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 Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM) was created as a hemispheric policy forum for women’s rights and gender equality. Since its establishment in 1928, CIM has brought together women from throughout the region in order to identify and debate issues of particular concern, beginning with universal suffrage and other civil and political rights, across the full spectrum of rights to include issues such as violence against women, sexual and reproductive health, economic security and political leadership.
CIM Assembly of Delegates
The CIM Assembly of Delegates is held every three years and brings together the CIM Delegates from each of the OAS Member States in order to examine issues of hemispheric concern and propose and debate policy and programmatic solutions. CIM Delegates are usually the highest responsible authority (minister, secretary or equivalent) for gender and women’s issues within the government of their respective countries. More information
CIM Executive Committee The CIM Executive Committee is a smaller body made up of nine OAS member states, which are elected during the CIM Assembly of Delegates for a two-year period. The Committee meets
a minimum of twice a year in order to address issues of immediate concern and review the progress made by the
Executive Secretariat, the Secretary-General and the General Assembly in fulfillment of the Commission’s mandates. More information