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.
Workshop “Mechanisms to Protect the Rights of Indigenous Peoples”
On Wednesday, October 9, 2013, the Department of International Law of the Secretariat for Legal Affairs of the Organization of American States conducted a workshop on "Mechanisms for Protecting the Rights of Indigenous Peoples" for the delegations of missions to the OAS and General Secretariat staff. The workshop was attended by some 60 individuals, who were awarded a certificate of participation.
In the area of indigenous affairs, the Department has embarked on a "Program of Action on Indigenous Peoples in the Americas" aimed at promoting and strengthening participation by indigenous peoples in internal and international decision-making processes, increasing general social awareness of this topic, training representatives of indigenous peoples in a number of areas contributing to the integral development of their communities, and facilitating the incorporation of indigenous issues into a series of OAS projects and activities.
In these fields, thanks to funding from the German Government (BMZ) and the German International Development Agency (GIZ), the Department of International Law has been able to engage in: activities designed to train and empower indigenous leaders, individuals working in nongovernmental organizations, and government officials in a number of OAS member states; and initiatives promoting the rights of indigenous peoples in the Americas, including these workshops held at the headquarters of the General Secretariat.
Workshop Details
Day: October 9, 2013 (9am – 1pm)
Where: 1889 F St. NW, Washington, D.C., 8º floor - Rubén Darío Room.
Participation: open to all interested GS/OAS staff and consultants, as well as staff of Permanent Missions to the OAS.
Languages: The workshop will be held in English and Spanish, with available simultaneous interpretation.
Certificates: At the end of workshop, participation certificates will be issued to attendees.
Organizers: Department of International Law, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
and Inter-American Commission of Women.
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On Wednesday, October 9, 2013, the Department of International Law of the Secretariat for Legal Affairs of the Organization of American States conducted a workshop on "Mechanisms for Protecting the Rights of Indigenous Peoples" for the delegations of missions to the OAS and General Secretariat staff. The workshop was attended by some 60 individuals, who were awarded a certificate of participation.