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 Section offers with the Portal of the Americas an online course to train public-private institutions that support micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and/or participating MSME entrepreneurs on the use of information and communications technologies (ICTs), mainly Internet and social media to enhance the business potential of these companies and improve their access to new markets.
Directors and representatives of public and private support institutions of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the hemisphere.
Entrepreneurs and their employees who are interested in exploring the potential of the Internet and Social Media for their businesses.
This eight week course trains participants to:
Design and implement business plans and strategies that take advantage of the opportunities Internet usage offers to MSMEs
Learn basic tools to generate businesses online
Learn to use best practices to achieve online brand positioning
Study Venue: The course will be delivered entirely online (Internet) through the Educational Portal of the Americas Virtual Classroom and requires a minimum weekly commitment of 10 hours as well as basic computer skills such as handling e-mail, word processing and internet skills. The Virtual Classroom has a user manual and a help tool. Throughout the course an expert tutor will support and guide participants and will facilitate all levels of learning.