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 OAS AND CITES INVITE EXPERTS TO DISCUSS THE FUTURE OF AMAZONIAN TIMBER AND OTHER 34,000 SPECIES OF FAUNA AND FLORA
February 27, 2009
The Department of Sustainable Development of the Organization of American States (OAS-DSD), jointly with the Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), held a roundtable discussion, during this week at the OAS headquarters, on support activities for the conservation and sustainable use of the 34,000 species of wild animals and plants protected by the CITES.
In his opening remarks the OAS Executive Secretary for Integral Development, Ambassador Alfonso Quiñónez, highlighted that “as economic growth progresses in the region, and countries engage in increased trade, CITES implementation becomes more critical.” He further emphasized that “the need to support countries achieve a comprehensive protection of species of flora and fauna and improve and promote legal, financial and institutional mechanisms is an issue that merits not only of dialogue but also, concrete actions.”
Likewise, CITES Secretary General Mr. Willen Wijnstekers reminded the participants of the roundtable the importance of identifying resources and opportunities for cooperation in order to advance the implementation of the CITES work program; and reiterated the need to strengthen the capacity of countries to effectively enforce the Convention.
The roundtable discussion gathered representatives of international organizations, development agencies and non-governmental organizations working on the conservation of tigers, rhinos, and elephants, and the sustainable use of Amazonian timber species such as Mahogany, Cedar and Dalbergia. The representatives identified synergies and opportunities for cooperation on efforts conducted in the OAS Member States and the CITES work program, based on the activities identified during the 14th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP14, The Hague 2007).