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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 Winners of “Images of Democracy” Photo Contest
October 11, 2012
The jury of the “Images of Democracy” photo contest, which was organized to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Organization of American States (OAS) observing elections in the hemisphere, selected winning photographs in the two categories mentioned below.
These were the selections of the jury:
Observers Category: Open exclusively to those who have been observers on an OAS Electoral Observation Mission (EOM).
First Prize: Margarita Pérez de Rada Second Prize: Vito Robbiani Third Prize: Vanessa Espínola Coutinho Honorable Mentions: Francis Gagnon, Gabriel Tamalet, and Hugo Passarello Luna
General Public Category: Open to the public.
First Prize: Mauricio Schneyder Ortiz Gutiérrez Second Place: Ricardo Ccompi Mamani Third Place: Wilfredo Alex Valencia Valencia Honorable Mentions: Caitlin Kelly, Jorge Christian Chávez Ramírez, and Nena Lukin
The members of the jury for the contest were: Andrés Navia, Coordinator of the Art Museum of the Americas; Dr. Betilde Muñoz-Pogossian, Director of the OAS Department of Electoral Cooperation and Observation; Claudia Palacios, CNN en Español journalist; Indira Williams Babic, Manager of Visual Resources at Newseum; and Patricia Esquenazi, Director of the OAS Press and Communications Department.
The prize for the winners will be the exhibition of their photographs for 10 days at the Art Museum of the Americas. The winner of the Observers Category will be invited to the opening ceremony of the exhibition on November 1.
Since 1962, the OAS has observed 191 electoral processes in 27 of its 34 Member States. The Electoral Observation Missions are one of the most important instruments which the organization has at its command for the promotion and consolidation of democracy in the hemisphere.
For more information, please visit the OAS Website at www.oas.org.
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