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 ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL HIGHLIGHTS IMPORTANCE OF REPORTING SYSTEM ON LABOR MIGRATION IN THE AMERICAS
March 18, 2009
Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Ambassador Albert Ramdin, opened on Wednesday the second day of an OAS-OECD sponsored meeting on the Creation of a Continuous Reporting System for Labor Migration in the Americas (SICREMI) stating that “the defining characteristic of contemporary migration is seen through its diversity, multifaceted nature and the complexity of the relationships that are forged as a result.”
The Seminar on SICREMI was inaugurated Tuesday by OAS Secretary General, José Miguel Insulza, who highlighted the importance for governments of having precise information to adopt appropriate migration policies.
While noting that several attempts had already been made to compile migration related information, Ambassador Ramdin pointed out that there was still an absence of systematized, dependable and current data on the subject and he urged greater effort to develop a reliable reporting system. Ambassador Albert Ramdin called also for greater understanding of the root causes of migration and for greater empirical analysis, recognizing that information gathering is key to this process.
In referring to OIM estimates for 2008 which indicate that there were 200 million migrants worldwide and of that total one in every seven migrants was born in either Latin America or the Caribbean, Ambassador Ramdin stressed that “migration will increasingly become a priority issue on the political, diplomatic and development agenda of Member States.” Ramdin also reminded participants of the need to develop holistic policies that allow member states to respond to national imperatives without ignoring that “many societies in the Western Hemisphere were built on and continue to benefit from the meaningful contribution of migrants.”