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 Israeli Agency for International Development Cooperation Sign Memorandum of Understanding
December 12, 2014
The Organization of American States (OAS) and the Agency for International Development Cooperation of Israel (MASHAV) today signed a memorandum of understanding to promote cooperation on issues related to integral development, gender equality, disaster mitigation, and security, in a ceremony that took place at the headquarters of the Organization in Washington, DC.
After signing the agreement, the Secretary General of the OAS, José Miguel Insulza, recalled that Israel has been an Observer to the OAS for more than 40 years, “and together we have done a great deal in the areas of early childhood education, the environment, disaster relief, sustainable agriculture, and more recently in security, community police training, public and civil security, crisis management and civil emergency planning.”
Secretary General Insulza expressed his gratitude that “Israel is continuing to support the Young Americas Business Trust, to train young entrepreneurs to apply their talents and create economic opportunities and growth,” and in concluding his remarks, expressed his hope that “we will continue working together, given that after forty years of fruitful partnership, we are true partners and we can work together on many things.”
For his part, the Ambassador of Israel to the United States and Permanent Observer to the OAS, Ron Dermer, said that his country “is very eager to expand our relations with Latin America” and said Israel “has made a decision to increase its number of embassies in the region, which is not an easy decision” in the current economic climate. “Israel is a young country and we have developed very quickly. We have great lessons to learn and great expertise in a few fields,” added Dermer, and mentioned among them agriculture, security, technology, medicine, science, and health.
But above all, the Israeli Ambassador said his country is expert “in doing more with less,” and mentioned as an example its efforts on conservation of water. That, combined with the reach of the OAS, he said means “the sky is the limit” for the partnership between Israel and the Pan-American institution.
The ceremony was attended by the Secretary for External Relations of the OAS, Alfonso Quiñonez; and the Interim Director of the Department of International Affairs, Jane Thery, among others.
A gallery of photos of the event is available here.
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