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 the Documentation Sciences Foundation Launch Online Seminar on Open Parliament
December 9, 2014
The Organization of American States (OAS) and the Documentation Sciences Foundation launch today an online seminar named "Open Parliaments: Moving from Thought to Action," which aims to serve as a first effort in the creation of a repository of information and knowledge related to successful experiences of open, transparent and accessible parliaments.
This initiative is carried out by the Department of Sustainable Democracy and Special Missions of the Secretariat for Political Affairs Section of the OAS, through its Section in Support of Representative Institutions. The discussions, scheduled to take place until December 20, will focus on the exchange of experiences between legislators and legislative authorities from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Spain, el Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, the regional Spanish legislatures of the Basque Government, Andalusia and Extremadura, the legislature of the Mexican state of Puebla, the Andean Parliament and the following civil society organizations: Borde Politico, FUNDAR, Congreso Transparente, Asociación Civil Ágora, Semillas para la Democracia and SOCIALTIC.
The seminar will include one hundred participants, who together with the exhibitors will share proposals during the following two weeks, with a special emphasis on those already put into action by the different countries. The debate will seek to reinforce the capacities of participating legislative institutions; foster greater knowledge among participating legislators on transparency, integrity and accountability; improve overall legislative performance and increase access to information and citizen participation in legislative processes.
At the conclusion of the seminar, a knowledge database regarding good legislative practices on transparency, accountability and openness will be generated. This will allow for a future exchange of experiences, mechanisms of cooperation, and lines of action to strengthen efforts currently underway.
For more information, please visit the OAS Website at www.oas.org.
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