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 Organization of American States (OAS) today inaugurated an exhibit of previously unseen works by Caribbean artists, titled “Groundation – Sources of Caribbean Artistry,” at the headquarters of the hemispheric organization in Washington, DC.
Hosted by the OAS Assistant Secretary General Albert Ramdin and curated by Jamaican author, sociologist and cultural heritage specialist Margaret Bernal, the exhibit includes a range of oils, water colors, mixed media and a tapestry five years in the making, detailing Caribbean culture from Ottawa-based Trinidad artist Lorna Ramlochansingh.
The OAS Caribbean Heritage exhibit also features a showcase from the Columbus Memorial Library highlighting achievements and milestones of the Caribbean in the OAS.
“Caribbean nations represent a diversity that is global. Our nations may be small, but our people stand like giants in their contributions to the world. Through music, art, literature, law, politics, and even sport, the footprint of the Caribbean can never be erased, nor should it be underestimated,” said Assistant Secretary General Ramdin.
Curator Margaret Bernal summed up the Caribbean exhibit through the words of legendary Jamaican musician Bob Marley, saying, “…half the story has never been told,” while tapestry creator Lorna Ramlochansingh added, “the story of our people, our journey and our experience lives through our work.”
The OAS will culminate its Caribbean Heritage showcase with an event bringing together members of the diplomatic corps, the Caribbean Diaspora and members of the private sector on June 20, 2013 at 6pm in the Hall of the Americas of the main building of the organization.
A gallery of photos of the event is available here.
For more information, please visit the OAS Website at www.oas.org