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 to Launch New Young Leaders Program to Promote Transparency and Citizen Participation in the Region’s Public Administrations
December 12, 2014
The Organization of American States (OAS) today launched a new initiative called “the OAS Fellowship on Open Government in the Americas,” opening a space for the exchange of knowledge and experiences between the region’s young professionals and international experts on the matter, which aims at supporting public administrations in the region in their efforts to achieve more transparency, participation, and efficiency.
The goal of the initiative, being carried out by the Department of Effective Public Management of the OAS Secretariat for Political Affairs, is to create a network of young professionals bringing together the next generation of leaders from the region, offering them a space for reflection, debate and exchange of knowledge and experiences in Open Government. The network targets participants from the public and private sectors, as well as civil society, who are offered opportunities to create innovative solutions to the current challenges facing the region.
The program will be carried out in Spanish and is open to citizens from all OAS member states, between 25 and 40 years of age, who have considerable professional experience in transparency, citizen participation, accountability and collaboration between different sectors of society. They should also have solid knowledge of the current trends and challenges in the field, be innovative, open-minded and eager to engage in regional exchange and cooperation.
The 21 selected candidates of the first edition of the Fellowship will participate in workshops and seminars on Open Government topics in Washington, DC, and México City, which will include topics on transparency, access to public information, e-government, civic participation and collaboration, open-data development and use, as well as innovative applications design. In addition, they will benefit from trainings in leadership, communication and negotiation skills, as well as networking opportunities with international high-level experts and institutions.
In order to reach synergies and maximize the impact, reach and sustainability of the program, the OAS has partnered up with like-minded organizations that are also working to foster the principles of Open Government in the region: the governments of Canada and Mexico, the UN’s Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the AVINA Foundation, Hivos, and The Carter Center.
Candidates interested in the program may submit their applications until January 31, 2015. For more information on the initiative and the application process, please visit our Website at www.oas.org/OpenGovFellowship (in Spanish).