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 Trinidad and Tobago Officials Hold Talks on Regional Economic Challenges
July 9, 2012
High ranking officials of the Organization of American States (OAS) and the government of Trinidad and Tobago held talks in St Lucia this weekend on the economic, development, and foreign policy challenges facing the region.
Trinidad and Tobago’s newly appointed Foreign Minister Winston Dookeran met with OAS Assistant Secretary General Albert Ramdin to discuss the economic implications of the region’s foreign policy, and the need for careful consideration and coordination of policies.
According to Foreign Minister Dookeran, “Foreign policy can no longer be seen in isolation. In the current environment, it must actively take into consideration and merge economic and political issues. The path of trade and business diplomacy must be pursued more. The current integration models which are based solely on trade and markets don’t fully capture the scope of the challenge before us. I believe we should think more along the lines of Caribbean Convergence, centered on production, distribution and competitiveness.”
Assistant Secretary General Ramdin agreed, saying, “The current economic and political environment requires a carefully thought-out and independent foreign policy which takes account of global and regional development. Now more than ever, countries, regional blocs and the economic powerhouses of the region must be proactive, practical and creative to secure economic growth and improve the quality of life for the people.”
For more information, please visit the OAS Website at www.oas.org