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 Trains Judges, Prosecutors, Attorneys, Treatment Providers, and Police Officers on Drug Treatment Courts in the Caribbean
February 8, 2011
More than 70 professionals including judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys, treatment providers, probation and police officers from Jamaica, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago received the basic tools to develop Drug Treatment Courts during a four-day workshop in Montego Bay, Jamaica, as part of a project developed by the Organization of the American States (OAS), through the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD).
The new Drug Treatment Court in the Caribbean initiative provides a second chance for drug dependent offenders to help reduce crime, prison population, and relapse in drug abuse.
At the opening ceremony of the workshop held in Montego Bay, Jamaica, CICAD’s Executive Secretary, James F. Mack, expressed his belief that “policies that help prevent crime, violence and drugs are just as vital to community well-being as law enforcement actions.”
The OAS official also referred to the idea that “courts and the law can be more than instruments of deterrence, incapacitation or retribution. We are embracing the idea that the law and the courts can help improve the lives of offenders – and thereby society – and not simply punish.”
Ambassador Mack further explained that “while Drug Treatment Courts are not the magic bullet that would help all drug-dependent offenders, they offer a way out of the cycle of drugs and crime and is a potent means of addressing drug addiction and crime within the global community.”
In cooperation with other organizations and institutions, such as the CARICOM Secretariat, the International Association of Drug Treatment Courts (IADTC), the Canadian Association of Drug Treatment Court Professionals (CADTC), and key Caribbean stakeholders, the OAS has outlined a road map for those Caribbean countries interested in joining the initiative that relies on the financial support of the Government of Canada.
Through this initiative, the OAS will continue supporting the implementation of these courts in the upcoming months, through additional training, technical assistance, and the promotion of horizontal cooperation.
A gallery of photos of the event is available here.
For more information, please visit the OAS Website at www.oas.org.