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.
Executive Secretariat for Integral Development (SEDI)
The Trade and Economic Development (TED) Section provides support to OAS member states to strengthen their institutional capacities to design and execute public policies and programs in the areas of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises and trade, including through training, horizontal cooperation and sharing of lessons learned.
Inter-American Dialogue of High-Level MSME Authorities that provides a forum for the exchange of experiences and identification of cooperation initiatives for enhancing the competitiveness, innovation and internationalization of MSMEs.
Sharing of successful experiences in the framework of horizontal cooperation initiatives such as the US Small Business Development Center (SBDC) model that is currently being adapted in the Caribbean, following similar processes in Central and South America.
The TED Section implements training programs to strengthen the institutional capacity of governments as they confront the challenges linked to: (i) the negotiation and implementation of trade and investment agreements; and, (ii) taking advantage of new trade opportunities, particularly in the case of the micro, small and medium enterprise (MSME) sector.
SICE provides access to information on trade policy in the Americas including: full texts of trade agreements in force, new and ongoing trade policy developments, national trade-related legislation, and links to international, regional and national sources. SICE also includes an MSME online clearinghouse of legislation and initiatives on public policies and programs to support the development of the MSME sector.