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.
Secretariat for Access to Rights and Equity (SARE)
Protocol of San Salvador: 1st Period of Sessions
                                                       
                                                       
1st SESSION WORKING GROUP
PROTOCOL OF SAN SALVADOR
Washington, DC, February 24-26, 2015
The Working Group for the analysis of the National Reports of the Protocol of San Salvador (PSS) held its first periodic session on
February 24-26, 2015, at the Organization of American States’ (OAS ) headquarters. This event was very significant for the advancement
of the ESCRs agenda in the region, as it marks the beginning of the implementation of the follow-up mechanism of the Inter-American human
rights system.
During the sessions the experts reviewed the reports submitted by the State Parties and defined strategies to increase the implementation
of the Economic, Social and Cultural rights (DESC) in the Americas. They also made a presentation to the CAJP and participated in a roundtable
discussion entitled
"Regional Agenda for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: A look into the Future."
. This event consisted in a dialogue to analyze the implications of public policy, the progress in implementing the Protocol of San Salvador
and its insertion in the discussion of the post-2015 agenda for development.