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.
OAS Observation Mission: Elections Show Strength of Democratic System in Costa Rica
The OAS/EOM in Costa Rica today congratulated the country’s citizens on their participation in the municipal elections on Sunday, which once again showed the strength of Costa Rica’s democratic system.
Read more...Preliminary report
Haiti: Agreement for Peaceful Transition of Government Accomplished
February 6, 2016
The Special Mission of the Organization of American States (OAS) to Haiti which began on Sunday, January 31 is now completed.
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OAS to Send Special Mission to Haiti to Assess Situation following Suspension of Elections - January 27, 2016
The OAS will send a Special Mission to assess the situation in Haiti in response to a request by Haitian President Michel Martelly...
Read more... Site of the EOM(en français)
OAS to Observe General Elections of April 10 in Peru
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Leonel Fernández and Edgardo Ortuño to Lead OAS Electoral Observation Missions in Bolivia and Costa Rica
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OAS Electoral Mission Congratulates St. Vincent and the Grenadines on Successful Elections
The EOM/OAS to the December 9 general elections in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines highlighted the civic spirit of the population shown in peaceful and successful elections.
Site of the EOM Verbal Report
The OAS Fellowship on Open Government in the Americas Program
The application for the Second Fellowship begins on December 10, 2015
and ends on January 31 2016.
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OAS and Brazil to Host 10th Inter-American Meeting of Electoral Management Bodies - November 19-20, 2015
Read more... Site of the meeting
Virtual Course on Election Observation
(en español)
- Full scholarship
- Registration: From November 9 to 13, 2015
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OAS Deploys Electoral Observation Mission to Belize
The Electoral Observation Mission of the Organization of American States (OAS/EOM) to the November 4 general elections in Belize began its deployment today.
Read more... Site of the EOM
X Inter-American Meeting of Electoral Management Bodies
The purpose of this meeting is to provide a forum for leaders or representatives of the highest electoral authorities to share experiences...
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, November 19th and 20th, 2015
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VIII Inter-American Electoral Seminar
This evento is organized by the OAS and the National Electoral Institute of Mexico (INE)
October 5-9, Mexico City, Mexico
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II Municipal Management Modernization Seminar
The event represents a unique opportunity to publicize and disseminate innovative experiences in Municipal Public Administration in order to strengthen public administration in the region and motivate innovation in the public sector.
From Sep 30 to Oct 2, 2015 - São Paulo, Brazil
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The DEPM will train 50 municipalities in Colombia
The DEPM will train between October and November this year through its
Virtual Campus 50 municipalities in Colombia with the course "Using GIS Technology in Cadastre"
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NewElectoral Observation Missions Database
The Electoral Observation Missions Database is a tool that compiles and systematizes the information from each of the missions the OAS has deployed in the hemisphere.
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OAS Congratulates the People of Suriname for their Exemplary Civic Spirit in the 2015 General Elections
Site of the Mission
Advanced Inter-American Program on Policy Innovation and Management - AIPIM 2015
The program is focused on the frontiers/state-of-art of policy management and innovation designed for experienced OAS-member States’ senior policy makers.
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Regional Seminar: Political Reform Processes in Central America - May 18, 2015
This Seminar is to take place in the framework of the Political Reforms in Latin America project in San José, Costa Rica
Agenda
OAS Observes Satisfactory Preparation of the Electoral Process by the Guyana Elections Commission
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Launch of the Inter-American Award for Innovation in Effective Public Management - 2015 Edition
An activity of the Department for Effective Public Management that seeks to enhance public management innovations, systematize, encourage and promote them as useful experiences and possible to replicate elsewhere.
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First Meeting of Chiefs of Electoral Observation Missions (EOMs) of the OAS
- Washington, DC - March 11, 2015
Invitation Agenda
The OAS/EOM in St. Kitts and Nevis Calls on All Actors to Respect the Official Results Announced by Electoral Authorities
Read more... Site of the mission
OAS Supported Guatemala in Verifying More than 450,000 Identity Documents and Updating its Electoral Registry
January 30, 2015
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Secretario General de la OEA dice que observaciones electorales "forjan los cimientos" de la democracia
OAS Hosts Roundtable "International Electoral Observation: Progress and Challenges"
OEA conmemoró el Día de la Observación Electoral con análisis de progresos y desafíos OAS Commemorates Electoral Observation Day with Analysis of Progress and Challenges - Part II
OEA-DECO 50 Años observando Elecciones OAS-DECO 50 Years Observing Elections