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.
Cooperation Agreement: The OAS signs cooperation agreement with the Madrid Training Institute - June 12, 2014
On June 12, 2014, the Organization of American States (OAS) signed a Cooperation Agreement with the Madrid Training Institute (IMF, for its acronym in Spanish) for the development of an online Masters program of double degree in Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency for public officials of beneficiary countries under the "Support for the Diffusion of the Implementation of the U.S – Brazil Memorandum of Understanding for Biofuels Development (DMDE)" project.
The OAS will provide total funding of 14 officials from El Salvador, Honduras, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Guatemala and Jamaica. The IMF will provide 3 scholarships for officials of these countries for the development of the Masters program. The IMF is a Spanish educational institution of higher education which is known for offering training programs in areas of sustainable development, biofuels, renewable energy and environmental studies.
The Master will provide local knowledge and capacities to government officials on issues such as the status of renewable energy, its use and different applications, the technical feasibility and environmental impact of projects based on renewable energy, installation and maintenance of generating facilities of these energies, among others.
During the coming months, the OAS will start the call for public officials interested in participate in this important activity that will definitely enhance the capabilities on renewable energies and energy efficiency of the third-party beneficiary countries of this MOU.