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 and Partners Convene Short Essay Contest on Environmental Rule of Law in the Americas
July 13, 2017
The Organization of American States (OAS), in collaboration with UN Environment, the World Commission on Environmental Law, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), has organized a short essay contest on Environmental Rule of Law in the Americas.
The winners of the contest will receive an invitation - with travel and accommodation expenses included - to participate in the II Inter-American Congress on the Environmental Rule of Law, to be held in Santiago, Chile, on September 4, 5 & 6, 2017, where their essays will be presented.
The essay can be written in Spanish or English and should address issues related to the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development, in particular goal 16 that is dedicated to the “promotion of peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, the provision of access to justice for all, and building effective, accountable institutions at all levels.”
Those interested should send, before July 30th, a summary of the essay of a maximum of 320 words to [email protected]. Winners will be notified and must submit the full 9,000-word articles before August 25. The complete contest rules are available here.
The competition is aimed at academics, environmental lawyers, authorities, legal actors with environmental competence, and other specialists in environmental law.
The objective of the II Inter-American Congress on the Environmental Rule of Law is to promote the debate on the state of environmental law in the Americas. The Congress is held within the framework of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the convening of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) to have a world free of pollution.
The OAS works to support member states in developing and strengthening their legal and institutional frameworks for sustainable development and environmental protection. The OAS also works with representatives of the executive, judicial, and legislative branches of a number of member states to ensure that sustainable development in the region is based on the rule of law and the principles of international law.
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