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 PROMOTES CIVIL SOCIETY PARTICIPATION IN REGIONAL AGENDA
November 3, 2006
The Organization of American States (OAS), through the Summits of the Americas Secretariat and with support from the Open Society Institute, has given grants totaling $100,000 to nine nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) that were selected to implement projects related with issues on the inter-American agenda.
The 2006-2007 Inter-American Civil Society Partnership Initiative seeks to strengthen the participation of the nongovernmental sector in helping to implement mandates established by the Heads of States and Government through the Summit of the Americas process and the OAS General Assembly.
The grant recipients will promote the Inter-American Democratic Charter, build capacity among civil society organizations and governments to prevent torture, and promote women’s rights by addressing domestic violence. Other projects will focus on the problems of migrants in border zones, as well as the fight against racial discrimination.
The organizations will also promote awareness of the Summit of the Americas mandates, advance the implementation of the Inter-American Convention Against Corruption, facilitate civil society networks and monitor compliance with Summit mandates related to women’s participation in democratic governance.
The results of these projects will contribute to the proposals that civil society will present at the Fifth Summit of the Americas, to be held in Trinidad and Tobago in 2009.
The selection committee, which includes representatives of the OAS, the Open Society Institute and Global Rights, examined 112 projects submitted by civil society organizations from 24 countries. Each request was evaluated based on the following basic criteria: relevance of the project to the implementation and monitoring of Summit mandates, quality and viability of the project, background of the organization and compatibility with the OAS.