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.
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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.
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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.
To promote the approach of the most important threats that the biggest
forest landscapes and their inhabitants, with a specific emphasis on the
Mayan Jungle (Mexico, Belize and Guatemala), La Moskita (Honduras and
Nicaragua), Indio-Maíz-Tortuguero (Nicaragua and Costa Rica), La Amistad
(Costa Rica and Panama), and the region of Darién (Panama).
Specific objectives:
Present and discusss with the participants the findings of the analysis
titled "Human Footprint and Cow's Hoofprint" in Mesoamerica.
Identify strategies and actions to reduce the impact of illegal cattle
ranching in protected areas, including effective community forest
management.
Know practical experiences of territorial governance developed by
indigenous organizations and local populations.
Identify strategies and actions to protect local populations and
administrators of threatened forests.
Demonstrate tools and systems that allow the strengthening of the
monitoring capacities and law compliance in protected areas.
Key concerns:
"Human Footprint and Cow's Hoofprint" report shows illegal cattle
ranching is responsible for more than 90 percent of forest loss in remaining
wildlife strongholds."
"Three of Central America’s 5 largest forests have been reduced in size by more than 23 percent."
"White-lipped peccaries, a bellwether species, have had their range reduced by 87 percent."
Source: WCS.ORG
Key result: the Declaration of Petén
Declaration signed by 25 Mesoamerican indigenous groups, protected area
agencies, and civil society organizations demonstrating concern and committing
to practical solutions.
"The Petén Declaration includes a commitment to five concrete actions to recover the region’s forests: 1) supporting local forests and indigenous communities to obtain land management 2) strengthening the conservation of protected areas 3) supporting the prosecution of environmental crimes 4) focusing on illegal livestock as the main driver of deforestation and 5) protecting environmental champions who risk their lives to protect Mesoamerica’s largest forests."
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