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.
Through meetings, seminars and training courses, DECO seeks to promote the effective exchange of knowledge, experiences and electoral management practices in the region.
Inter-American Meetings of Electoral Authorities
The Inter-American Meetings of Electoral Authorities seek to promote an effective exchange of knowledge, experiences and best practices of electoral management bodies in the region. The meetings support horizontal cooperation in order to strengthen the institutional capacities of these bodies and improve the way in which elections are held in the Americas. Eleven Inter-American Meetings of Electoral Authorities have been held to date. The last meeting was held in Mexico City in October 2016.
This activity, organized with the Federal Electoral Institute, IFE, of Mexico aimed to promote the improvement of the organization and administration of electoral processes and systems through the strengthening of the technical capacities of officials and civil servants of electoral bodies, To this end, a training day was held at the IFE headquarters in Mexico. Since its first edition in 2008, eight trainings have been organized.
Meetings of the American Electoral Jurisprudence Working Group
Through the protection of the political and electoral rights of citizens and through the peaceful resolution of electoral disputes, electoral justice bodies are increasingly gaining prominence in the region. In that context, the highest level authorities of the electoral bodies meet periodically in the Working Group Meetings on American Electoral Jurisprudence to circulate and exchange experiences on the decisions made by Electoral Courts of various countries in the region. The seventh Meeting was held in October 2016.
ISO Electoral Standards Workshops
DECO, through the International Electoral Accreditation Body (IEAB), provides training to electoral officials involved in quality management systems based on ISO standards. The courses offered provide training in the application of ISO / TS 17582: 2014 and the proper conduction of certification audits under the norm, in order to train internal auditors within the electoral bodies that have implemented quality management systems and are also able to carry out external audits. By passing course exams, workshop participants will have the opportunity to obtain IEAB's approved lead auditor status. Only auditors and professionals authorized by the Electoral Accreditation Body may perform certification audits under ISO / TS 17582: 2014. Courses have been organized in the Dominican Republic, Peru, Costa Rica, Brussels and Washington DC.
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