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 Permanent Council Approves 16 Development Projects for Consideration by the General Assembly in Cochabamba
May 23, 2012
The Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) today approved 16 draft resolutions of the Inter-American Council for Integral Development (CIDI) to be considered by the General Assembly of the hemispheric organization, to be held in Cochabamba, Bolivia, from June 3 to 5.
The projects submitted to the General Assembly include documents relating to access to water as a human right, the mandate of the Working Group of the Permanent Executive Committee of the Inter-American Council for Integral Development (CEPCIDI), the strengthening of CEPCIDI and its bodies, the extension of the term of the Strategic Plan for Partnership for Integral Development 2006-2009, the Seventh Regular Meeting of the Inter-American Committee on Ports, and the declaration of 2013 as the International Year of Quinoa.
At the same Permanent Council meeting, representatives of the Member States approved the referral to the General Assembly of another group of resolutions from the Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Affairs (CAAP), including one regarding the human resources policy of the OAS General Secretariat and another on the role of the Inspector General of the organization.
At the conclusion of the meeting, the Permanent Council observed a minute of silence in honor of the late Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes.
A gallery of photos of the event is available here.