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.
QATAR CONTRIBUTES TO OAS CHILDREN’S INSTITUTE EDUCATION PROGRAM
March 16, 2004
The government of Qatar has contributed $30,000 to the Inter-American Children’s Institute, which will use the funds to produce a video on the right to education. The Uruguay-based Organization of American States (OAS) institute is working on a video series covering issues related to human rights or children’s rights.
Ambassador Bader Omar Al Dafa, Qatar’s Permanent Observer to the OAS, presented the check to Assistant Secretary General Luigi Einaudi, with the Children’s Institute’s Director General, Alejandro Bonasso, among those on hand for the ceremony.
“A people enabled by knowledge can envision and empower their lives, making real what was once only an ideal,” Ambassador Al Dafa stated, underscoring his government’s commitment to education initiatives. “Education is fundamental to all social and economic development,” he added, saying the government was very grateful for the opportunity to contribute towards this important cause.
Assistant Secretary General Einaudi declared, “This donation is one that touches us greatly, in part because it is directly related to the commitment of the government of Qatar to education.”
Noting that education is an area “of substantial deficit” in many areas of the Americas, Einaudi said the donation is all the more appreciated, and “because the Inter-American Children’s Institute… is one of the most active and effective institutes of the OAS but still needs every bit of support and encouragement that it can get.”
In an interview after the ceremony, Dr. Bonasso expressed underlined Qatar’s ready response to help finance production of the educational videos. He said the contribution reflects confidence in the Institute’s work in a region with half of the population under the age of 18, “…and half of that [under 18] population is living in poverty.”