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 and IOM Launch Campaign “Migrants Count in the Americas”
December 11, 2017
The Organization of American States (OAS) – through the Committee on Migration Issues of its Inter-American Council for Integral Development and the General Secretariat – and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) will launch tomorrow the campaign “Migrants Count in the Americas,” focused on recognizing the contributions of migrants to sustainable development in countries of origin as well as destination, and highlighting the importance of their inclusion in the communities where they live.
The launch will be held TOMORROW at 10:00 EST (15:00 GMT) in the Hall of the Americas at OAS headquarters in Washington DC. The event will be opened by:
Secretary General of the OAS, Luis Almagro
Deputy Director General of the IOM, Laura Thompson
Chair of the Committee on Migration Issues of the OAS, Wendy Acevedo
Following the launch, a panel will be held moderated by the Secretary for Access to Rights and Equity of the OAS, Mauricio Rands, with the following participants:
Director, a.i., of the International Labour Organization Office USA, Kevin Cassidy
Associate Policy Analyst, Migration Policy Institute, Ariel G. Ruiz Soto
Migrant-Artist, President of the Foundation “Sonidos Bolivianos,” Luis Gamarra