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 Ministry of Justice of Costa Rica Signed Cooperation Agreement to Prevent Violence
January 15, 2014
The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, and the Minister for Justice and Peace of Costa Rica, Ana Isabel Garita, today signed a cooperation agreement between the two organizations under the terms of which the multilateral institution will provide technical advice for the monitoring and evaluation of its program for the prevention of violence and the promotion of social inclusion in the Central American country.
The agreement was signed at the headquarters of the Ministry of Justice in the district of Zapote, in San José, Costa Rica . The ceremony was witnessed by the Minister of Public Security of Costa Rica, Mario Zamora, and the representative of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in the country, Fernando Quevedo. The multilateral cooperation bank funded the implementation of the program.
Under the agreement, the government of Costa Rica and the General Secretariat of the OAS will share information related to the program and hold meetings to improve its performance and efficiency. The agreement specifically aims to strengthen the institutional capacity of the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Justice and Peace, as the governing bodies of political control and prevention of violence, respectively; and to strengthen violence prevention programs focused on at-risk children and youth in critical areas.
Speaking at the signing ceremony, the Secretary General stressed that the overall objective of the program is to "contribute to the decrease in violent crime in the country," and more specifically "to increase the effectiveness of the police force at the national level," "reduce the crime rate of at-risk youth in the areas of influence of the program," and "reduce recidivism rates."
In that sense, he added, "the Department of Public Security of the OAS will advise, monitor and evaluate the program at the request of the Ministry of Justice and Peace, through visits and reports to verify compliance with international standards regarding the activities taking place."
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