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 Announces Recipients of Scholarships to Entrepreneurship Camp in South Korea
June 5, 2015
The Organization of American States (OAS) and Kookmin University in South Korea today announced the names of the 8 students awarded scholarships for the Partnerships Program for Education and Training (PAEC) OAS-KGEB 2015. Students from Mexico, Venezuela, Panama, Grenada, Brazil, Costa Rica, Uruguay and Chile were selected to receive scholarships for the training for entrepreneurial leaders of the Americas, to be held in Seoul, the capital of South Korea between June 29 and August 14, 2015.
The scholarships cover 100% of tuition, accommodation, meals, transportation to Seoul, study materials and health insurance. According to the selection committee, Luis Plata from Mexico; Jesus Adolfo Rodriguez from Venezuela, Francy Paola Rojas from Panama and Tamara Catherine Prosper from Grenada will receive full scholarships, while Paula Vieira Schwade from Brazil, Luis Carlos Chacon from Costa Rica, Santiago Rodriguez from Uruguay and John Lavin León from Chile, will receive partial scholarships.
For this first edition of the program, around 350 applications from 29 OAS member countries were received. The Evaluation Committee of the PAEC OAS-KGEB was comprised of international representatives from distinguished institutions of higher education, the Instituto de Empresa of Spain, the Ana G. Mendez University System of Puerto Rico, the Young Americas Business Trust (YABT) and the Department of Human Development and Education of the OAS.
Kookmin University was the first private university in South Korea after its independence, and is recognized for its high level of performance in the areas of innovation and internationalization.