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.
Inter-American Biodiversity Information Network (IABIN)
Through their participation in the IABIN Work Program, IABIN Members will undertake some or all of the following types of activities:
Improve the accessibility, completeness and interoperability of biodiversity databases, and promote standards for data exchange and shared vocabularies;
Develop a digital library of biodiversity information;
Develop partnerships with existing organizations and initiatives, such as the Clearing-House Mechanism, the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, the Man and the Biosphere Network, Species 2000, the North American Biodiversity Information Network, the Integrated Taxonomic Information System, and similar initiatives;
Develop partnerships with institutions and organizations that provide primary information, such as museums, herbaria, microbial culture collections, etc.
Develop, implement, and promote model curricula for biodiversity informatics training for stakeholders (e.g., researchers, protected area managers, data managers and technicians, and policy and decision makers) in the use and sharing of biodiversity information;
Coordinate IABIN member activities with the activities of others in order to avoid duplication and to benefit from existing resources and expertise;
Develop network policies concerning data quality control, access to data and information, metadata, and proper acknowledgement of the original sources of data and information; and
Identify sources of funding to support biodiversity information network development.