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.
REVIEWING GREEN WEEK, OAS SAYS JOURNEY TO GREENER WORLD IS UNDERWAY
September 26, 2008
“Our journey to a greener world is well underway.” So declared the principals of the Organization of American States (OAS) this week, after reviewing the achievements of initiatives for environmentally-sound practices as well as the first annual Green Week that was observed last week to raise awareness about the effects of climate change.
The OAS Permanent Council’s Chairman, Belize Ambassador Nestor Mendez, declaring the historic Green Week a success, highlighted environmental best practices being pursued by the OAS saying they have made a marked contribution to making the organization’s buildings and operations more energy-efficient and environmental sound.
Presiding over this week’s session of the Permanent Council of Member State ambassadors on Wednesday, Mendez pointed to the retrofitting of OAS buildings and said that other practices had helped the organization to reduce significantly its energy consumption. He said electricity consumption had been reduced by more than 361, 700 Kilowatt hours, which translated into savings of some $58,000.
Other practices in place have also moved the organization forward in its environmental thrust, including its reduced hours of heating and air-conditioning operation; greater use of electronic documents over printed documents; use of 100 per cent recycled paper products and supplies in all bathrooms and kitchens; replacement of traditional telephone systems with Voice Over Internet (VOIP) telephony; and incentives for staff to use mass transit so fewer automobiles would be on the roads, thereby contributing to a cleaner environment.
“The application of these actions is already generating positive results,” Mendez remarked. He noted how the savings in telephone costs and the increasing use of video-conferencing had helped to control travel and related expenses while reducing the organization’s “carbon footprints.” Ambassador Mendez disclosed as well that given the progress already made, the OAS would be applying to the United States Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy Efficient Design for Existing Buildings (LEED) program for certification of its General Secretariat Building in downtown Washington, D.C., as a “green building” that operates more efficiently while minimizing its environmental impact.
In praising the results of the initiatives and the first annual Green Week at the OAS, the Permanent Council Chairman also thanked the staff of OAS for their “serious efforts to contribute to the well-being of our world and that of future generations.”
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