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 2023 Cybersecurity Symposium to Feature 300 Experts from Private and Public Sector, Academia and International Organizations
October 17, 2023
The Cybersecurity Program of the Inter-American Committee against Terrorism (CICTE) of the Organization of American States (OAS) will hold on October 18 to 19, the ninth edition of the Cybersecurity Symposium. This discussion forum related to cybersecurity trends aims to exchange of information, as well as raise awareness about cybersecurity in different topics such as data analysis, internet privacy and security trends, public cybersecurity policies, and cybercrime, among other topics.
The symposium will feature participants and panelists from the public sector, private sector companies associated with the cybersecurity program, academics from international universities, and specialists from the OAS. The event is intended for decision makers, specialists from cyberattack response centers, cybersecurity bodies and the general public interested in cybersecurity.
The event will include the participation of:
• The Minister of Economic Affairs of The Bahamas, Michael Halkitis, • The Deputy Prime Minister of The Bahamas and Minister of Tourism Investments and Aviation, Chester Cooper, • The Acting National Cyber Director of the White House, Kemba Walden, • The Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the U.S. Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy, Jennifer Bachus, and • The Executive Secretary of the Inter-American Committee against Terrorism (CICTE) of the OAS, Alison August Treppel
The event will include panel discussions on emerging techs and human rights, risk analysis of new technologies from a gender perspective, incident handling in the Caribbean, and a presentation on risks and trends in the financial sector by the Vice President and Chief Security Officer of Mastercard, Brian Hansen.