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.
Energy and Climate Ministers of the Americas to Debate in Jamaica about Investment Opportunities and Energy Resilience
February 25, 2020
The IV Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA) Ministerial Meeting will be held this Thursday, February 27, and Friday, February 28, in Montego Bay, Jamaica under the theme: "Energy Resilience and Investment Opportunities." The meeting will be an opportunity to foster dialogue among leaders of the private sector and the governments of the Americas on priorities, challenges and opportunities for economic development and growth, the consolidation of energy security and renewable energy objectives.
Discussions will focus on issues related to financing mechanisms for clean and renewable energy, investment opportunities in energy efficiency, electric mobility, as well as strategies to increase private sector participation in the development of energy infrastructure.
The Prime Minister of Jamaica, Andrew Holness, and the Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Luis Almagro, along with the Minister of Science, Energy and Technology of Jamaica, Fayval Williams, will be among the speakers at the opening ceremony, to be held at the Montego Bay Convention Center on February 27 at 16:00 EDT (21:00 GMT).
Additional information about the ministerial meeting is available here.
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