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.
Ministers of Culture from the Americas to Meet at OAS
November 7, 2011
The Ministers and Highest Appropriate Authorities of Culture of the Americas will meet on November 9 and 10, 2011, at the headquarters of the Organization of American States (OAS) in Washington, DC, with the objective of establishing strategies to promote culture as a common denominator for integral development in the countries of the region. The meeting is being held in the framework of the celebrations of 2011 as the Inter-American Year of Culture and with the goal of issuing recommendations for the Sixth Summit of the Americas, to be held in April 2012 in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia.
The Fifth Inter-American Meeting of Ministers and Highest Appropriate Authorities of Culture will feature the participation of the OAS Secretary General, José Miguel Insulza, as well as the following authorities who have confirmed their presence: Eleston Adams, Minister of Culture of Antigua and Barbuda; Diane Ablonczy, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs (Americas) of Canada; Manuel Enrique Obregón López, Minister of Culture and Youth of Costa Rica; José Rafael Lantigua, Minister of Culture of the Dominican Republic; Winston Peters, Minister of the Arts and Multiculturalism of Trinidad and Tobago; Marcella Liburd, Minister of Health and Culture of St. Kitts and Nevis; Arley Gill, Senator and Minister of State of Grenada; Justina Charles, Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports of Dominica; and María Claudia López Sorzano, Deputy Minister of Culture of Colombia.
The event will constitute a forum to address the progress and outcomes of 2011 as the Inter-American Year of Culture and the role culture plays in promoting prosperous communities and peaceful coexistence, as well as economic empowerment and social inclusion, and citizen participation for the strengthening of democracies. Furthermore, other topics of debate will be the achievements and challenges of the Inter-American Committee on Culture 2008-2011 and the outlines for 2013, as well as perspectives on the ministerial process and the Sixth Summit of the Americas.
The inaugural session is scheduled for Wednesday, November 9, at 9:00 EST (14:00 GMT), with the participation of Secretary General Insulza.
For more information on the Ministerial Meeting, click here.