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.
We invite you to consult this webpage on secured transactions reforms in
the Americas. To support these reform efforts, as part of the OAS
regional technical cooperation program funded with support from the
Government of Canada, the Department of International Law is carrying
out the following project:
“Secured Transactions Reform: Promotion of the Model Inter-American Law
on Secured Transactions and its Model Registry Regulations”
(referred to as the “OAS Secured Financing Project”)
For information about this project, click on the link, to the right.
Inter-American Private International Law System In the Inter-American Private International Law System (CIDIP) of
the OAS, Member States have approved two important legal instruments on
secured credit:
The Model Inter-American Law on Secured
Transactions (Model Law), approved by the Sixth Inter-American
Specialized Conference on Private International Law (CIDIP-VI) on
February 8, 2002.
The Model Registry Regulations under the Model
Inter-American Law on Secured Transactions (Model Regulations),
approved by the Seventh Inter-American Specialized Conference on
Private International Law (CIDIP-VII) on October 9, 2009.
Contents
This webpage includes:
Information about the OAS Secured Financing
Project, including
background and importance,
objective,
approach,
activities and
challenges;
Texts of the Inter-American instruments on
secured transactions (Model Law and Model Registry Regulations);
Information about the legislative process within
the OAS (CIDIP) that resulted in the Model Law and Model Registry
Regulations;
Materials from OAS regular meetings and specific
seminars and events relevant to secured transactions reforms;
Links to other international organizations
involved in secured transactions reform;
Project-related publications;
Relevant news about secured transactions reforms,
including publications of the Department of International Law
Bulletin;
Updates on OAS collaboration and outreach efforts
with other organizations.
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