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 Member States Commit to Make Public Procurement More Transparent, Efficient, and Sustainable
December 13, 2021
The member states of the Organization of American States (OAS) adopted, during the Annual Conference of the Inter-American Network of Government Procurement (RICG), the "Declaration: Public Procurement as a strategic area for Generating Greater Public Value and Better Access to Citizens’ Rights," which contains eight recommendations designed to make public procurement more transparent, efficient and sustainable.
Public procurement and contracting are a strategic area in the prevention of corruption, as they manage resources that represent around 20% of the countries' GDP.
The approval of the Declaration also follows up on the implementation of the Lima Commitment "Democratic Governance against Corruption" and the mandates of the Resolutions of the OAS General Assembly for the strengthening of public procurement systems.
As part of the working meeting, the 2020-2021 management results obtained within the framework of the RICG were released, including the development and launch of technical tools and instruments for strengthening institutional capacities, such as:
• “Evaluation of the Response of Public Procurement Systems in Latin America to the Challenges of COVID-19.”
• "Model Directive for the Promotion of Sustainable Public Procurement."
• “Guide for the identification of corruption risks in public procurement, using data science.”
Likewise, the Government of Ecuador was elected as President of the RICG for the period 2021-2023, represented by the Director of the National Public Procurement Service (SERCOP), María Sara Jijón, and the following countries as part of the Executive Committee:
• North America Region: United States.
• Central America Region: Panama.
• Caribbean region: Jamaica.
• Andean Region: Peru.
• Southern Cone Region: Paraguay.
Likewise, Panama was chosen as the venue for the 17th Annual Conference of the INGP in 2022.
For more information on the work and results of the RICG see the video.
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