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.
Over the past decade, Latin America and the Caribbean have
made tremendous progress in reducing poverty and in boosting shared
prosperity. Poverty has fallen by half to 12.3 percent. The middle class --
currently 34 percent of the population -- is growing. Meanwhile, inequality
in Latin America -- historically the world’s highest -- has fallen, even as
it rises in practically every other part of the globe.
For the first time, the number of people in the middle class
surpasses those living in poverty.
In fact, on the very same trip to Bolivia, when I was trying
to keep up with President Evo on the soccer field, some of the villagers who
were watching us were snapping pictures on their smart phones. This was one of
the most remote parts of Bolivia, and even there, people have access to
technologies that connect them to the wider world.
That lesson for me was powerful. Though excluded from economic
progress and largely invisible to the rich world, the poor are very aware of how
the rich live. And, with that knowledge, they’re demanding more opportunity for
themselves, especially for their children. While Latin America and the Caribbean
have improved a lot in recent years, we could lose momentum unless we maintain –
and deepen -- our focus on inclusive economic growth.
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