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 Secretary General Receives Delegation of the Regional Alliance for the Freedom of Expression and Information
November 1, 2012
Photo: OAS
The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, today received members of the Regional Alliance for the Freedom of Expression and Information, headed by its Executive Secretary, Karina Banfi.
During the meeting, held at the headquarters of the organization in Washington, D.C., the two representatives explored mechanisms to increase the cooperation between the two entities and discussed the 146th Period of Sessions of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), taking place this week.
The Regional Alliance for the Freedom of Expression and Information is a network of 22 civil society organizations that work for the promotion of and access to public information, transparency, and freedom of expression in the Americas.
Also present at the meeting were the OAS Secretary of External Relations Alfonso Quiñonez; Moisés Sánchez from the non-governmental organization Pro Access of Chile; Alejandro Delgado from the Costa Rican Institute for Press and Freedom of Expression; Camilo Sánchez from the NGO DeJusticia of Colombia; Carlos Correa of Espacio Público of Venezuela and Alexandre Sampaio from Article 19 South America.
For more information, please visit the OAS Website at www.oas.org.
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