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 Announces Winners of 2020 Inter-American Award on Innovation in Effective Public Management
December 8, 2020
The General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) announces the winners and Special Recognitions of the 8th Edition of the “Inter-American Award on Innovation in Effective Public Management 2020,” which aims to recognize, identify and promote innovative experiences in public management that are being implemented within the region. This award contributes to the strengthening of transparency, citizen participation, effectiveness and inclusion in public institutions.
During the 2020 Edition, we have received 27 experiences from eight OAS member states.
Category: Innovation in Open Government
Winner:
Monitores Ciudadanos de Control
National Entity: Contraloría General de la República del Perú
Special Recognition:
Diálogos Vallecaucanos – Conversatorios Ciudadanos El Valle Está En Vos: Estrategia de Generación de Confianza y Sentido de Pertenencia a través de la Comunicación Permanente, la Rendición de Cuentas y el Impacto Social.
National Entity: Gobernación del Valle del Cauca, Colombia.
Category: Innovation in Smart Government
Winner:
Sistema Nacional de Información y Registro Único de Beneficiarios del Estado.
National Entity: Sistema Nacional de Información y Registro Único de Beneficiarios del Estado (SINIRUBE), Costa Rica.
Category: Innovation in Promoting a Gender Equality, Diversity, and Human Rights Approach
Special Recognition:
Ecosistema para la identificación y abordaje de la violencia basada en género por medio del Observatorio de Género OGEN.
National Entity: Gobernación del Valle del Cauca, Colombia.
Category: Innovation in Social Inclusion
Special Recognition:
Gestión Intercultural en el Registro Civil Bilingüe.
National Entity: Registro Nacional de Identificación y Estado Civil (RENIEC), Perú.
The composition of the special jury was as follows:
- Hilary Anderson, Specialist of the Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM/OAS).
- Claudia Gonzalez, Specialist of the Department of Social Inclusion (DSI/OAS).
- Yacsire Cutler, Independent Expert on Projects.
- Enrique Bravo-Escobar, Senior Program Officer at National Endowment for Democracy (NED).