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.
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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.
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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 Secretary General José Miguel Insulza and Hunt Alternatives’ Senior Vice President Ambassador Harriet Babbitt signed a memorandum of understanding during a ceremony at OAS headquarters Friday morning to receive a grant to carry out a training course on gender, conflict and peace-building in the Andean region. Hunt Alternatives focuses on mainstreaming the discussion of women’s vital contributions to the peace process across a broad community of policymakers and practitioners.
The two five day sub-regional workshops and a “support network” are being organized jointly by the Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM) and the OAS’ Office for the Prevention and Resolution of Conflicts. The grant for an initial $73,000 will also be used to integrate a gender perspective and promote and reinforce the full involvement of women in conflict resolution and formal peace and reconstruction processes at all levels.
Babbitt, in highlighting the “key role women play in post-conflict reconstruction and in creating a stable and lasting peace,” underlined the need for more emphasis on the role of women as “change agents.” She acknowledged that while women comprise a large segment of the victims in conflict situations, they must be recognized as an important resource that is underutilized.
A former U.S. ambassador to the OAS, Babbitt noted that the present partnership between Hunt Alternatives and the OAS will focus on issues like women in conflict situations, as well as post and pre-conflict situations that involve disarmament, demobilization and reintegration processes, as well as conflict prevention and post-conflict transitional justice mechanisms, among other elements.
Secretary General Insulza focused his remarks on the commitment to significantly strengthen “the work that we do at the OAS on gender issues.” He said the agreement holds particular importance as it has to do with practically all the goals of the OAS, notably with regard to security and conflicts but also in matters of democracy, development and poverty.
Citing the problem of discrimination and neglect that women suffer, Insulza noted that significant numbers of the poorest households throughout the Americas are headed by women. He also pointed to problems women face in the labor force—including lack of equal opportunity—and the question of democratic participation.
The signing was also attended by Mr. Cai Runguo, Alternate Observer of the Peoples Republic of China, another partner in this endeavor.
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