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.
Ministers of Public Security of the Americas Meet in Lima to Seek Solutions to Crime, Violence and Insecurity
November 17, 2015
The Ministers of Public Security of the Americas will meet in Lima on November 19 and 20, convened by the Organization of American States (OAS) to discuss measures and programs focused on the prevention of the scourges of crime, violence and insecurity.
The opening session of the Fifth Meeting of Ministers Responsible for Public Security of the Americas (MISPA), will take place on Thursday at 9:00 local time (13:00 GMT) at the Westin Lima Hotel & Convention Center, in the Peruvian capital. The event will feature the participation of the OAS Secretary General, Luis Almagro, and the president of the Council of Ministers of Peru, Pedro Cateriano Bellido.
The meeting's agenda will focus on the evaluation of initiatives and social programs to reduce risk factors and promote greater social inclusion and alternatives to prevent crime, violence and insecurity. Also during the meeting, ministers will analyze how the collection, standardization and analysis of data is crucial for the design and implementation of public policies in this area as well as the analysis of available data at the hemispheric level.
More information on the MISPA V is available here.
Press contact: Organization of American States: Gina Ochoa ([email protected])
Ministry of the Interior of Peru: Alexandra del Carpio ([email protected])
WHAT: V Meeting of Ministers Responsible for Public Security in the Americas (MISPAV)
WHEN: November 19 -20, 2015 - Opening Session: Thursday, November 19, 9:00 local time (13:00 GMT)
WHERE: Westin Lima Hotel & Convention Center - Limatambo room (Calle Las Begonias 450, San Isidro district, Lima, Peru)