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 Calls for Greater Collaboration in Addressing New Challenges to Democracy
March 28, 2011
The Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Albert Ramdin, has called for increased collaboration between the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and regional development institutions to tackle inequality, insecurity, and new challenges to democracy in the Western Hemisphere.
Speaking at the Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Inter-American Development Bank in Calgary, Canada, Assistant Secretary General Ramdin said OAS interests are “aligned and interlinked with those of the Inter-American Development Bank, and the Bank is a major partner for the OAS and governments of the Hemisphere in helping countries deliver the benefits of democracy to their citizens.”
The Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the IDB this year brought together Ministers of Finance, Presidents of Central Banks, high-level representatives of multilateral and regional institutions, development agencies, and private banks from across the hemisphere.
Providing an assessment of the state of democracy in the region, the high-ranking OAS official said that “important progress has been made over the last two decades in terms of democratic governance and economic development, but the expectations of citizens have not been fully realized." According to Assistant Secretary General, collaboration among institutions is essential, since “the inability of countries to generate adequate economic growth and reduce poverty and inequality could generate conditions which threaten democracy, democratic institutions and democratic governance.”
The OAS official pointed out that the upcoming OAS General Assembly in El Salvador, as well as the Sixth Regular Summit of the Americas next year in Colombia, would provide more opportunities to demonstrate and solidify political will and collective commitment to peace, prosperity and stability in the Americas.
For more information, please visit the OAS Website at www.oas.org.
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