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 Model Law on Access to Public Information (2010)
In June 2009, the OAS General
Assembly directed the Department of International Law to prepare a draft
Model Law on Access to Public Information, with the participation of
organs, agencies, and entities of the OAS, Member States, and civil
society organizations, with a view to providing the necessary legal
framework to guarantee citizen participation in a democratic system,
strengthen accountability and public trust in government institutions
and guarantee human rights.
This mandate of the General
Assembly entrusted the Department of International Law to coordinate the
drafting of the Model Law and its Implementation Guide, with the support
of a group of experts that met for a year to discuss, edit and finalize
these documents.
The final versions of the two
instruments were approved by the group of experts in March 2010 and
forwarded by the Department of International Law to the political organs
of the Organization in April 2010. During its 40th regular session, held
in June 2010, the General Assembly approved the resolution on the Model
Law and instructed the General Secretariat, through the Department of
International Law, to provide support to Member States that requested
the design, execution and evaluation of their regulations and policies
on access to public information.