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)
First IABIN Council Meeting - October 6-7, 1997, Washington, DC, United States
Miami, Florida, December 13-14, 1999
Creation of IABIN
Sharing biological information is a prerequisite to sustainable development. It is necessary for sound decision making about the use, conservation, and study of natural resources. Much information exists concerning the extent and condition of biological diversity across the Americas, but locating, identifying, and gaining access to that information is often difficult. Acceptance of the need for greater coordination of biological information efforts has been growing over many years, resulting in proposals to establish networks that will work for consensus among all relevant parties on how to communicate and share biological information. The Inter-American Biodiversity Information Network (IABIN) is a result of those efforts.
The network's objective is to increase the amount of and access to useful information for decision-makers, scientists, and the public. This requires some degree of consistency in how information is collected and communicated; that information directories be established; that basic information resources like species lists and remote sensing materials be developed collaboratively or using agreed-upon standards for compatibility; that priority information needs be identified and sources to meet those needs be identified or, if not available, be developed; and that gaps in access to regional information infrastructure and technology be addressed. Many biodiversity and sustainable development issues are regional in nature and can best be addressed cooperatively with a common baseline of knowledge and understanding. By creating a regional framework for increased coherence and more efficient dissemination of biodiversity information, IABIN will increase the value of all countries' information investments.
IABIN is an initiative of the countries of the Americas aimed at promoting compatible means of collection, communication, and exchange of biodiversity information relevant to decision-making and education.
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