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.
At the request of the General Assembly, the Committee on Juridical and
Political Affairs of the Permanent Council has conducted three special
sessions on access to public information that were coordinated by the
Department of International Law.
The first two special sessions, taking place in
2006 and
2008, served to
promote, impart, and exchange experiences and knowledge with respect to
access to information and the relationship with citizen participation.
The third special session, held on December 13, 2010, served to
determine the effectiveness of the OAS’ activities in terms of access to
information and to plan their future work.
The special session included the participation of the Inter-American
Juridical Committee, the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression of
the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, the Secretariat for
Juridical Affairs, the Department of International Law, and the
Secretariat for Political Affairs. Also in attendance were many experts
who participated in the drafting of the model law and implementation
guide, as well as civil society organizations dedicated to ensuring the
right of access to information in the continent, including The Carter
Center and the Regional Alliance for Access to Information and Freedom
of Expression and thirty-three civil society organizations registered
with the OAS. Also participating were the Member States’ experts, who
offered their comments on the model law and considerations for an
Inter-American Program, including the Instituto Federal de Acceso a la
Información y Protección de Datos (México) and the Consejo para la
Transparencia (Chile). Finally, the World Bank also participated,
presenting its newly adopted policy on access to information that is
applicable to all branches of the institution.