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 General Secretariat Supports Road Safety to Save Lives across the Americas
June 13, 2024
The General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) is joining the international call to mobilize resources to build safer roads and improve existing roads to ensure the safety of the people of the Americas.
Specifically, the OAS is encouraging ambitious and action-focused commitments that can be shared by Transport and Health Ministers at the upcoming 4th Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety to be hosted by WHO and the Moroccan Government in February 2025, to meet Sustainable Development Goal 3.6: “By 2030, halve the number of global deaths and injuries from road traffic accidents.”
Road trauma is the biggest killer of young people aged 5-24 years of age. An estimated 143,000 people are killed and more than 9,000,000 suffer life-changing injuries in road crashes in the Americas every year, with an estimated annual cost to the region’s economy of US $1.4 trillion or 4.7% of annual GDP.
Recognizing the urgency in meeting the target for 3-star or better global standard for all road users by 2030 yielding an estimated return of investment of $8 for every $1 invested in road infrastructure, the OAS General Secretariat encourages the mobilization of appropriate domestic, international, development bank and private-sector results-based financing. 3-star roads include sidewalks, a good road surface, street lighting, and a wide centerline separating oncoming vehicles, among other elements.
Additionally, the OAS is urging targeted road safety investment that supports safety for these most vulnerable and valuable citizens to ensure children can travel to and from school safely every day, and that active mobility supports the transition to safe and sustainable 3-star or better mobility for all.
To attain these goals, the OAS supports partnerships with development agencies, donors and civil society actors including the Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety, FIA Foundation, iRAP, Aleatica Foundation for Road Safety, LatinNCAP, Global Road Safety Partnership, UNICEF and related entities that can help mobilize action in all safe system priority areas of investment that will save lives.
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