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.
The Mission of Electoral Observation of the Organization of American States (known as MOE/OEA for its Spanish acronym) that will accompany the General Elections of Sunday, February 7, has begun the deployment of its 52 observers from 18 Member States of the OAS, as well as from China, Spain and France. The Mission observers will be present in all Costa Rican provinces to follow the development of electoral organization and administration, as well as of the political campaign.
OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza designated former Colombian Foreign Minister María Emma Mejía as Chief of the Mission. Mejía also has been her country’s Minister of Education and of Foreign Relations, and Vice Presidential candidate with Horacio Serpa Uribe. In 2008, Mejía led the OAS Mission of Electoral Observation to Paraguay.
The Mission Chief has met Oscar Arias Sánchez, the President of the Republic of Costa Rica, as well as its Minister of Foreign Relations, Bruno Stagno Ugarte, and Communications Minister Mayi Antillón. Following their meeting, Mejía said: “Latin America has much to learn from a country like Costa Rica, of its political situation and democratic strength. Truly, we wish to admire the process being carried out here. We hope it will once again ratify its democracy.”
Furthermore, Mejía met with the country’s Supreme Electoral Court, and will meet the candidates for the Presidency of the Republic as well as pay visit to the authorities of the Supreme Electoral Court’s offices in Limón, Cartago and Alajuela.
The Mission will continue to attend various scheduled activities in the electoral calendar, especially those related to electoral organization, the development of the political campaign, electoral technology, and efforts being conducted to promote the electoral vote. Once the official election results have been announced, the Mission will release its observations and recommendations with respect to the various aspects of the electoral process in a report to be presented before the OAS Permanent Council.
Finally, the Mission wishes to highlight the importance of Costa Rican citizens becoming actively involved in this election and exercising their right to vote. In this way, they will contribute to maintain the democratic tradition that characterizes Costa Rica.