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 and IMPI Sign Cooperation Agreement on Subjects Related to Intellectual Property
June 16, 2010
The Organization of American States (OAS) and the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI) today signed a Cooperation Agreement on subjects related to Intellectual Property, Commerce and Innovation.
The agreement, signed by OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza and IMPI’s Director General Jorge Amigo Castañeda has the objective of establishing a framework of cooperation on the subject, promoting dialogue on public policy and stimulating programs and activities that contribute to the fulfillment of the objectives of both institutions.
During the ceremony, which took place at the Art Museum of the Americas in Washington, DC, the Secretary General said that “this agreement underlines the importance the OAS gives to actively supporting the efforts of Member States to expand trade opportunities and strengthen competitiveness in order to achieve a more sustainable economic development and a higher level of prosperity.”
The Secretary General also reaffirmed the Organization’s commitment “to work with IMPI in supporting the efforts of the countries of the Americas so they may benefit from their intangible assets and innovation in a way that allows them to increase productivity and create sustainable, high-quality jobs in the most dynamic sectors of our economies.”
For his part, the Director of IMPI asserted that the signing of this document “is a key element in being present in the Americas with the backing of the OAS, because of its infrastructure and strength.”
Also present at the ceremony were the Ambassador of Mexico to the White House, Arturo Sarukhan; the Permanente Representative of Mexico to the OAS, Gustavo Albin; the OAS Executive Secretary for Integral Development, Ambassador Alfonso Quiñonez; the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property Affairs and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), David Kappos; and the President of the International Intellectual Property Institute (IIPI), Bruce Lehman.
For more information, please visit the OAS Website at www.oas.org