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.
Security Ministers of the Americas Meet in Ecuador -in the Framework of the OAS- to Strengthen International Cooperation on Public Security
October 28, 2019
The Seventh Meeting of Ministers Responsible for Public Security in the Americas (MISPA VII) will be held in Quito, Ecuador, on October 30 and 31, 2019. The hemispheric meeting will seek in its debates and resolutions collective solutions to strengthen international cooperation in public security to prevent and combat organized crime.
The meeting, organized by the Ministry of Government of Ecuador and the Organization of American States (OAS), which serves as the technical secretariat of the MISPA process, will be inaugurated by the President of Ecuador, Lenín Moreno, and the Secretary General of the OAS, Luis Almagro, at 10:30 local time (15:30 GMT).
The two-day event will be divided into panel discussions where the authorities will present perspectives and comments on:
• Public policies and regional strategies to prevent and combat transnational crime that undermines public security;
• Police cooperation and strengthening criminal intelligence in the fight against transnational organized crime; and
• Regional experiences and principal discussions around measuring public security indicators on transnational organized crime.
MISPA is the highest hemispheric political forum for addressing public security issues, held every two years, where Ministers address the main challenges and developments related to security in the Americas; identify emerging threats; strengthen bilateral and regional cooperation; and encourage knowledge and experience sharing.