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 Chief of Mission to Colombian Municipal Elections Begins Preliminary Visit
September 28, 2015
The Chief of Mission of the Electoral Observation Mission of the Organization of American States (EOM/OAS) in Colombia, former Guatemalan President Álvaro Colom, today began a preliminary visit to the country ahead of municipal elections to be held on October 25.
During his stay, former President Colom will meet with the President of the National Electoral Council, Emiliano Rivera Bravo, with the National Registrar, Carlos Ariel Sánchez, and with representatives of political parties to learn about progress in the organization of the elections.
The Chief of Mission will also meet with the Minister of the Interior, Juan Fernando Cristo Bustos, and will participate in the meeting of the National Commission for the Coordination and Follow Up of the Electoral Process. He will also meet with the Director of Human Rights and Humanitarian International Rights of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mónica Fonseca Jaramillo, and with the Colombian NGO “Misión de Observación Electoral (MOE)”.
Since 1994, the OAS has observed 13 elections in Colombia, including the legislative and presidential processes of 2014.