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.
GERMAN SUPPORT BOOSTS OAS TECHNICAL COOPERATION ON FOOD STANDARDS
January 24, 2005
Under an agreement signed at the Organization of American States (OAS) headquarters today, the German government is providing a major boost to a program aimed at improving standards in food production in OAS member countries.
Germany will provide 300,000 Euros annually, over four years, to strengthen conformity assessment systems in the food sector, particularly as they relate to small and medium-size enterprises.
German support will finance experts, equipment and training, and associated elements, under the terms of the agreement signed by Germany’s Permanent Observer to the OAS, Ambassador Wolfgang Ischinger, along with OAS Acting Secretary General Luigi R. Einaudi.
The agreement will directly benefit the 34-nation Inter-American Metrology System (SIM) and the 18-nation Inter-American Accreditation Cooperation (IACC). The ultimate aim is to ensure quality export products from the region, through cooperation, by helping manufacturers meet technical and certification standards related to environmental quality systems.
“The arrangements that have been agreed up to now are an important additional element for harmonizing trade arrangements in the OAS region,” said Ambassador Ischinger during the brief signing ceremony. He went on to state that promoting “regional cooperation as a principle” is a key mission for his government. “That is the essence of why my government has been very interested all along in working with the OAS and in trying to foster and encourage inter-regional cooperation in your part of the world, even though it is not exactly at our doorstep.”
Acting Secretary General Einaudi paid tribute to Germany’s longstanding support to the OAS, noting how important such solidarity has been for the Western Hemisphere organization. As Einaudi noted, this particular grant fits into plans for the next Summit of the Americas, which is to be held in Mar de la Plata, Argentina.
“In fact, it will contribute significantly in an area that, by improving standards, will ensure better trade,” Einaudi said of the German contribution.
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