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.
EFFORT UNDERWAY TO EVALUATE PROGRESS AGAINST CORRUPTION
May 20, 2002
Government experts from around the hemisphere began meeting at the Organization of American States (OAS) today to refine an evaluation process designed to measure progress against corruption in the Americas.
OAS Secretary General César Gaviria, who spoke at the opening of the weeklong meeting, said the evaluation mechanism being created "gives us an enormously useful and important tool for us to help each other diagnose the limitations we have in confronting this problem effectively."
"Above all," he added, "by better understanding our problems, we can strengthen hemispheric cooperation in the struggle against this common enemy." Gaviria stressed that the evaluation mechanism, if it is to succeed, must be credible and objective, produce practical results, and be open to public scrutiny.
The mechanism will examine countries' efforts to comply with the 1996 Inter-American Convention against Corruption. To date, 25 countries have ratified the treaty, which requires countries to adopt such anti-corruption measures as requiring top public officials to declare their assets and ensuring openness in public purchases and fairness in government hiring practices.
Carlos Balsa of Uruguay, who chairs the Group of Experts meeting this week, noted the growing interest in such topics, as demonstrated in opinion polls. "Public opinion in the countries of the Americas considers the fight against corruption to be one of the most relevant issues today, competing for priority on the public agenda with issues such as poverty, unemployment, violence and drugs," he said. That interest, he added, is beginning to be reflected in a growing number of public policies and laws to confront the problem.
The creation of the anti-corruption mechanism was mandated by the presidents and prime ministers of the hemisphere at the Third Summit of the Americas, held in April 2001 in Quebec City, Canada. This is the second time the government experts have met to work on the technical aspects of the evaluation process. This week they are expected to approve a questionnaire and methodology so the first round of evaluations can begin.
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