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.
Secretariat for Strengthening Democracy (SSD)
Strengthening Democracy in the Hemisphere
Department of Electoral Cooperation and Observation
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- General Elections on December 9, 2015
Political System
St. Vincent and the Grenadines operates as a parliamentary democracy modeled on the Westminster system. The head of state is Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, represented in the country by a Governor-General, an honorary appointment made on the advice of the Prime Minister.
Executive
The Prime Minister and Cabinet make up the Executive Branch. Following the General Elections, the leader of the majority party is sworn in as Prime Minister, and the Cabinet is chosen.
Legislative
The House of Assembly is composed by 6 senators appointed by the Governor General (in advice of the Prime Minister) and 15 elected representatives.
Even though the Prime Minister can call elections at any time, the parliamentary term of office is five years long.
Judicial
The legal system is derived from English Common Law and statues.
There are 11 courts in three magisterial districts. The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, comprising a high court and a court of appeals,
is known as the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Supreme Court. The court of last resort is the judicial committee of Her Majesty’s Privy Council
in London