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 ELECTORAL OBSERVATION MISSION TO ECUADOR
BEGINS MONITORING OCTOBER 15 GENERAL ELECTIONS
August 15, 2006
The Electoral Observation Mission of the Organization of American States (OAS) has begun its first visit to Ecuador, to learn firsthand about the electoral authorities’ efforts to ensure that the October 15 general elections take place with complete constitutional guarantees.
The team is headed by Rafael Bielsa, former Foreign Minister of Argentina and current Member of Parliament. He is accompanied by Deputy Chief of Mission Moises Benamor, principal specialist of the OAS Secretariat for Political Affairs, and by special advisor Marcelo Von Schmeling.
Bielsa noted that the main purpose of the OAS Mission is to convey to the people and democratic institutions of Ecuador a message of inter-American support and solidarity. He added that this visit will also be used to gather relevant, reliable information about the development and progress of the electoral process, which will allow him in due time to inform the OAS Secretary General and the Organization’s political bodies.
The members of the observation team will meet with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Supreme Electoral Tribunal, as well as with other authorities and individuals.
The Electoral Observation Mission will follow the different phases of the pre-electoral period, and during its next visit will incorporate experts on electoral organization, legislation, political campaigns and polling, technology and other aspects related to the process.
During the next visit, the Chief of the Mission will meet with presidential candidates and key national, regional and local politicians, to hear their impressions and concerns regarding the democratic exercise that Ecuadorians will carry out next October.
The OAS Mission plans to meet with all political and social players who wish to share their suggestions, concerns, complaints and charges that they may have regarding the electoral process.