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 Committee of Anti-Corruption Experts Concludes 21st Meeting
March 23, 2013
The Committee of Experts of the Mechanism to Follow Up on Implementation of the Inter-American Convention against Corruption (MESICIC) of the Organization of American States (OAS) today completed its 21st Meeting in Washington, DC, with the approval of reports on Argentina, Costa Rica, Honduras, Peru and Trinidad and Tobago, countries visited in October 2012.
The Committee also approved two Draft Model Laws to offer to Member States, one concerning the Declaration of Interests, Income, Assets, and Liabilities of Persons Performing Public Functions; and one to Facilitate and Encourage the Reporting of Acts of Corruption and to Protect Whistleblowers and Witnesses. Both texts will be submitted to the 43rd OAS General Assembly to be held in Antigua, Guatemala, from June 4 to 6, 2013.
During the meeting, which lasted for a week, the Committee continued its consideration of issues of collective interest on the responsibility of the private sector in preventing and combating corruption and promoting public participation and transparency in the fight against corruption. Furthermore, the Member States of the MESICIC reported on their progress in implementing the recommendations made to them by the Committee.
The reports adopted by the Committee, as well as those previously approved, are available here. The reports are prepared by a committee comprising representatives of two Member States who visit a third party accompanied by officials of the Department of Legal Cooperation of the OAS, which serves as Technical Secretariat of the Mechanism. During “on site” visits, which always have the consent of the host country, the Commission maintains contacts with political and social actors in the country to fulfill its task.
The next meeting of the Committee, as decided this week, will be held in September 2013 at the headquarters of the OAS.
For more information, please visit the OAS Website at www.oas.org.