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 Launches two Initiatives to Empower Women as Drivers of Economic Development
September 10, 2021
The General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) launched two initiatives to increase the participation of women in the digital economy, the initiatives were announced by the OAS Executive Secretariat for Integral Development during the Seventh Inter-American Dialogue of High-Level MSME Authorities, held on September 9-10.
The first initiative, “Economically Empowered Women for Equitable and Resilient Societies,” with funding from the U.S. Permanent Mission to the OAS, aims at increasing knowledge and enhancing the capacity of women to effectively function in the economy, build sustainable livelihoods, and increase their participation in policymaking and leadership within their societies.
The project will be implemented in the Northern Triangle of Central America (El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras) and in six countries of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines).
The second initiative has the OAS and Facebook joining efforts with the “She Means Business Program” to unlock the potential of women entrepreneurs in the region. This platform offers a learning space of growth and encouragement allowing women access to free learning resources, specifically designed for female-led MSMEs. This includes business resiliency and financial management tools, digital skills and WhatsApp Business best practices.
The Executive Secretary for Integral Development, Kim Osborne, stated: “Our task to fortify MSMEs has never been more urgent and we must invest in long-term structural policies, such as digitalization and creative financing, as well as continued training and capacity building and, at the same time, expand the sector by building entrepreneurial skills capacity and other programs that improve their productivity, innovation and internationalization.”
These two new initiatives are part of SEDI's continued commitment to produce tangible results and positive impacts on the lives and livelihoods of the citizens of our region.