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-led Americas Competitiveness Exchange Program receives $1.57 Million from the U.S. Department of Commerce to Rebuild Trade and Investment Networks Post-Pandemic
March 31, 2021
The Americas Competitiveness Exchange (ACE) program has been awarded $1.57 million from the United States Department of Commerce, through the Economic Development Administration (EDA), to help rebuild and re-establish trade and investment networks in the Americas and accelerate recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. This EDA grant, to be matched with $1.6 million in local investment, will support what has become the premier economic development, innovation, and entrepreneurial network of the Americas, and a mechanism for economic recovery and resiliency.
The ACE is implemented through an ongoing partnership between the U.S. Department of Commerce, the U.S. Department of State and the Organization of American States (OAS), through its Secretariat for Integral Development. Each ACE edition connects decision-makers from the public and private sector in the Americas to a region’s new business opportunities, innovation hubs, flagship sectors, strategic investment, and research and development centers. On behalf of the OAS, the Executive Secretary for Integral Development, Kim Osborne, expressed her gratitude to the Government of the United States, and said “in the wake of this pandemic which has so negatively impacted the economies of the region, this new ACE grant is most timely, as it will help reconnect communities with international trade, potential investors and supply chains, which they urgently need as they work to recover.”
The previous 12 editions of the ACE have been hosted by the United States, Argentina, Canada, Chile, Germany, Israel, and Mexico. It has a network of 2000+ stakeholders from 41 countries (32 from the Americas) and 36,000 beneficiaries. The United States will host the next two iterations of ACE in Colorado and Louisiana.