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 and CARICOM Address Challenges and Opportunities of Youth in the Americas
June 1, 2010
The Organization of American States (OAS) and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) today held a meeting at OAS headquarters in Washington, DC, to discuss ways of collaborating and advancing the agenda of youth in the Americas.
The meeting, held in advance of the World Youth Conference, was chaired by OAS Assistant Secretary General Albert R. Ramdin, and by CARICOM Assistant Secretary-General for Human and Social Development Edward Greene. It was attended by other CARICOM officials and OAS specialists, as well as by OAS Member States representatives, and featured a presentation of the CARICOM Commission on Youth Development Report, as well as a presentation of the OAS Youth Strategy for the Americas.
During the meeting, Ambassador Ramdin stressed the importance of focusing on the challenges and opportunities of youth in the hemisphere, recalling that a majority of the population of Western hemisphere countries is less than 35 years of age. “The fact alone that the majority of our population is young requires an organization like ours to focus on that segment of our society,” Ramdin said, and commented that “if we do not address the challenges and opportunities that youth can have in society now, in the future we’ll have to address other issues regarding security, crime, violence, and unemployment.”
Furthermore, Ramdin advocated for the participation of youth in the decision-making processes of the region, and reiterated the Organization’s commitment to help its Member States address the challenges of the youth in their countries. “Policy making without the youth is not policy making for the youth,” he said.
Finally, Ramdin reiterated the importance of working together to address the challenges of youth. “We intend to continue our partnership with CARICOM in addressing these issues,” he concluded, recalling that two years ago the OAS General Assembly, under the slogan, “Youth and Democratic Values,” focused on similar themes, and that important commitments were then made involving this segment of the population and its contribution to and participation in democracy.
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