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 Hosts Meeting of Electoral Observation Organizations
December 12, 2017
The Organization of American States (OAS) will host representatives of 20 international electoral observation organizations between TOMORROW, December 13, and Friday, December 15, at OAS headquarters in Washington, DC, in the 12th Implementation Meeting of the Declaration of Principles for International Election Observation.
During the opening tomorrow at 16:00 EST (21:00 GMT), heads of Electoral Observation Missions will discuss the topic “From the Democratic Charter to the Ballot Box – Experiences in Promoting Democracy.”
The meeting will be opened by the Chair of the OAS Permanent Council and Ambassador of Canada to the OAS, Jennifer May Loten, and will feature a panel including former President of Bolivia Jorge “Tuto” Quiroga; former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway, Jan Petersen; member of the European Parliament, Greens/Hungary, Tamás Meszerics; and OAS Ombudsman Sherry Tross.
The three day meeting will focus on issues including tools to observe direct democracy processes, the role of the internet in electoral campaigns, observing electoral justice, and the future of electoral observation. Agenda available here.
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