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.
Alejandra Henao has re-joined the Department of Sustainable Development as an Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA) Communications and Outreach Specialist after finishing her master studies in International Development at University of Bath, UK. Alejandra worked as a Commercial Specialist at the Commercial Service Office at the United States Embassy in Bogota (October 2008-August 2011). Prior joining the United States Department of Commerce, Alejandra was selected as the Colombia Director for Atlas Service Corps (March 2007- September 2008), an international US-based non-profit organization, responsible for managing the Colombia office, developing multi-sectorial relationships, strategic alliances, designing project proposals and fundraising strategies. In 2007, she concluded graduate studies in Government and Public Policy at los Andes University in Bogota, Colombia.
Alejandra first joined DSD/OAS as a Project Assistant to the Trade and Environment Division, (June 2004 July 2006) and during this time she pursued a graduate Certificate in International Studies at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies-SAIS in Johns Hopkins University, which finished in May 2006. She also holds a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations and Geography from Florida International University (FIU) with a concentration in Latin America and Caribbean (2003).
Alejandra has nearly ten years of working experience and has done consultancy services and preliminary investigations for reports on forced displacement financed by the UNHCR and the Colombian Attorney General’s Office among other advising services. She is fluent in Spanish (native) and English (fluent) and has a practical knowledge of French and Portuguese.