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 Secretary General to Participate in the "Regional Meeting of the Open Government Partnership" in Chile
January 8, 2013
The "Regional Meeting on Open Government: Challenges and Progress in the Open Government Initiative," organized in Santiago de Chile by the Ministry of the General Secretariat of the Presidency of Chile, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and other organizations will be held on January 10 and 11, with the participation of the Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, who will take part in the opening ceremony and will speak about the challenges to open government in the Americas.
The event seeks to promote the exchange of experiences and good practices on the issues of access to information, transparency, accountability and citizen participation, in order to strengthen integrity and combat corruption. The meeting also aims to highlight the importance of including the parliaments of the region in the Open Government Partnership; to develop courses of action in support of the Open Government Declaration, adopted in September 2011, which has brought together governments and organizations from 58 countries; to propose projects that can be addressed in a coordinated way by the various parliaments of the hemisphere; and to develop suggestions for strengthening cooperative work in this area.
The meeting, to be held at ECLAC headquarters in Santiago, Chile, will also feature the participation of the Director of the Department of International Law of the OAS, Dante Negro, who will talk about access to public information in the plans of the Open Government Partnership and the role of oversight bodies for the compliance with the regulations in this area.
The agenda of the event is available here. More information and the webcast of the meeting are available here.
WHAT: Regional Meeting of the Open Government Partnership: "Challenges and Progress in the Open Government Initiative"
WHEN: January 10 - 11, 2013
WHERE:Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
Dag Hammarskjold 3477, Vitacura, Santiago, Chile