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 INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS SIGN AGREEMENT ON
DISASTER RISK REDUCTION IN LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN
March 11, 2004
OAS Secretary General César Gaviria and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Cresecent Societies’ Secretary General Markku Niskala signed a historic agreement today to step up cooperation to reduce vulnerability to natural disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean. The agreement calls for developing and implementing joint initiatives to support OAS member states in Latin America and the Caribbean “in achieving a process of vulnerability reduction” through the coordinated efforts of the International Federation, National Red Cross societies, and the OAS.
Under the agreement, the OAS and the Geneva-based International Federation will identify areas consistent with their respective objectives and mandates and the objectives of OAS member states to help improve conditions for those living in areas prone to natural disasters. Cooperation will focus on reducing or eliminating “avoidable vulnerability to such disasters.”
Underscoring the importance of this collaboration, Niskala cited the vast experience both institutions are bringing to the effort, and noted his organization is already engaged in grass-roots programs in a number of Central American countries.
For his part, Gaviria stressed the OAS’ admiration for the work of the Red Cross worldwide, underscoring as well the expertise developed by the OAS over the years in natural disaster prevention, particularly in the Caribbean. He welcomed this new initiative, saying it will undoubtedly help raise awareness among the populations but also among public and civil society organizations.
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