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 Hosts Meeting of the Inter-American Committee of Science and Technology (COMCYT)
November 13, 2013
The Organization of American States (OAS), through its Inter-American Council for Integral Development (CIDI), will host tomorrow Thursday, November 14, and Friday, November 15, the Eighth Regular Meeting of the Inter-American Committee of Science and Technology (COMCYT).
The welcoming remarks for the event will be delivered by the Assistant Secretary General of the OAS, Albert Ramdin, and the meeting will be led by the Chair of COMCYT, Rubén Berrocal, National Secretary for Science, Technology and Innovation of Panama. The event will feature the participation of Alejandro Cruz, Minister of Science, Technology and Telecommunications of Costa Rica; Eduardo Bolañós, General Director of the Office of the Vice President of Nicaragua; Armando Pokus, Undersecretary in the National Secretariat for Science and Technology of Guatemala; and Sherry Tross, Executive Secretary for Integral Development of the OAS, among others.
The meeting will include two panels; the first, with the private sector, on “Public-Private Partnerships for Education in Technology and Talent Development;” and the second on “Women, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship,” which will include the participation of recognized experts.
The primary function of COMCYT is to contribute to the definition and implementation of policies of cooperation for scientific and technological development and innovation in the Hemisphere.
More information on the Eighth Regular Meeting is available here.
WHAT: Eighth Regular Meeting of the Inter-American Committee of Science and Technology (COMCYT)
WHEN: Thursday, November 14, and Friday, November 15, 2013
WHERE: Padilha Vidal Room
Organization of American States
1889 F Street, N.W.
Washington, DC
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