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 Trains Costa Rican Officials in the Fight against Human Trafficking
July 1, 2010
The Organization of American States (OAS), through its Department of Public Security (DPS), began the program, “Capacity Building of Security Forces, Immigration Officials, Prosecutors and Judges in Central America to Prevent and Combat Human Trafficking, especially that Involving Women and Children,” today, July 1st, in Costa Rica.
The two-day program seeks to broaden knowledge in the crime of human trafficking among police authorities; to strengthen the role of police, prosecutors and courts in their capacity to apply the laws against trafficking; to increase the exchange of information between the organizations involved in the fight against human trafficking in the Central American region; and to strengthen the capacity of law enforcement to protect victims.
With these goals, the program directed by OAS experts will train law enforcement officials in subjects such as the distinction between human trafficking and smuggling, management of a crime scene, victim identification, assistance and protection of victims, and standardized operating procedures for immigration control. It is hoped to be able to train at least 40 police officials, prosecutors and judges. The training course is supported with funding from the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).
The crime of human trafficking is a modern form of slavery and a violation of human rights that involves not only sexual exploitation but also hard labor, involuntary servitude and the use of children in armed conflicts, among other forms of exploitation.
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