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.
Sherry Tross is Executive Secretary for Integral Development at the Organization of American States (OAS). Appointed by the OAS Secretary General, she was unanimously confirmed by member states in February 2013 to lead the hemispheric Organization’s development arm. She simultaneously serves as Director General of the Inter-American Agency for Cooperation and Development, leading programs in education, innovation and competitiveness, social inclusion, and sustainable growth. She is also responsible for the coordination of more than a dozen meetings of Ministers and High Authorities. From 2010-2012, Ms. Tross headed the Summits of the Americas Secretariat and was instrumental in the preparation and implementation of the Sixth Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Americas. Prior to that appointment, she was Chief of Staff and senior political advisor to the OAS Assistant Secretary General. Before joining the OAS, Ms. Tross served as Director of Business Development at the World Trade Center Miami from 2003-2005. A founding Research Fellow for the University of Miami’s Caribbean Program, she was subsequently appointed Program Director of the University of Miami’s North-South research center implementing programs on trade, security and governance in the Americas. Ms. Tross has provided consulting services for government agencies and private companies and has been a speaker and commentator at public fora on a range of economic development and security topics.