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.
Penitentiary Authorities of the Americas to meet in Santo Domingo to Address Humanization of Prison Systems
January 28, 2020
The Fourth Meeting of officers responsible for penitentiary and prison policies of the Americas will be held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on February 3 and 4, 2020 to address issues such as:
1. Humanization of prison systems;
2. Mechanisms to reduce overcrowding in prisons;
3. Rehabilitation programs for the social reintegration of inmates
4. Professionalization of prison staff and
5. Information systems for prison management
The meeting, organized by the Office of the Procurator General of the Dominican Republic and the Organization of American States (OAS), will be inaugurated by the OAS Secretary General, Luis Almagro, the Foreign Minster, Miguel Vargas and the Procurator General, Jean Alain Rodríguez, at 09:00 local time (15:00 GMT) at the Convention Center of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
This meeting in the Dominican Republic, which brings together Officials Responsible for the Penitentiary and Prison Policies of the OAS, is the fourth of its kind; the last one was held in 2012 in the United States. At the conclusion of the hemispheric meeting, it is expected that the “Recommendations” of Santo Domingo will be adopted, which will then be sent to the OAS General Assembly for approval.
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