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.
RAMDIN: “COMMITMENT, FINANCING AND COORDINATION ARE KEY ELEMENTS FOR THE MITIGATION OF NATURAL DISASTERS”
February 11, 2009
Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Ambassador Albert Ramdin inaugurated the “Workshop on the Inter-American System for Natural Disaster Mitigation” stressing the importance of making the Inter-American system work better through efficient coordination, in order that the OAS can respond more adequately to the needs of member states in the area of natural disaster reduction.
The workshop, which was attended by Permanent Representatives of the OAS Members States, Permanent Observers, representatives from the Inter-American Defense Board, OAS Department of Sustainable Development (DSD), the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), and the Pan American Development Foundation (PADF) discussed economic development in the hemisphere and analyzed the current instruments of the Inter-American system for disaster mitigation, collective response capacity, and the impact of natural disasters on the peoples of the Americas. The Chair of the Permanent Council, Ambassador Osmar Chohfi of Brazil, and the Chair of the Hemispheric Security Committee, Ambassador Gustavo Albin of Mexico, stressed the importance of the workshop in promoting a more effective functioning of the hemispheric mechanisms.
Highlighting the significance and relevance of the meeting, Ambassador Ramdin alluded to the increasing incidence and impact of natural disasters on the region. “Last year, there were more than 1,000 deaths resulting from natural disasters. The total figure in material losses exceeded US$50 billion which had an enormous impact on the affected economies.” Ramdin also commented that the impact of natural disasters is not limited to any particular sub-region, but affects the Americas in the form of hurricanes, earthquakes, flooding, and landslides among others.
Assistant Secretary General Ramdin stressed the importance of strengthening the IACNDR, which brings together organisms and agencies of the Inter-American System to contribute to the mitigation of natural disasters.
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