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 Awards 80 Scholarships for Study in Member State Institutions
December 10, 2014
The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, recently approved the award of 80 scholarships under the OAS Academic Scholarship Program for citizens of member States to pursue graduate and undergraduate studies at institutions throughout the Hemisphere.
The scholarships were awarded following the initial ranking of candidates by the high-level education experts of the Academic and Technical Studies Scholarship Selection Committee (ATSSSC) who met in September at OAS headquarters in Washington, DC to review more than 160 pre-selected applications presented by member states for the 2015-2016 cycle.
Established in 1958, the OAS Academic Scholarship Program is one of the oldest programs in the Organization and in the Hemisphere, providing access to quality higher education to citizens of Americas. It offers generous scholarship benefits for up to two years for the pursuit of undergraduate or graduate degrees or for research leading to a degree. Scholarship recipients are selected through a highly competitive process and are required to return to their home countries to apply the knowledge gained through their studies. From 2005 to the present, the annual number of students granted scholarships by the OAS has multiplied three times, from 570 to 1855.
The role of the ATSSSC in reviewing and ranking candidates follows comprehensive criteria that combine country needs and training priorities, the merits and overall credentials of each candidate, including, among others, academic achievements, professional experience, and financial need. Equitable geographic distribution and special consideration for the greater needs of the smaller and relatively less developed economies are also taken into account during the selection process.
The OAS Academic Scholarship program seeks to promote intercultural networks and regional integration, supporting individuals who study outside their sponsoring member state to return home to contribute to the economic, social, democratic, cultural, scientific, and technological development of their communities, their countries and the wider region. Recipients of over 21,000 scholarships for undergraduate, master’s and doctoral studies granted through OAS Academic Scholarship Program since its inception have made and continue to make significant contributions to the integral development of the Americas.
To view the list of current awardees and for additional information on OAS scholarship opportunities, visit www.oas.org/scholarships