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Secretariat for Political Affairs (SPA)
The mission of the Secretariat for Political Affairs (SPA) is to help to strengthen political processes in the member states, in particular to support democracy as the best option for ensuring peace, security, and development. The SPA focuses on strengthening the role of the Organization as the primary political forum in the inter-American system and on actively helping to maintain democracy in the member states.
In pursuit of its objectives, the SPA acts to increase the legitimacy of institutions in political processes and to strengthen the means of maintaining those processes.
The SPA is composed of the Executive Office of the Secretary for Political Affairs and the following dependencies:
- the Department of Electoral Cooperation and Observation;
- the Department of Sustainable Democracy and Special Missions; and
- the Department of Effective Public Management.
