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 ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL WELCOMES
RESUMPTION OF SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
January 23, 2007
Assistant Secretary General Albert Ramdin today applauded the launch of the new Organization of American States (OAS) scholarship program, noting that this is “an encouraging development that is of critical importance to the countries of the hemisphere, and especially to the smaller economies of the Caribbean and Central America.”
In hailing the resumption of the scholarship program for undergraduate or graduate degrees, as well as for technical studies and professional development, the Assistant Secretary General stressed that the OAS scholarship program “is an invaluable facilitator for education and capacity-building as important building blocks for the economies of our countries.”
Ramdin further observed that the OAS has a role to play in strengthening governability, as well as human and institutional capacity. “OAS fellowships represent one important way to assist countries with good governance by helping to ensure there are well-educated people and capacity on the ground,” Ramdin added.
The OAS Scholarship and Training Program, one of the largest such programs in the Americas, annually offers funding for educational opportunities to hundreds of individuals throughout the hemisphere. It is administered by the Department of Human Development in the form of academic, technical studies and professional development scholarships.
The OAS program operates on the philosophy that studying at universities and other higher learning institutions in countries throughout the hemisphere also creates the opportunity for the citizens of the Americas to integrate in each other’s communities, and to exchange experiences and information in the specialized areas of expertise or study.
The program for graduate and undergraduate scholarships was temporarily suspended last year to allow the organization to revamp, strengthen and tighten the procedures in order to improve the efficiency, effectiveness and reach of this critical program.