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 flooding of May 21-24 and September 18, 2004 that affected respectively the towns of
Mapou and Fond Verettes in Eastern Haiti, and the second largest country’s urban center:
Gonaïves in Northern Haiti, claimed more than 3000 lives, affected an estimated population of
300,000, and destroyed approximately 4,500 houses. Following that disaster, an Emergency Response
Disaster Management Program (ERDMP) has been undertaking by the World Bank (WB) to address in the
mid and long-term the impacts of natural disaster in the country. Among the numerous factors
explaining the extent of the loss of lives and goods are the absence of land use zoning and
building guidelines, and comprehensive enforcement mechanisms.
There is no national building code in Haiti, and whenever technical standards are used, the choice
seems to be determined by the educational background of the engineers responsible for the design
of projects. Most common norms are, in order of importance: ASCE 7-02, French norms, Canadian norms.
The same situation prevails in the universities and tertiary institutions where future engineers
and construction professionals are trained. As a result, and confirming to the needs expressed by
the Haitian officials, developing building standards for the country has been recognized as a
priority. Building on our experiences throughout the Caribbean in developing building codes and
designing enforcement mechanisms, the Department of Sustainable Development at the Organization
of American States (OAS/DSD) has been approached to undertake that initiative.
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