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.
Meso-America Regional Meeting "Advancing Biodiversity Conservation Practice in Mesoamerica":
Date: August 25-27, 2014
Venue: CATIE Campus, Turrialba, Costa Rica
Conservation is a defined set of specific actions that are performed to conserve biodiversity at different levels (ecosystems, wildlife, and natural genetic variability) with the active participation of an informed civil society. The conservation of biodiversity is, in essence, a social process with positive biological effects, given that the causes of land degradation can only be addressed through the active involvement of communities, groups and societies in the region.
In this context, the Organization of American States and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) recently launched Mesoamerica 2020, a conservation initiative that seeks to capitalize on the region’s most valuable natural resource: people. The objective of Mesoamerica 2020 is two-fold: 1) work with key actors at the individual, organizational and group levels to address the underlying human dimensions of species and ecosystem conservation at the landscape level and 2) strengthen the capacity of Mesoamerican individuals and institutions to be stewards of the land and secure a sustainable future.
Mesoamerica 2020 partnered with the Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE) to host the Meso-America Regional Meeting "Advancing Biodiversity Conservation Practice in Mesoamerica" held at the CATIE Campus in Turriabla Costa Rica from August 25 to 27, 2014. The meeting brought together conservation practitioners from 7 Mesoamerican countries as well as representatives from other countries in the Americas to share lessons learned, promote the use of best practices, and identify training needs for the region.
Meeting participants were divided in the following five working groups to discuss specific conservation issues and challenges
Protected territories (all categories of protected areas) and unprotected areas(biological corridors, buffer zones etc.)
Rural Communities (Community Conservation Initiatives), inclusion and equity in the conservation processes
Units and household production systems (biodiversity friendly productive practices)
Education and capcity building for conservation practice
Organization and local governance for conservation
Meeting participants also prepared and presented posters showcasing conservation best practices and projects implemented in their organizations.
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