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The OAS executes a variety of projects funded by donors. Evaluation reports are commissioned by donors. Reports of these evaluations may be found here.
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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.
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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 to Observe February 2 Municipal Elections in Costa Rica
January 21, 2020
Photo: OAS
The Organization of American States (OAS) and the Government of Costa Rica today signed an agreement to send an Electoral Observation Mission (EOM) to the municipal elections of February 2, 2020, at a ceremony at the headquarters of the agency hemispheric in Washington, DC.
The Secretary General of the OAS, Luis Almagro, recalled that Costa Rica was the first country to which the Organization sent an EOM, in 1962. “It is an honor to send a team back to a country with such a long democratic trajectory, that in these municipal elections will elect a total of 6,138 positions. Among them 82 mayors and deputy mayors, 8 superintendents and deputy superintendents, 1,061 councilors, 972 trustees, 3,824 members and alternates of the district councils, and 64 members and alternates of the municipal councils,” said Secretary General Almagro.
For her part, the Permanent Representative of Costa Rica, Montserrat Solano, highlighted the historical relationship of the OAS with her country and highlighted the importance of local elections. "Municipal elections are usually considered to be lower level, but in the end they are the governments that are closest to the people," said Ambassador Solano.
The Chief of the Mission will be the former National Registrar of Colombia Juan Carlos Galindo.
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