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.
CICTE of the OAS Publishes a Manual on Security Planning for Large-scale Events
September 20, 2022
The Inter-American Committee against Terrorism (CICTE) of the Organization of American States (OAS) today presented a manual on security planning for large scale events, prepared together with the United Nations Interregional Institute for Crime and Justice Research (UNICRI), and which aims to provide practical guidance to those responsible for national security policies in the OAS countries.
The publication "Security Planning on a Large Scale: A Practical Manual" offers information on coordination and organization of the many and varied aspects that are part of any multifaceted security plan for important events such as presidential summits or the organization of international sporting events, which usually involve months or even years of preparation.
This publication is part of the three-year program "Improving Crime Prevention Policies and International Cooperation for the Protection of Crowded Spaces and Other Vulnerable Targets," implemented by the Executive Secretariat of CICTE and funded by the Government of Canada. The Manual is available in English and Spanish.
The manual provides an organizational framework and proven methodology that can be used to analyze the planning cycle of any large security company and helps organizers efficiently design and implement plans to protect busy spaces and vulnerable targets. The manual is based on the SIPOC diagram, (Suppliers, Inputs, Processes, Outputs, and Customers), a tool used to identify all elements relevant to a process improvement project.
CICTE and UNICRI have partnered for the past 15 years to develop a body of best practices related to the promotion of safety at major events and tourist destinations; the promotion of integrated planning; public-private partnerships, community participation, and regional cooperation in the Americas. All of this work is designed to promote security and economic development in the Western Hemisphere, one of the core missions of the OAS.