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 Hemisphere’s Electoral Authorities Meet in Ottawa
September 25, 2023
The XVI Inter-American Meeting of Electoral Authorities (RAE, for its acronym in Spanish), which brings together the highest-level representatives of electoral bodies from across the hemisphere, was inaugurated today in Ottawa, Canada, organized by the General Secretariat of the Organization of the American States (OAS) and Elections Canada, with the support of the government of Canada.
The current edition involves the participation of 49 delegates from 31 electoral bodies of 27 OAS member states.
The opening of the event was headed by Francisco Guerrero, the OAS Secretary for Strengthening Democracy; Stéphane Perrault, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada; and Jason Tolland, Director General for South America and Inter-American Affairs, Global Affairs Canada. Elder Claudette Commanda, from the Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation, opened the event with a traditional ceremony.
During the XVI RAE, electoral authorities will address topics such as artificial intelligence in elections, conflict management in electoral processes, the role and protection of electoral observers, and effective models for the regulation, transparency, and control of political financing.
The Inter-American Meetings of Electoral Authorities promote the exchange of knowledge, experiences, and successful practices in electoral administration within the region. These meetings facilitate horizontal cooperation to continuously strengthen the institutional capacities of electoral bodies and improve the way elections are conducted in the Americas. The XVI RAE is the only forum that brings together all the electoral authorities of the hemisphere and aims to provide a space where these authorities can identify and discuss the challenges they face.
In 2018, the OAS General Assembly, through resolution AG/RES. 2927 (XLVIII-O/18), instructed “the General Secretariat, through the Department of Electoral Cooperation and Observation, to serve as Technical Secretariat of the Inter-American Meetings of Electoral Authorities, so as to continue to offer an institutional venue for sharing experiences, lessons learned, and dissemination of information on elections issues in the region, as well as the recommendations made by the electoral observation missions.”
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