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 Assistant Secretary General Briefs CARICOM Leaders on Haiti
February 17, 2011
The Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Ambassador Albert Ramdin, met with Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding in Kingston, Jamaica, as dialogue on the situation in Haiti continues with CARICOM leaders. The meeting, held at the Prime Minister’s Office, focused on support for the electoral process, as well as the challenges heading into the second round of elections in the CARICOM member country, Haiti.
During his visit to Jamaica, the high-ranking OAS official also met with CARICOM Chairman and Prime Minister of Grenada Tillman Thomas. Talks between Prime Minister Thomas and Assistant Secretary General Ramdin also centered on recent developments in Haiti, as CARICOM leaders prepare for an intersessional meeting in Grenada next week.
Assistant Secretary General Ramdin has been in talks with several CARICOM leaders over the last few weeks, updating them on preparations for the second round of the elections to be observed by a Joint OAS / CARICOM Observer Mission.
While in Jamaica, Assistant Secretary General Ramdin also made a presentation to regional academics gathered at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, on CARICOM's participation in international groupings and institutions.
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