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 and Pan American Development Foundation to Open Community Centers for At-Risk Youth in Colombia
November 5, 2015
The Organization of American States (OAS), through the Pan American Development Foundation (PADF), today signed an agreement to open six new youth centers in Colombia aimed at preventing the recruitment of children by gangs and criminal networks. The initiative will be funded by the Government of Colombia.
The Foreign Affairs Ministry of Colombia contributed $1.7 million to the project developed by PADF, through the OAS, which will allow for the building of six “Casas Lúdicas.” Currently, PADF has 22 youth centers in Colombia, serving more than 75,000 people in remote areas. These centers offer psychosocial support, remedial education, sports activities, as well as access to computers, books, and family counseling. In partnership with the OAS, PADF has received a total of $16.9 million to carry out this initiative.
The OAS Secretary General, Luis Almagro, considers the initiative to be an excellent example of how the inter-American system, through its specialized agencies, works in partnership with member states to achieve social objectives. “We are very pleased to provide a space where Colombian children can safely pursue education, sports, and other healthy activities. These youth centers demonstrate the Colombian Government’s commitment to empowering young people and fostering a new generation of community leaders,” he asserted.
For his part, John Sanbrailo, Executive Director of PADF, underscored the support of the OAS and the Colombian authorities to the initiative. “We have worked for almost five years with Colombia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and we want to express our gratitude and congratulate the Government, as well as Minister María Ángela Holguín, for their support of such an important program for at-risk youth in Colombia,” he said.
The Permanent Representative of Colombia to the OAS, Andrés González, reaffirmed the confidence his government has in the OAS and PADF, and he highlighted the role that initiatives such as the “Casas Lúdicas” will play in “post-conflict Colombia in order for peace to take root.”
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