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.
OAS and Trinidad and Tobago to Hold Press Conference on Preparations for VIII Americas Competitiveness Forum
May 8, 2014
The Organization of American States (OAS) and the Government of Trinidad and Tobago will hold a press conference, this Friday, May 9, in Port of Spain to discuss the preparations for the 8th Americas Competitiveness Forum, to be held in the city October, 8-10.
During the event, Bhoendradatt Tewarie, Minister of Planning and Sustainable Development of Trinidad and Tobago and Chair Pro Tempore of the Inter-American Competitiveness Network (RIAC) 2014, and Maryse Robert, Director of the OAS Department of Economic and Social Development, will discuss preparations for the Forum, which has as its theme and central focus “The Human Imagination at Work: Driving Competitiveness, Powering Innovation,” as well as the meeting of the RIAC Steering Committee on Friday in Port of Spain and the RIAC Task Force on Innovation and Entrepreneurship to be held Saturday.
The Americas Competitiveness Forum is the premier medium in the western hemisphere bringing together governments, business leaders and academics to discuss innovative methods to achieve economic competitiveness and promote innovation in the Caribbean and the Americas. It arose from the recognition of the need to promote trade, entrepreneurialism, address immigration reforms and highlight the importance of investments in Research & Development (R&D) as a key tool for competitiveness. It is also meant to address the fact that the Latin American and Caribbean region lags behind the rest of the Americas in terms of income equality and the level of investment that occurs in R&D.
The members of RIAC are the Competitiveness Authorities and Councils of the countries of the Americas, which are supported in their work by institutions such as the Development Bank of Latin America (CAF), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the Compete Caribbean Program, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) of the United Nations, the Global Federation of Competitiveness Councils (FGCC), International Training Centre for Local Actors (CIFAL), TEC de Monterrey and the World Bank, among others.
WHAT: Press Conference on Preparations for VIII Americas Competitiveness Forum
WHEN: Friday, May 9, 15:30 to 16:00 local time (19:30 to 20:00 GMT)
WHERE: Hummingbird Room, Trinidad Hilton and Conference Centre, Port of Spain