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.
Hotel Association of Colombia Signs Cooperation Agreement with the OAS and is Accepted as an Associate Member of CITUR
March 18, 2013
The Organization of American States (OAS) signed a cooperation agreement with the Hotel and Tourist Association of Colombia (COTELCO), at the 59th Annual Meeting of Affiliates of the Colombian entity, held in Ibague on March 14 and 15.
According to the document signed, the hemispheric organization and the Colombian Association agree to work together to promote sustainable tourism policies: support the strengthening of the capacities of private institutions; promote the development and implementation of joint research projects; facilitate the exchange of professional personnel to strengthen curricula and research; process the collection of tourism statistics; encourage the development of indicators of competitiveness; develop and promote Small and Medium Tourism Enterprises; structure and execute training, symposia, academic forums and spaces for the dissemination, discussion, update, and scheduling of inherent issues of importance to the development of tourism: and promote corporate social responsibility in the tourism sector.
During the Annual Meeting it was also announced that the application for associate membership of COTELCO to become member of the Inter-American Commission for Tourism (CITUR) was accepted, making it the first bank to be accepted in this category within the Commission.
The OAS General Assembly decided to establish the category of associate member of the CITUR to allow participation in the Inter-American institution of administrative bodies and operators of tourism businesses; academic, scientific, commercial, development, financial, and industrial institutions, as well as other organizations linked to the tourism sector with legal standing.
For more information, please visit the OAS Website at www.oas.org.
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