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 IS VENUE FOR 6TH ANNUAL FOOD FESTIVAL OF THE AMERICAS
April 19, 2004
The sixth annual Food Festival of the Americas will be held on Sunday, May 2, at the headquarters of the Organization of American States, in North West Washington, D.C. The event includes a silent auction.
Hosted by the Organization of Women of the Americas (OWA), the Food Festival gives the public a chance to experience the rich diversity of food, music and dances from the countries of the hemisphere.
The popular festival package includes a raffle, with prizes that include round-trip airline tickets New York (JFK)-Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (VARIG); Miami-Brazil (TAM); Miami-Bolivia (LAB), and Richmond-Bahamas three-night stay (GBV) and from BWI Airport to a Caribbean destination (Air Jamaica).
Raffle tickets are $10.00 each. Admission to the Festival itself is free.
All proceeds from the sale of food, crafts and raffle tickets will be donated to charitable organizations. The main beneficiary this year will be the Pediatric Clinic of the Hispanic Catholic Center of Washington, D.C., an organization that caters to needy Latin American and Caribbean people in the Washington, Maryland and Virginia area.
The Organization of Women of the Americas is a non-profit organization, founded by the wives of ambassadors and permanent observers to the OAS and other supporting members. Its current President is Mrs. Zulay de Valero, wife of the Venezuelan Ambassador to the OAS.
WHAT: FOOD FESTIVAL OF THE AMERICAS
WHEN: Sunday, May 2, 2004
TIME: 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
WHERE: ART MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAS
17TH STREET & CONSTITUTION AVE., N.W.
WASHINGTON, D.C.
(BEHIND OAS MAIN BUILDING)