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)
Third IABIN Council Meeting-August 12-14, 2003, Cancun, Mexico
August 12-14, 2003, Cancun, Mexico
Cooperation Between the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity and the IABIN Council
- Memorandum of Cooperation between The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity and The Inter-American Biodiversity Information Network.
This was the largest biodiversity informatics conference in history. The meeting brought together key participants in the Inter-American Biodiversity Information Network (IABIN) and the Clearing-house Mechanism (CHM) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). Also participating were the CHM Program Director of the CBD Secretariat, Marcos Silva; the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) Node Managers from the GBIF member countries in the Americas; representatives of international and national NGOs; academic institutions; state, local, and tribal governments; and the private sector. Gladys Cotter, USGS Associate Biologist for Information and Chair of the IABIN Council, presided at the meeting together with the Jorge Soberón, elected as CHM Chair for this meeting. The purpose of the meeting was to harmonize the visions of IABIN, CHM, and GBIF for biodiversity information networking in the Americas and jointly plan complementary activities that support the goals of these initiatives.