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 Launches Secure Videoconference Initiative to Facilitate Exchange on Criminal Matters and Extradition
February 25, 2010
Brasilia – The General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) today presented a secure videoconference system for the use of judicial authorities in the region in the framework of the VIII Meeting of Ministers of Justice or other Ministers or Attorneys General of the Americas (REMJA VIII).
The new tool, part of the Hemispheric Information Exchange Network for Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters and Extradition (the “Network”) will facilitate cooperation and exchange of information among countries that are currently part of the Network and is intended to become an essential tool to conduct testing and collect testimony and declarations as part of processes implemented by Member States.
The Network has been considered one of the main concrete results of the REMJA. It is made up of four parts: a public page, a private page, a secure electronic system of communication and the new videoconference system. This collection of electronic tools has helped to make cooperation between OAS Member State authorities in international judicial matters more efficient.
“We hope that this new component will help the Member States to continue to strengthen their exchange and collaboration. For our part, we will continue to work to be able to respond to the needs of users, who today amount to about 130 in 38 public entities of 30 Member States of the Organization,” said Jorge García-González, Director of the OAS Department of Legal Cooperation.
The secure videoconference system presented to the ministers is already available for use.
Furthermore in the framework of the REMJA VIII the OAS General Secretariat signed two memorandums of understanding (MOU) with the Ministry of Justice, Security, and Human rights of the Republic of Argentina and with the National Secretariat of Justice of the Ministry of Justice of Brazil so these two entities may participate in the Network.
The Hemispheric Information Exchange Network for Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters and Extradition is available in all four OAS official languages and may be visited here
The VIII Meeting of Ministers of Justice or other Ministers or Attorneys General of the Americas is taking place February 24 to 26 in Brasilia. Topics discussed during this ministerial meeting include those related to justice and legal and judicial cooperation, particularly with respect to mutual assistance in criminal matters and extradition, cybercrime, human trafficking, transnational organized crime, victim and witness protection, prison and penitentiary policies, forensic investigation and family and child rights.