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.
MEETING FOCUSES ON DECENTRALIZATION AND CITIZEN PARTICIPATION IN THE AMERICAS
September 24, 2003
Ministers and high-level authorities responsible for decentralization, local government and citizen participation today begin a meeting in Mexico City to examine policies aimed at strengthening local governance throughout the hemisphere. The three-day meeting, which follows up on Summit of the Americas mandates, also seeks to coordinate strategies for forging alliances between the public sector and civil society.
The Organization of American States (OAS) is sponsoring the meeting through its Unit for the Promotion of Democracy (UPD), which serves as the technical secretariat for the recently created Inter-American Network on Decentralization. Known by its Spanish acronym RIAD, this network of governments establishes links among key players in the process of decentralization, including local and regional governments, civil society groups and international agencies.
The Mexico meeting is intended to strengthen RIAD, promote dialogue on decentralization strategies and adopt a plan to guide the network’s efforts over the coming two years.
OAS Secretary General Cesar Gaviria is expected to address the meeting at the closing session this Friday.
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