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.
With poverty, unemployment, corruption, public safety and a values crisis among the most pressing issues facing countries of the Americas, the Organization of American States has stepped up support for member states’ efforts to reduce poverty and inequality, promote equal access to opportunity for all citizens and deliver the benefits of democracy.
Ambassador Albert R. Ramdin, the Assistant Secretary General, told some 350 high school student leaders participating in the Future World Leaders Summit Program at OAS headquarters today: “In the OAS, we believe that only by working together can all the stakeholders in the process tackle issues like poverty, political instability, crises, and problems between countries.” He said cooperation through dialogue and negotiation can create a safe and prosperous hemisphere for all.
The Assistant Secretary General explained the inter-American system and the evolution of the OAS as well as the priority issues on the agenda. He also emphasized the importance placed on partnerships with specialized hemispheric and international organizations, and on fostering partnerships between the public and private sectors.
Referring to the particular importance of youth, Ramdin pointed to the OAS-affiliated Young Americas Business Trust, which promotes youth entrepreneurship in member countries. “By providing training and creating opportunities for employment done by youth themselves, we see that we can improve the capacity on the ground in those countries and through that effort promote development and opportunity for all,” he explained.
` The 2006 Future World Leaders Summit Program, an initiative of the Presidential Classroom, has brought together students from 35 countries to explore issues in international relations, diplomacy, political influence, and the changing world economy. The 38-year-old Presidential Classroom is a non-profit, non-partisan civic education organization devoted to the development of outstanding student leaders. It has provided opportunities for more than 100,000 student leaders over the years. Participating students are from countries in the Americas, Africa, Asia and Europe.
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