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-IDEA COOPERATION TO BOLSTER POLITICAL PARTIES IN THE AMERICAS
February 22, 2007
Secretary General José Miguel Insulza, signing a cooperation agreement between the Organization of American States (OAS) and the Sweden-based International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA), said today that he believes the two organizations can work together effectively to help strengthen political parties in the Americas.
“We sincerely hope to continue making a meaningful contribution to the development of democracy,” said Insulza, adding that any initiatives undertaken would not involve domestic party politics but would seek to strengthen the democratic system in general.
Insulza welcomed the enhanced collaboration with International IDEA during a signing ceremony with that organization’s Secretary-General, Vidar Helgesen, at OAS headquarters in Washington. Secretary General Insulza explained the work of the OAS in monitoring elections and providing technical assistance to member countries to strengthen their electoral process, adding that these efforts have produced positive results.
Citing the groundbreaking OAS work that produced the Inter-American Democratic Charter—adopted by the member states in 2001—Insulza underscored the important role democracy plays in development and the elimination of poverty. In response to a suggestion from his IDEA counterpart, Insulza expressed a willingness to lend the experience of the OAS towards the development of a democracy charter for African countries. According to Insulza, the inter-American organization’s vast experience in electoral matters could be useful to Africa’s initiative for its own democracy charter. He also talked about OAS efforts to strengthen relations with the African continent, including through an upcoming meeting with the African Union.
IDEA Secretary-General Helgesen, for his part, said this new agreement sets the stage for a strengthened, consolidated and promising partnership. He noted that the areas of elections, electoral capacity-building and the role of political parties are of particular relevance for this partnership initiative.
As an intergovernmental organization with a global reach, he explained, International IDEA focuses considerable attention on Latin America and has some of its strongest programs in that region. Helgesen also outlined his organization’s efforts to consolidate Africa’s momentum in democracy, indicating that a conference to be held in Africa on the subject will also feature a panel on Latin American experiences.
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