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.
Civil Society Held Dialogue with the Candidates for Secretary General and Assistant Secretary General of the OAS
March 4, 2010
In the framework of the elections of the Secretary General and Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), candidates José Miguel Insulza and Albert Ramdin today held a dialogue with representatives from civil society. The objective was to exchange ideas and opinions in relation to their vision of the Americas, as well as explain their challenges, plans, projects, and proposed programs for the next five years.
The current Secretary General and candidate for reelection, José Miguel Insulza, highlighted the key role that civil society organizations play for the OAS. “The relationship that we have with all civil society organizations, especially with those who work on the same issues as the OAS, is a central and fundamental aspect of our organization; that is the best way to accomplish a multilateral function that relates with the world we live in.”
Secretary General Insulza emphasized that, during his first term, the Organization has “tried to include the participation of civil society organizations on topics as important as corruption, the pursuit of the convention of Belem do Para on violence against women, on matters relating to crime, drug trafficking, and poverty.” He also highlighted his plans for the upcoming five years.
Assistant Secretary General Ramdin, also a candidate for reelection, said the meeting was “a unique opportunity to listen to civil society as we share the same objectives: peace, security, stability and prosperity.”
“Even though we have made progress in the last five years, we have yet to reach our final objective, and I am the first to say that we can do things much better,” said Ambassador Ramdin. He also underlined that in the next term he intends to “strengthen the strategic alliance that we already have.”
The event took place in the Hall of the Americas at the OAS headquarters in Washington, DC. Representatives from several civil society organizations tied to matters such as women and discrimination, human rights, indigenous people and sexual minorities, among others, participated and had the opportunity to interact and put forward their concerns to the candidates.
The dialogue was held via interactive video conference with representatives from civil society organizations based in Buenos Aires, Bogota, Mexico City and Port of Spain. Over 100 entities additionally sent in their questions through the Internet.