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 and Caribbean Development Bank to cooperate to promote sustainable, resilient and inclusive development in the Caribbean
November 16, 2023
Photo: OAS
The General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) and the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) today signed an agreement to establish a framework for cooperation to promote the nexus between holistic development and the resilience ecosystem for joint efforts to reduce poverty and transform lives through sustainable, resilient, and inclusive development in the Caribbean.
After the signing ceremony that took place at the headquarters of the hemispheric Organization in Washington, DC, the President of CDB, Hyginus “Gene” Leon, said “I am extremely happy that we have advanced in the means through which we will be able to cooperate with one basic point in mind: advancing in the prosperity of the peoples of this Hemisphere.” “Whatever solutions we put in place today are solutions for tomorrow, which we know is fraught with difficulty and challenges, a future that can only be met if we can forge effective partnerships. For me this is the continuation, not beginning, of a relationship that has endured time,” he added
OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro said that, “Through this cooperation agreement we will be able to focus our actions on projects to develop innovative solutions to build sustainability and resilience in the region.” “The challenges we face in this region are beyond the capacity of any one organization acting alone and require multi-sectoral and multi-disciplinary approaches and solutions. By working together and pooling both financial and technical resources we will be better equipped to achieve our goals”, he added.
The signed initiative between the OAS and the CDB will strengthen the activities for the benefit of the Caribbean countries in areas such as transformative technologies for climate action, entrepreneurship in the cultural and creative industries, environmental resilience and disaster preparedness, advancing women entrepreneurship, and enhancing public procurement and institutional capacity.