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.
Chief of OAS Foreign Visitors Mission to the Elections in Mexico Begins Preliminary Visit
May 8, 2018
The Chief of the Foreign Visitors Mission of the Organization of American States (OAS) to the July 1 elections in Mexico, the former President of the Dominican Republic Leonel Fernández, today began a preliminary visit to the country to learn about the progress made in the organization of the elections.
During the week, President Fernández will hold meetings with the different actors in the electoral process, including electoral authorities from the National Electoral Institute, the Electoral Tribunal of the Judicial Branch of the Federation, the Specialized Attorney for Attention to Electoral Crimes and the Electoral Institute of Mexico City, as well as government officials, candidates and campaign teams of the competing political parties.
The Foreign Visitors Mission will begin its deployment in the country in mid-June and will be made up of experts in electoral organization and technology, campaign financing, women´s political participation and electoral justice, among other areas. Moreover, the Mission will include regional coordinators and observers in the different states of the country to observe the vote itself.
This will be the fourth electoral process that the OAS has observed in Mexico, following missions to the federal elections of 2009 and 2015, and the local elections of 2012.