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 Assistant Secretary General Urges Youth Delegates to Get Involved
February 25, 2014
The Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Albert Ramdin, urged the youth of the Americas to get involved, take an interest and express their opinions on global, hemispheric, regional and subregional developments, in the interest of democracy and the upholding of democracy values, in a meeting with a delegation of Youth Ambassadors from countries across the Caribbean at the headquarters of the Organization in Washington, DC.
The Caribbean Youth Ambassadors are part of the BoldLeaders Youth Ambassadors Project developed by a United States non-profit organization in conjunction with the Bureau of Educational Development and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State and US Embassies in the participating countries. The program focuses on building civic engagement, leadership, respect for diversity and conflict resolution.
Assistant Secretary General Ramdin, who is also Chair of the OAS Inter-Departmental Working Group on Youth, described the Youth Ambassadors Program as “a unique mechanism which allows participants an opportunity to be exposed to organizations, groups and individuals who shape policy and are involved in global issues.”
Ambassador Ramdin added, “programs like these are crucial in bridging the gap between what students read and learn about, and how it translates into real world situations. We’ve seen that international diplomacy is also about respect, engagement and the ability to negotiate. Political differences can often be solved through meaningful dialogue, a process which the OAS often facilitates through quiet diplomacy.”
The senior OAS official urged the young representatives from different countries including The Bahamas, Grenada, Jamaica, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago to take advantage of their two-week experience in the United States, by sharing their perspectives, ideas and thoughts with peers in their home countries and communities.
More information on the OAS and the Interdepartmental Working Group on Youth is available here.
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