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 to Co-Organize Meeting of Experts on Sustainable City and Community Development ahead of General Assembly in Guatemala
June 1, 2013
The Organization of American States (OAS) will co-organize on Monday, June 3, in Antigua, Guatemala – the site of this week’s General Assembly of the organization - a meeting of city mayors, development planners, and civil society representatives to discuss the topic “Building Sustainable Cities and Communities in the Americas: Moving from Demonstration Projects to Scale.”
During the event, hosted by the Spanish Cooperation Training Center in Antigua and jointly organized by the Department of Sustainable Development of the OAS and the Permanent Missions of Guatemala and the United States, participants will discuss the challenges associated with rapid urbanization in the Americas and exchange best practices for the sustainable development of cities and communities.
The Secretary General of the OAS, José Miguel Insulza, will open the event, which will feature the participation of the Minister of Environment and Natural Resources of Guatemala, Marcia Roxana Sobenes García; the Executive Secretary for Integral Development of the OAS, Sherry Tross; the Permanent Representative of the United States to the OAS, Carmen Lomellin; and the Mayors of Puebla (Mexico), and Santa Catarina Pinula (Guatemala), among others.
The event forms part of the Sustainable Communities in Central America and the Caribbean initiative, which was launched under the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA) in 2012 with support from the United States Department of State.
WHAT: Roundtable on “Building Sustainable Cities and Communities in the Americas: From Demonstration Projects to Scale”
WHEN: Monday June 3, 2013, 8:30 local time (14:30 GMT)
WHERE: Spanish Cooperation Training Center, Antiguo Colegio de la Compañia de Jesús
6th Av. North between 3rd and 4th St, La Antigua, uatemala