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 Science and Technology Convened by OAS Will Seek to Establish Goals to Improve Countries’ Competitiveness
November 15, 2011
The use of applied science, technology and innovation to improve competitiveness and achieve prosperity in the countries of the region will be one of the main focal points of the Third Meeting of Ministers and High Authorities of Science and Technology from the Americas, to be held this Thursday and Friday, November 17 and 18, 2011, in Panama City, with the support of the Organization of American States (OAS).
The meeting has as its objective to make progress in science and technology in the region, by defining a series of goals to be fulfilled by the year 2025. The Ministers and High Authorities also are expected to approve the “Draft Plan of Action of Panama,” which facilitates the creation of working groups to achieve progress on the agreed-upon tasks, as well as to establish clear initiatives and cooperation mechanisms that ensure the fulfillment of the already mentioned objectives.
The inaugural session of the Third Ministerial Meeting will be held Thursday the 17th at 9:00 local time (14:00 GMT) with the participation of the Minister in Charge of Foreign Affairs of Panama, Francisco Álvarez de Soto, and the interim OAS Executive Secretary for Integral Development, Jorge Saggiante. Among the participants who have already confirmed their attendance are Ministers and High Authorities from Argentina, Barbados, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Saint Kitts and Nevis, the United States, and Trinidad and Tobago.
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