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.
PROTECTION FOR MIGRANT WORKERS THE FOCUS
OF OAS WORKSHOP IN CANADA
November 27, 2006
Labor experts from member countries of the Organization of American States (OAS) gather in Ottawa, Canada, November 28 and 29 for a workshop to discuss strategies for the promotion of migrant workers’ rights. Entitled “Migrant Workers: Protection of Labor Rights and Labor Market Programs,” the workshop will provide an opportunity for exchange and discussion by labor officials from 27 countries of the region.
Canada’s Minister of Labor, Jean-Pierre Blackburn, will open the conference along with the Director of Political Analysis for Mexico’s Secretariat of Labor and Social Welfare, Eduardo Velasquillo, and the Director of the OAS Department of Social Development and Employment, Francisco Pilotti. Among those scheduled to attend are the labor ministers of Ecuador, Paraguay and Suriname as well as the International Labor Organization’s Assistant Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean Virgilio Levaggi.
During their two-day meeting the experts will discuss cooperation on the promotion of migrant workers’ labor rights and migration processes implemented by states in accordance with their domestic laws. They will share experiences and discuss labor market promotion and protection programs, with special emphasis on Canada’s temporary migrant workers program. They will also review lessons learned and guidelines for future hemispheric action on this topic.
The Fourth Summit of the Americas in Mar del Plata, Argentina, in November 2005 and the September 2005 Ninth Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor in Mexico both reaffirmed that “all migrants, regardless of their immigration status, should be accorded the full protection of human rights and the full observance of labor laws applicable to them.”
Accordingly, with several countries confirming their interest in sharing experiences on the issue, the Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor decided to convene a workshop on migrant workers’ labor rights, to be organized by the OAS in conjunction with Human Resources and Social Development Canada. Mexico is the current pro tempore Chair of the Ninth Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor, for which the OAS acts as technical secretariat.
Among other participants, the workshop will also bring together representatives of the region’s labor unions and business organizations as well as international organizations and observers. Canada’s delegation will include representatives of the federal, provincial and municipal ministries of labor and employment as well as other government departments, civil society and academic institutions.