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 Opens Application Period for 2014-2015 Scholarships
February 28, 2013
The Organization of American States (OAS), through its Department of Human Development, Education and Culture, has opened the application period for the Program of Academic Scholarships for Graduate and Undergraduate Studies during the 2014-2015 academic cycle.
The scholarships are intended for students who are citizens and residents of OAS Member States and who want to engage in Masters or Doctoral studies, or research leading to an advanced degree in a member country of the hemispheric organization, with the exception of their own country of citizenship or residence.
The field of study of the applicant must relate to the priority areas established by the OAS Member States in the Strategic Plan for Partnership for Integral Development, such as social development and the creation of productive employment; education; economic diversification and integration, trade liberalization and market access; scientific development and the exchange and transfer of technology; strengthening of democratic institutions; sustainable development of tourism; or sustainable development and the environment and culture.