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 ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL STRESSES COLLECTIVE
RESPONSE AS VITAL TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
October 18, 2006
Assistant Secretary General Albert Ramdin of the Organization of American States (OAS) today reiterated the need for all sectors of society to work in strong partnership to bring about sustainable development in the countries of the Americas. “Government alone cannot be held accountable for balanced growth and progress,” he told guests at a Pan American Development Foundation (PADF) Board of Trustees luncheon, explaining that government, civil society, the private sector, trade unions, religious organizations and others all have a shared responsibility.
Noting that strategic development requires a long-term and strategic perspective on growth and wealth creation, Ambassador Ramdin lamented the emphasis on short-term strategies, rather than on real development that looks far beyond the next election. The present emphasis generally “creates an environment of short-term goals and ad-hoc actions,” he explained.
Elaborating, the OAS Assistant Secretary General said sustainable development also calls for a more holistic approach—“an integral and integrated approach to development that combines governance, economic, cultural, social and environmental issues.” He recalled as well that the OAS Charter and the Inter-American Democratic Charter underscore the interdependence of democracy, integral development and multidimensional security.
Ambassador Ramdin also spoke about the value of proactive and preventive diplomacy, to prevent political crises by early engagement, or to avoid social and economic problems through sound policies and investment promotion. “It pays to be proactive,” he stated. In addition, Ramdin pressed the cause of advancing a hemispheric agenda that devotes special attention to the unique needs of the smaller and more disadvantaged countries of the Americas.
The OAS official praised the PADF for its vision and drive, noting that over its 45 years, it “has been a key OAS mechanism for strengthening civil society,” and has served as “an incubator of innovative development approaches.”
The PADF trustees also heard from Fred Schieck, a visiting professor at the National Defense University and a former deputy administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). He spoke about how the USAID manages its development assistance in Latin American and the Caribbean.
The trustees and guests were welcomed to the event by PADF President Alexander F. Watson, who, along with Executive Director John Sanbrailo, gave opening remarks in which they presented an overview of the Foundation’s work in development in the hemisphere.