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.
“Recognizing the importance of access to public
information and personal data protection to strengthening democracy, in 2012
the OAS General Assembly approved the Model Law on Access to Public
Information and its Implementation Guide. These two documents represent the
broadest possible application of the right to public information—defined as
information in the possession, custody, or control of any public authority—,
and serve as the legal foundation of this project.
The right of access to public information is key to
protecting many individual and collective rights which are fundamental to a
strong and functioning democracy. Furthermore, the relationship between the
right of access to public information and human rights protection, economic
development, and governance is widely recognized.
Through interactions and discussions between project
participants—including high level public officials, experts, academics,
private sector and civil society actors—the initiative will build consensus
toward drafting, updating, and promoting a cutting edge access to
information legal framework, which responds to OAS Member State needs, fits
into existing constitutional provisions and laws, international human rights
standards, and incorporates the Model Law and its Implementation Guide.”