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, UN and Council of Europe Authorities to Discuss Challenges to Eliminate Violence against Women and Girls
November 5, 2017
The Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM) of the Organization of American States (OAS) will host on Tuesday, November 7, a debate on the main challenges faced by regional and international monitoring mechanisms in their efforts to eliminate violence against women and girls, one of the most widespread violations of human rights globally.
The panel titled: “Regional and International Mechanisms for a comprehensive approach addressing Violence against Women and Girls,” is held within the framework of the International month for the Elimination of Violence against Women, that is celebrated on November 25. The event is part of the activities carried out by the CIM as Technical Secretariat of the Follow-up Mechanism for the Implementation of the Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence against Women (MESECVI).
The debate will be opened by the OAS Secretary General, Luis Almagro and headed by:
The UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, Dubravka Šimonović,
The Vice President of the Committee of Experts of the Belém do Pará Convention (MESECVI) of the OAS, Sylvia Mesa, and
The President of the Group of Experts of the Council of Europe Convention on the Prevention and Fight against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (GREVIO), Feride Acar.
Additional information about the event is available here.
The panel will be broadcast live through the OAS Website.