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 PERMANENT COUNCIL DELEGATION ARRIVES IN HAITI THURSDAY
February 13, 2008
Chairman of the Organization of American States (OAS) Permanent Council, Ambassador Cornelius A. Smith of the Bahamas, and OAS Assistant Secretary General Albert R. Ramdin will arrive in Port-au-Prince Thursday leading a delegation on an official four-day visit to meet with Haitian government officials and a range of political and other interests in Haiti.
The hemispheric delegation will discuss with the Haitian authorities a range of priority issues including a program of support for democratic institutions, as that nation prepares for partial elections to fill a number of vacancies in the Senate.
While in Haiti, the OAS delegation—which includes the OAS ambassadors from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Mexico, Peru, United States and Uruguay—will also do onsite visits to projects for first-hand assessment of the current situation, progress being made, and areas in which additional support might be needed. Countries represented on the delegation are among those in the OAS Group of Friends of Haiti, have peace-keeping troops in Haiti and, through the OAS, also provide support for many institutional strengthening and capacity-building activities in that country.
The Permanent Council Chairman described the mission as further indication of the commitment of the Permanent Council of the OAS to accompany the government and people of Haiti as they move forward to further strengthen the political and democratic processes. Ambassador Smith, who is also representing the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) delegations, further expressed the hope that as a result of this visit “we might be better able to assist Haiti in strengthening their institutional capacity and encourage the donor countries to make available funding for the economic development of Haiti.”
Assistant Secretary General Ramdin, who is Chairman of the hemispheric organization’s Haiti Task Force, explained that the February 14-17 visit is part of ongoing efforts to engage with that country. “The visit is to observe developments in Haiti, so that the friends of Haiti can get a better sense of what has been done and what remains to be done,” added Ramdin.