European Union funded Project "Increasing the Sustainability of the Energy Sector in the Caribbean through improved governance and management", but also known as the "Caribbean Sustainable Energy Program (CSEP)."
From April 2010 to July 2012, she was appointed as the Manager of the CSEP Regional Coordinating Unit based in Saint Lucia. This position allowed a close coordination with official national and regional stakeholders such as CARILEC, CARICOM Secretariat, OECS Secretariat, the Caribbean Sustainable Energy Programme financed by GIZ (CREDP/GIZ) among others.