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 Mission Commends Colombia on Holding Most Peaceful Local Elections in Recent Years
October 26, 2015
The Electoral Observation Mission of the Organization of American States (EOM/OAS) to the local elections held on Sunday in Colombia recognized today, in a preliminary report, the commitment of Colombian institutions as a whole to ensure transparent and safe elections.
The Chief of Mission, former Guatemalan President Álvaro Colom, said, “there is a strong possibility that these elections will be the last to be held before the signing of the peace agreements, and so, it is important to discuss the opportunity for a comprehensive reform of the electoral and party system, with the aim of creating conditions that ensure a more transparent, inclusive, and pluralistic system.”
The Mission welcomed in particular the installation and operation of the National Commission for the Monitoring of Electoral Processes, led by the Interior Ministry. It further noticed that these were the most peaceful local elections in recent years. According to data from the Colombian National Police, incidents of electoral violence decreased by 60% compared to the 2011 elections.
After the voting process was completed, the OAS Mission noted once more the speed of the system for the transmission of preliminary results and commended the National Civil Registry for its diligence and professionalism in this area. It also underscored that while participation slightly increased from 57.9% during the 2011 elections to 59.9% in 2015, the abstention rate remains high.
The OAS Mission deployed 40 international observers from 19 different nationalities in 22 departments of the Republic of Colombia to observe the elections of local authorities held on October 25. OAS observers visited 115 municipalities in the week prior to the elections and, on election day, were present in 214 polling stations.
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