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.
SOCIAL NETWORK OF LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN TO ANALYZE THE REGION’S PROGRESS IN SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND POVERTY ALLEVIATION
October 12, 2007
The Fourteenth Annual Conference of the Social Network of Latin America and the Caribbean will take place on October 17 and 18, 2007, in the city of Belo Horizonte, Brazil. The Conference will look at the region’s progress in the areas of social development and poverty reduction, as well as the exchange of innovative experiences.
Organized by the Department of Social Development and Employment (DSDE) of the Organization of American States (OAS) and sponsored by the Ministry of Social Development and Hunger of Brazil, the gathering’s goal is to review the Network’s internal operations and functioning, and to identify areas of interest in order to develop the annual program for technical horizontal cooperation.
The Fourteenth Annual Conference is expected to bring together at least 24 members of the Network, including the Directors of Social Funds and Ministers of Social Development from El Salvador, Argentina, Dominica, Jamaica, Mexico and Haiti. As in the past, the main output of the Conference will be the Declaration of Belo Horizonte, where members reaffirm their commitment to horizontal cooperation in fighting poverty in the Americas.
The Social Network of Latin America and the Caribbean is a regional mechanism dedicated to achieve social development and the overcome poverty. Open to governmental institutions of Latin America and the Caribbean, the Network has operated uninterruptedly for sixteen years, thanks to the commitment and voluntary work of its member institutions. Currently it is presided by the Solidarity and Social Investment Fund (FOSIS) of Chile, and it comprises 35 institutions from 32 countries.
The Network’s goal is to facilitate and maintain spaces of mutual understanding, horizontal cooperation, experience sharing and capacity building among its member institutions and from this to other regions, with the aim of contributing to the strengthening of strategies for poverty alleviation and social development in Latin America and the Caribbean.