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 to Convene Meetings of Labor Authorities of the Hemisphere in Barbados
September 15, 2014
The Organization of American States (OAS) will convene a series of meetings this week in Bridgetown, Barbados of national delegates, representatives of worker and employer groups, and international organizations to discuss pressing labor issues in the Hemisphere.
The meetings, to be held from September 17 to 19, include the 2014 Meeting of the Working Groups of the XVIII Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor (IACML), and a workshop on “Social Dialogue for Formalization,” hosted by the OAS as technical secretariat of the Inter-American Network for Labor Administration (RIAL, for its initials in Spanish).
During the meetings, participants will share their experiences and lessons learned regarding labor challenges in the Hemisphere in search of the most effective solutions. They will also follow up on the commitments made last year at the XVIII Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor held in Medellin, Colombia, and hold a dialogue on the decisions made at the 103rd Session of the International Labor Conference, held by the International Labor Organization in May and June of this year.
The OAS meeting will be the first workshop to specifically address the topic of informal work, which is work associated with instability, lack of protection and insecurity. Informal work can also lead to inequality, as workers in the sector tend to be concentrated in low-productivity jobs with low wages and little opportunity for social advancement. A high percentage of the labor force in the Americas works in the informal economy, ranging from 40% to 70% in some countries, which makes this issue highly pertinent and an area where nations have much to gain from sharing their experiences. Participants will also focus on social dialogue as a tool for formalizing informal work and achieving other important labor goals.
Other items for discussion on the agenda include fighting discrimination and increasing equality in the workforce, building sustainable enterprises, preventing and eradicating child labor and promoting occupational safety and health - all areas of major concern for the labor authorities of the region and topics of ongoing cooperation between the Hemisphere’s Ministries of Labor.
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