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.
Estefanía holds a Bachelor Degree in Atmospheric Science from the University of Costa Rica.
During her undergrad years, she worked at the Geophysical Research Center of her university,
and then joined the National Meteorological Institute of Costa Rica where she worked for over
4 years. Here, she worked in the Department of Synoptic and Aeronautical Meteorology and in
Department of Climatology and Applied Research, where she garnered considerable knowledge and
experience in climate variability and climate change. Much of her work involved research with
numerical models, such as ETA and WRF, for the generation of weather forecasts and climate
change scenarios. Furthermore, she contributed to the formulation of Costa Rica’s Third
Communication on Climate Change which was submitted to the UNFCCC Secretariat. Importantly,
she had lead responsibility for the management of the first meteorological stations network
to monitor climate change in Costa Rica.
Estefanía joined the Department of Sustainable Development of the Organization of American
States in 2014, directly following a brief stint as an intern. She has provided sterling
support to the Chief of the Integrated Water Resources Management Program of the Department.
In this regard, she supports the implementation of projects related to water management,
climate change and adaptation in the OAS Member States. Some of these projects are the
Sustainable Development Program for the Trifinio-Honduras Region (Central America) and the
Framework for the Sustainable Management of the Water Resources of the La Plata Basin with
Respect to the Hydrological Effects of Climatic Variability and Change (South America).
These projects have as their main objective the imperative of building the resilience of
communities to climate change.
Estefanía is pursuing her Master’s Degree in Climate Change Law and Policy at the University
of Strathclyde, UK.
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Estefanía holds a Bachelor Degree in Atmospheric Science from the University of Costa Rica.
During her undergrad years, she worked at the Geophysical Research Center of her university,
and then joined the National Meteorological Institute of Costa Rica where she worked for over
4 years. Here, she worked in the Department of Synoptic and Aeronautical Meteorology and in
Department of Climatology and Applied Research, where she garnered considerable knowledge and
experience in climate variability and climate change. Much of her work involved research with
numerical models, such as ETA and WRF, for the generation of weather forecasts and climate
change scenarios. Furthermore, she contributed to the formulation of Costa Rica’s Third
Communication on Climate Change which was submitted to the UNFCCC Secretariat. Importantly,
she had lead responsibility for the management of the first meteorological stations network
to monitor climate change in Costa Rica.