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.
The Organization of American States (OAS) has adopted a resolution to “permanently lift the pause in the awarding of OAS scholarships,” thus paving the way for students in the member states to pursue new opportunities for training and higher education.
In welcoming the resumption of the scholarship awards, OAS Assistant Secretary General Albert R. Ramdin said, “I am convinced the mechanisms which have been put in place—both institutionally as well as in terms of policy—will satisfy the needs of all member states in a manner that best serves the people of the Americas, particularly our youth population.”
The OAS program will provide approximately 100 full scholarships per year for students pursuing undergraduate or graduate degrees, as well as opportunities for some 1,000 students to take on-line training courses.
According to the Assistant Secretary General, OAS scholarships are especially important for the smaller economies of the Western Hemisphere as they not only benefit individual students, but also contribute to development by helping to build capacity on the ground in those countries.
“Lifting the pause will pave the way for a more robust scholarship and training program,” said Ambassador Ellsworth John of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, who introduced the resolution during a joint meeting Wednesday of the OAS Permanent Council and the Inter-American Council for Integral Development (CEPCIDI).
John, who chairs CEPCIDI, explained that the revamped system incorporates new mechanisms to facilitate a thorough review process for the awarding of graduate and undergraduate scholarships. Ambassador John identified several positive changes that had been made in the program, including the adoption of a new manual of procedures, rigorous financial controls, and systems for monitoring third-party performance.
“The future of our economies and the future of our democracies are closely linked to our ability to adequately educate this and future generations,” noted Assistant Secretary General Ramdin. “The OAS, through its scholarship and other programs, plays a critical role in shaping the future of this region.”
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