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 ADOPTS MEASURES TO INCREASE CIVIL SOCIETY PARTICIPATION
March 26, 2003
In a resolution passed today, the Organization of American States adopted a series of strategies to increase and strengthen civil society participation in the Organization’s activities.
The resolution instructed the General Secretariat to actively promote the registration of civil society organizations and their participation in OAS activities and to transmit to organizations registered with the OAS the resolutions adopted at each session of the General Assembly, soliciting their comments and their assistance in effectively implementing those resolutions, as appropriate.
Besides promoting “broad use of the OAS website by civil society in the Hemisphere as a primary tool of information and participation,” the OAS is also to consult with civil society organizations that express interest regarding “draft conventions or other legal and political instruments of hemispheric scope, so that said organizations may provide their input.”
The resolution was adopted after an update by the Chairman of the Committee on Inter-American Summits Management and Civil Society Participation in OAS Activities, Canada’s Ambassador to the OAS Paul Durand. The Chairman said that with the adoption, the Permanent Council is not only implementing the General Assembly’s mandate but as well a mandate from the Heads of State, contained in the Action Plan of the Third Summit of the Americas.
Ambassador Durand said the resolution reflects the consensus that emerged after a very intense debate; is a development that stems from the experiences with applying the guidelines; reflects the views of member states; and includes suggestions from civil society organizations.
Since 2000, some 63 civil society organizations—national and international—have been registered to participate in OAS activities.
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