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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.
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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.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Assumes Chair of the OAS Inter-American Council for Integral Development
January 15, 2025
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The Permanent Representative of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to the Organization of American States (OAS), Lou-Anne Gaylene Gilchrist, today assumed the Chair of the Inter-American Council for Integral Development (CIDI) of the Organization, a position that she will hold until June 2025.
During a ceremony held at OAS headquarters in Washington, D.C., Ambassador Gilchrist said that during her period, the primary focus would be “building equitable and inclusive communities in the Americas, expanding access and opportunities for all.” “CIDI will focus its attention on various sectors of the population in the Americas, including the youth, rural communities, and indigenous and Afro-descendent communities, with a view to sharing perspectives and unearthing solutions to the various issues affecting and impacting their daily lives, livelihoods, and productivity,” she added.
For her part, the outgoing Chair of CIDI and Representative of Saint Lucia to the OAS, Elizabeth Darius-Clarke, said that “over the past six months of my chairmanship, CIDI has engaged in a series of dynamic and impactful discussions aimed at addressing the critical regional challenges of connectivity and advancing integral development across the Americas, culminating with the adoption of the resolution, ‘Physical connectivity to promote regional trade, investment, and integration for economic growth,’” and added that “I have absolutely no reservations that under leadership of Ambassador Gilchrist, CIDI will continue to address the critical challenges hindering our sustainable development in the Hemisphere.”
The Vice Chair for the second term of the year will be exercised by the Permanent Representative of Colombia, Luis Ernesto Vargas, who takes over from outgoing Vice Chair and Permanent Representative of Costa Rica, Alejandra Solano.
The Chair of CIDI rotates every six months according to alphabetical order in Spanish.