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.
Message from the Secretary General of the OAS on International Anti-Corruption Day
December 9, 2012
The proclamation of December 9 as International Anti-Corruption Day is a good opportunity to recall the pioneering commitments made by the States of the Americas, through the OAS Convention against Corruption, and to highlight recent progress we have made in addressing the issue.
At the OAS we will continue our efforts to prevent and combat corruption and to support our Member States and ensure they have appropriate legal and institutional tools to prevent, detect and sanction corruption, as provided for in our Convention.
For this reason, we have the Inter-American Convention against Corruption and the Follow-Up Mechanism for its Implementation (known by its acronym in Spanish, MESICIC), which analyzes the implementation by States of the treaty and formulates recommendations on areas that require additional development. In this sense the progress made in the consolidation of the mechanism is worth highlighting, in particular the on site visits to gather information directly from the countries. This year we have successfully conducted on site visits to ten countries: Brazil, El Salvador, Mexico, Bolivia, Paraguay, Peru, Costa Rica, Argentina, Trinidad and Tobago, and Honduras. The visits are indicative of the prestige enjoyed by the MESICIC among its States Parties, while at the same time it is proof of their commitment to effectively implement the Convention against Corruption. The visits have allowed for the verification of the manner in which oversight bodies (such as comptrollers, prosecutors and judicial powers) are fulfilling their duties, and include the participation of the competent authorities and civil society organizations, the private sector, professional associations and academics and researchers.
The fight against corruption is a challenge that we must confront anew each day. Its strength comes from dialogue and consensus among all sectors of the societies of our countries. I hope this joint effort continues to yield more and better results.
For more information, please visit the OAS Website at www.oas.org.