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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.
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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.
OAS and REDLAD Sign Agreement to Strengthen Civil Society Voices
February 18, 2020
Photo: OAS
The Organization of American States (OAS) and the Latin American and Caribbean Network for Democracy (REDLAD) today agreed to join efforts to strengthen civil society for the defense of human rights, the promotion of sustainable development and social cohesion in the hemisphere, in the framework of a visit by the Secretary General of the hemispheric institution, Luis Almagro, to Panama.
Secretary General Almagro highlighted that the signing of the agreement was a step forward in strengthening the participation of civil society in the different political spaces of the OAS. “We need clear rules so that the different spokespeople of civil society can express their positions in the Organization,” said Almagro.
For his part, the General Coordinator of REDLAD, Enrique Obarrio, recalled that the two institutions have carried out joint efforts to strengthen the participation of civil society in all areas of society. “REDLAD has accompanied the efforts to the OAS to strengthen the participation of civil society in the various events of the Organization like Assemblies, and Summits of the Americas. That is why we have made available various methodologies for dialogue and have also supported the building of civil society proposals such as the coalition system,” said Obarrio.
REDLAD has participated as a civil society organization with the OAS for more than a decade.