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.
The Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) today received a presentation by Canada on the "Modernization of Management for Strengthening the OAS," during a regular meeting of the organization held at its headquarters in Washington, DC.
In his presentation, the Permanent Representative of Canada, Allan Culham, proposed that the OAS structure its agenda based on the principles of the planning and delivery of results; improvement of efficiency and effectiveness; and increased accountability. He also suggested redefining the core objectives of the pillars of the organization and a review of the mandates of the OAS, as well as the elimination of "unnecessary, redundant and obsolete mandates."
After hearing the Canadian presentation, other Permanent Representatives suggested that the debate continue in the Permanent Council itself; that the body conduct a retreat to debate the issue in depth; and to include the strategic vision for the OAS presented by the Secretary General, José Miguel Insulza, in February 2012. For his part, Secretary General Insulza recalled that the hemispheric organization must decide if it will increase its budget to fulfill the mandates it has been assigned, or adjust them to its current budget.
Upon the suggestion of the Chair of the Council and Permanent Representative of Nicaragua, Denis Moncada, the body took note of the proposals submitted and urged Member States to continue the debate.
In the same meeting, the Council also agreed to continue discussing a new methodology for the presentation and negotiation of draft resolutions to be referred to the General Assembly at its forty-third regular meeting to be held in Guatemala in June 4-6. In addition, the Member States resolved to postpone for a new meeting the reception of the reports of the Working Groups on the prioritization process of OAS mandates.
During the meeting, the representatives of Canada, El Salvador, Trinidad and Tobago, Chile, Haiti (speaking on behalf of CARICOM), Colombia, Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Barbados, the United States, Ecuador, Venezuela, Brazil, Bolivia, Uruguay, Argentina, Panama, Jamaica, Peru and Costa Rica took the floor.
A gallery of photos of the event is available here.
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