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.
The Organization of Women of the Americas (OWA) will hold on Sunday, May 20, at 11:00 EDT (15:00 GMT) in the OAS Gardens the 14th Annual Food Festival of the Americas, an event that invites the public to enjoy the different foods, music, and typical dances of the countries of the continent. The entrance to this event is FREE.
During the event, there will be a drawing for prizes including electronics, restaurant gift certificates, art and more.
The meeting, organized every year by the ladies of the OWA, supports charities for women and children in the Americas. To this end, the wives of the OAS Permanent Representatives once a year coordinate various fundraising activities.
To participate in the drawing for prizes, those interested will be able to buy tickets the day of the event or in advance, at a cost of 10 dollars, by sending an email to the following address: [email protected].
The OWA is a nonprofit organization, funded by and made up of the spouses of the Ambassadors and Permanent Observers to the OAS and other members. Currently Elvira Mendez, wife of the Permanent Representative of Belize to the OAS, presides over the organization.
Since its founding, the OWA has contributed to the Oncology Unit of the Children's National Medical Center in Washington, D.C; the Caribbean American Intercultural Organization; the Assistance Fund for Victims of Anti-personnel Mines in Central America, the "Casa Rosada" home for children with AIDS in the Dominican Republic; Programs of the Mother Teresa of Calcutta's Missionaries of Charity, in Washington, D.C; and the San José de Malambo Orphanage in Panama, among others.
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