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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 DEVELOPMENT AGENCY AND MEXICO LAUNCH PROGRAM
TO INCREASE TRANSPARENCY IN GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT
February 15, 2002
The Inter-American Agency for Cooperation and Development (IACD), the development agency of the Organization of American States (OAS), on Monday will sign a series of agreements with governmental agencies in Mexico and Peru as part of a new IACD effort to increase transparency in public procurement and more effectively combat corruption.
Under the agreements, a Mexican entity that has created an advanced, Internet-based system for government procurement -- COMPRANET -- will provide technical cooperation and training for the development of a similar system in Peru. The IACD will provide technical support in designing, implementing and arranging financing for the project.
IACD Director General Ron Scheman said Mexico's system has been identified as one of the best practices in improving transparency and efficiency in government procurement. "Reforms in this area can lead to substantial savings in governmental management, improve small- and medium-sized businesses' access to government contracts, and contribute to confidence in the integrity of government," Scheman said.
"This is a fine example of the new approach the Agency is pioneering in international technical assistance. The new mechanism developed by the Agency is designed to enable those countries that have been identified as having best practices in particular development areas to help other countries, particularly smaller ones, to address similar issues," Scheman said.
The agreements will be signed in Mexico City by Scheman and the top officials for government procurement in Mexico and Peru: Francisco Barrio Terrazas, who heads the Secretariat for Comptrollership and Administrative Development of Mexico (SECODAM) -- the entity that developed the COMPRANET system -- and Ricardo Salazar Chávez, President of Peru's High Council for State Contracts and Acquisitions (CONSUCODE).
The Inter-American Agency offers countries in the region a range of support services that include identifying best practices for development; assessing national needs and capabilities; reviewing laws and regulations; and providing assistance in putting together financing. The United States mission to the OAS provided funding for the initial phase of the best-practices program.
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