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 WIPO to Present Studies on the Impact and Importance of the Creative Industries in the Countries of the Americas
January 24, 2012
The Organization of American States (OAS) and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) will present on Thursday, January 26, the conclusions of a series of national studies on the Economic Contribution of Creative Industries and its impact on economic development and employment in the continent.
The studies were developed in more than 30 countries, including Canada, USA, Mexico, Jamaica, Colombia, Peru, and in Brazil and Trinidad and Tobago are currently underway. They include key information to national authorities and decision makers on how to stimulate growth, promote competitiveness and enhance the multiplier effects generated by the creative industry in other sectors. The creative industries are those in which the product or service contains a substantial artistic or creative element and is protected by copyright.
The event will be held at OAS headquarters in Washington, DC, with the participation of the OAS Assistant Secretary General, Albert Ramdin; the Minister of Planning and Economy of Trinidad and Tobago, Bhoendradatt Tewarie; the Vice-Chairman, International Intellectual Property Institute, Jorge Amigo Castañeda; and the Deputy Director, Creative Industries Section, Creators and Performers Support Division of WIPO, Dimiter Gantchev.