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 Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Luis Almagro, today concluded a four day visit to Colombia, reaffirming the support of the Organization for the peace process of the government of the country, through the work of the Mission to Support the Peace Process in Colombia (MAPP/OAS).
While in Colombia, from August 21 to 24, the Secretary General met with President Juan Manuel Santos, Foreign Minister María Ángela Holguín, and the Minister of Justice Yesid Reyes, among other officials. In the city of Popayan, Department of Cauca, Almagro also met with victims of the conflict, academics, representatives of afro-descendant groups, indigenous peoples, rural communities, LGBTI groups, business leaders, local authorities and the police.
In addition to the peace process, Almagro and President Santos discussed the need to promote greater Inter-American cooperation to significantly improve the quality of education in the Americas. They also spoke about the drug problem, recalling the study carried out by the OAS in 2013, and the need for the region to arrive at a common position ahead of the global meeting on drugs to be hosted by the United Nations in 2016.
Regarding the peace process, Almagro reiterated that the achievement of a stable and lasting peace requires redoubled efforts on issues such as the re-integration of demobilized combatants, transitional justice and attention to victims affected by the armed conflict, issues monitored by the MAPP/OAS since 2004.
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