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.
LATINOBAROMETRO WILL PRESENT AT THE OAS THE RESULTS OF ITS 2008 REPORT
February 24, 2009
For the third consecutive year, the Organization of American States (OAS) will be the venue for the presentation of the Latinobarómetro annual report of public opinion which will take place in the context of the fourteenth OAS Policy Roundtable, entitled: “The Financial crisis, a challenge to democracy?” to be held on Thursday, February 26th, 2009, at the OAS headquarters in Washington D.C.
On this opportunity, Marta Lagos, Executive Director of Latinobarómetro, will present the findings of the poll taken in 18 countries across Latin-America that asks respondents their perceptions about the economy, unemployment, criminality, corruption, discrimination, Internet usage, government approval, and the attitude toward democracy, among others.
The discussion panel will include Mr. Michael Shifter, Vice President for policy and Director of the Andean Program at the Inter-American Dialogue, and Eric Lynn, Research Associate of the International Foundation for Electoral Systems, (IFES) who will present their own perspectives on the results of the report, after an introduction by the OAS Assistant Secretary General, Ambassador Albert Ramdin.
Latinobarómetro Corporation is a non-governmental organization based in Santiago de Chile, responsible for carrying out the annual public opinion survey that applies some 19,000 interviews in 18 countries, representing more than 400 million inhabitants. The initiative is produced, designed, and used mainly by social, political and academic actors of the region.
The fourteenth OAS Policy Roundtable will be webcast live (www.oas.org).
WHAT: Fourteenth OAS Policy Roundtable – Presentation of the Latinobarometro Report: The Financial Crisis, A Challenge to Democracy?
WHEN: Thursday, February 26th, 2009
TIME: 3:30 pm (EST)
WHERE: Hall of the Americas
Organization of American States
17th Street & Constitution Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20006