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.
Suriname’s recovery from recent widespread flooding received another boost today, thanks to a monetary contribution from the Organization of American States (OAS) to help ease the effects of persistent, heavy rains since the start of the month.
Assistant Secretary General Albert R. Ramdin presented a check to Henry MacDonald, Minister-Counselor at Suriname’s Permanent Mission to the OAS, using the occasion to further stress the need for more attention to flooding and natural disasters in general. The recent floods in Suriname are of particular concern as the country’s interior, already lacking in adequate infrastructure, was badly affected.
“We recognize the challenge facing the government of Suriname,” said Ramdin, noting that the $10,000 contribution from the OAS Inter-American Emergency Aid Fund (FONDEM) is already being matched by the Pan American Development Foundation (PADF). The OAS donation will be forwarded to Suriname’s National Commission for Disaster Reduction, which is responsible for managing the relief and recovery. The Assistant Secretary General also pledged that the OAS will continue mobilizing whatever help it can.
PADF Executive Director John Sanbrailo, on hand for the brief ceremony, conveyed sympathies, particularly to families of the victims. He said the Foundation would appeal to its corporate donors to match the Foundation’s $10,000 commitment to the Suriname relief effort. “We will be using these funds to try to leverage additional corporate donations, and we are making a call to private donors,” he said.
MacDonald, of the Suriname Mission, expressed his government’s thanks for the “generous” contribution, saying both the OAS and the PADF “have proven to be real good friends of Suriname,” because the people affected by this tragedy urgently need this help.
Others present during the ceremony included the OAS Permanent Council Chairman, Ambassador Ellsworth John of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, along with PADF Director of Caribbean Programs Michelet Fontaine and OAS General Secretariat officials.
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