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 Government of Canada today signed an agreement with the Organization of American States (OAS) to contribute Can$2 million to support sustainable development efforts in the hemisphere.
“We believe that the OAS has a very strong role to play in matters of development cooperation,” said OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza during a brief ceremony in Washington which involved Ambassador Paul Durand, Permanent Representative of Canada to the OAS. “This grant represents further engagement in our continued collaboration with Canada,” added Insulza.
He explained that the agreement signed with the Canadian International Development Agency will strengthen the capacity of the OAS, particularly the Executive Secretariat for Integral Development, to meet the needs of its member states by defining stronger policy and supporting development programs.
Ambassador Durand noted that one of the member states’ priorities has been to support natural disaster— and mitigation programs. “Over the last two years we have had a series of natural disasters in the Caribbean and in Central America” he said, underscoring the Organization’s commitment to these programs. Durand emphasized that one of the specific priority areas identified for implementation under this agreement is for strengthening policies to support governments that must face the destruction caused by natural disaster.
In this context, Insulza recalled that the Organization, within its multidimensional approach to security, has made significant progress towards developing policies that provide aid to the most vulnerable countries that suffer from these disasters.
Insulza also said that OAS “will strive actively to engage with other development actors such as the Inter-American Development Bank and the World Bank,” as well as other countries in the region. “Each agency cannot continue to work by itself in matters of preparedness, relief and risk reduction. We need to coordinate efforts and collaborate with those organizations,” the Secretary General concluded.
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