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.
Congress Co-Organized by the OAS Highlights Need to Advance Rule of Law to Address Environmental Challenges in the Americas
April 1, 2015
The Organization of American States (OAS) this week co-organized the First Inter-American Congress on the Environmental Rule of Law in Montego Bay, Jamaica, an event that concluded with a call to strengthen the rule of law on to address environmental challenges in the Americas.
The two-day event, organized together with the Government of Jamaica, brought more than 120 participants, including Chief Justices, Attorneys General, legislators, prosecutors, high level practitioners and civil society representatives to develop a common understanding of the concept of environmental rule of law and to identify current trends in the field. Participants called on the governments of the region to prioritize environmental rule of law in order to address the increasingly complex challenges that the region faces today.
The Prime Minister of Jamaica, Portia Simpson Miller, highlighted the support of the OAS and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in increasing regional capacity on critical issues such as strengthening institutions that address environmental sustainability.
Outcomes from the Congress, supported by The World Commission on Environmental Law (WCEL) and the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), focused on issues related to legal frameworks for water resource management, trade investment and the environment, conflict prevention and management, enforcement and compliance and access to information, participation and access to justice in the Americas.
Participants called for the inclusion of the environmental rule of law in the OAS sustainable development agenda and for the Organization and its partners to continue holding the Congress on a periodical basis as a common space for the exchange of information and experiences amongst the judiciary, the executive and the legislative.
For more information, please visit the OAS Website at www.oas.org.