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.
THE OAS PROMOTES COOPERATION WITH CIVIL SOCIETY DURING WEEK OF EVENTS
March 6, 2008
The Organization of American States (OAS)will host a series of meetings, at its Washington headquarters, that during one week will promote the participation of civil society in the activities of the hemispheric body.
The initiative, sponsored by the OAS Secretariat of Summits of the Americas, in collaboration with the Secretariat of Political Affairs and the (IACH)Inter-American Commission on Human Rights , will bring together civil society organizations from across the hemisphere during several events March 10-14, with the objective of receiving their contributions regarding the most pressing issues of the inter-American agenda, such as the strengthening of democracy, the protection of human rights and the promotion of social development.
Cooperating with Civil Society will begin with the “Civil Society Hemispheric Forum: Youth and Democratic Values,” and will serve as an opportunity for dialogue among civil society representatives during two days where plenary sessions and roundtables will be held. During this event, recommendations and suggestions will be received to be used for the preparations of the next OAS General Assembly taking place in Medellin, Colombia in June.
The recommendations drafted during the Hemispheric Forum will be presented to the representatives of the OAS Member States on March 13 during a special meeting of a Permanent Council Committee. In this Committee, chaired by Ambassador Marina Valere of Trinidad and Tobago, a dialogue between the representatives of the State and Civil Society will also be included.
Talks between civil society and Member States will continue on March 13 and 14 when the OAS Permanent Council will hold two special meetings to discuss the issue of the role civil society in the strengthening of a democratic culture and in the promotion of human rights.
Cooperating with Civil Society is an initiative promoted by the Governments of Canada and the United States to promote the participation of a large number of civil society representatives and coincides with the 131 period of sessions of the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights (IACH). More information about the participation of civil society in the Organization of American States is available at the OAS Civil Society Website (www.civil-society.oas.org/).
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