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.
ELECTRONIC VOTING A STEP FORWARD FOR ELECTORAL PROCESSES
March 21, 2003
The introduction of electronic voting for Paraguay’s upcoming general elections, set for April 27, is a step forward in implementing a hemispheric mandate concerning cooperation and exchange of experience in the areas of legislation and technology.
According to the Organization of American States’ Unit for the Promotion of Democracy (UPD), well-run electoral processes in the countries of the Hemisphere are a top priority since they provide the most direct mechanism for individuals to participate and express their political views through the exercise of their political rights as citizens, in accordance with basic international human rights treaties.
The use of new technologies in elections is in keeping with the spirit of hemispheric cooperation to promote information and experience sharing among the region’s electoral institutions and experts.
Mexico City will host the upcoming World Conference of Elections Agencies, March 25 to 28, under the theme, "The Use of Electronic Voting and Current Horizontal Cooperation Mechanisms.”
Panama City just hosted an Inter-American Meeting of Elections Officials, from March 12 to 14, at which delegates from 20 countries welcomed electronic voting as an important, timely and effective development. They also took special note of the significant horizontal cooperation venture between Brazil and Paraguay that facilitated the transfer of this successful practice.
According to the UPD, it must be understood that not every technology used in organizing elections is an end in itself, but rather an enabling mechanism to develop and implement efficient and effective electoral processes.
Paraguay’s electoral process is legitimate, sovereign, and is the exclusive prerogative of Paraguayan nationals. The introduction of electronic balloting is a technological innovation to improve the voting process, in accordance with Paraguayan law and international standards of transparency, freedom and unrestricted exercise of the right to vote.
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