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 EUROPEAN UNION SIGN MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING FOCUSED ON LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
December 17, 2009
The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, and the Chargé d’Affairs (a.i.) and Permanent Observer of the European Union (EU) to the OAS, Angelos Pangratis, signed today a Memorandum of Understanding particularly focused on Latin America and the Caribbean, in a ceremony that took place at the office of the Secretary General at the headquarters of the organization in Washington, D.C.
Secretary General Insulza thanked the EU for signing the agreement and said that “we are confident that this Treaty will be a strong instrument in the attainment of our shared goals to promote development, peace and security in the world.
Likewise, Secretary General Insulza emphasized the key role that Permanent Observers play as part of the Organization “In reminds us daily of the importance of the work that we do,” he added.
On the other hand, Ambassador Pangratis said that “this is an important day”. “This Memorandum of Understanding is a message of the willingness to organize our interaction better, to structure our work in a more permanent way,” he said. “We are confident that we will build on an excellent relationship and find a common ground to take this cooperation to the next step,” he added.
The signing of the agreement seeks to achieve mutual benefits of development, dialogue and cooperation with Latin America and the Caribbean region in matters such as promoting Human Rights, integral development, and the strengthening of democracy.
Since 1998, the European Union, in its role as Permanent Observer to the OAS, has collaborated with the organization in the promotion of peace in Haiti, the equality of races, sustainable development, and contributing to the work of the Inter-American Drug Abuse and Control Commission (CICAD), among others. All the European Union countries, with exception of Malta, are Permanent Observers to the Organization of American States.
Also attending the signing ceremony were the Assistant Secretary General, Albert R. Ramdin, the Chair of the Permanent Council and Permanent Representative of Colombia, Luis Alfonso Hoyos, and the alternate observers from France and Spain.
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