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.
The Fifth Meeting of Ministers and High Authorities of Science and Technology (V REMCYT) will be held in Medellin, Colombia, on November 2-3, 2017, under the theme: Science, Technology and Innovation as Pillars of Transformation in the Americas. The Ministerial Meeting is being organized in conjunction with COLCIENCIAS, the highest authority of Science, Technology and Innovation in Colombia.
The main objective of the V REMCYT will be the adoption a hemispheric cooperation agenda within the framework of the Declaration of Medellin. The Meeting will also provide an opportunity for Ministers and High Level Authorities to report on the progress made towards the implementation of the Plan of Action of Guatemala 2016-2020, adopted during the IV REMCYT in March 2015.
The meeting will address some of the challenges of the region, including: equitable access to technologies; inclusive education in science and technology, engineering and mathematics; generation of high value-added goods and services and creation of quality jobs; production of clean and renewable energy; sustainable transportation; food security at the regional level and how to support technology based small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and young entrepreneurs to help them reach their full potential.
Through the exchange of ideas and best practices, Ministers and High Authorities will be invited to reflect on the power of transformative technologies, such as robotics; artificial intelligence; 3D printing; advanced manufacturing; Internet of things; new materials; precision agriculture and personalized medicine, among others, to increase economic and social development of the OAS member states and find solutions to the common challenges of the region.
At the end of the meeting, all official documents, conclusions and results will be published on this webpage.