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 Panama Join Forces to Host the Americas Competitiveness Exchange
January 29, 2024
Sixty high-level leaders from the public and private sector from across the Americas will meet this week, January 29-February 2, for the 17th Edition of the Americas Competitiveness Exchange (ACE) in Panama., organized by the Organization of American States (OAS) and Panama. The objective is to promote new partnerships, investment opportunities, cooperation and collaboration ventures within Panama’s dynamic economic ecosystem including multimodal transportation and logistics, transformative technologies, sustainable agriculture, clean energy, and regenerative tourism, among others.
This 17th Edition of the ACE being held in Panama is especially focused on regional integration given Panama’s position as a hemispheric hub. Three specific networking segments for engagement have been designed: one focused on trade and investment with over 100 companies from Panama; another with entrepreneurs, start-ups and innovators developing solutions to deploy emerging technologies; and a third on small businesses in the creative sector, sustainable agriculture and tourism.
The Executive Secretary for Integral Development of the OAS, Kim Osborne, said “Each edition of the ACE offers its own unique opportunities for cultivating partnerships that spur economic development. The ripple effect of the ACE resonates well beyond the week spent in any host community or country. The focus on innovation and entrepreneurship is key to the success of the ACE and its impact on the economic ecosystem of our region.”
The ACE is the premier economic development, innovation, and entrepreneurial network of the Americas. It is a partnership between OAS Secretariat for Integral Development (OAS-SEDI), and the United States Government’s Department of Commerce (Economic Development Administration) and Department of State (U.S. Permanent Mission to the OAS). The previous 16 editions have been held in Seattle, Northern California, Chile, Argentina, Mexico, Canada, Ecuador among many others benefiting over 1,000 leaders from 42 countries featuring more than 1,160 projects.
About OAS-SEDI
The strategic mission of OAS-SEDI is to work with OAS member states to secure sustainable, inclusive and equitable development in the Americas as a foundation for democracy, peace, social justice and progress.
OAS-SEDI derives its mandates from the Summit of the Americas, the OAS General Assembly, and various sectoral meetings at the Ministerial level.