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 Supports Review of the CARIFORUM-EU Economic Partnership Agreement in Belize
October 8, 2010
On October 8, 2010, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Belize hosted a public, half-day consultation with local stakeholders on the Legal Review of the CARIFORUM-EU Economic Partnership Agreement, a study prepared with the support of the Department of Economic Development, Trade and Tourism of the Organization of American States (OAS) and the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).
Numerous organizations from the private and public sectors attended the briefing, including the Chamber of Commerce, the Coalition of Services Providers, the Belize Bar Association, the Public Service Union, and BELIPO.
Alexis Rosado, the Chief Executive Officer of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, thanked the OAS for its ongoing support to Belize in the area of trade capacity building and underscored the importance of the need for collaborative work on the implementation of trade agreements. He expressed the need for ongoing dialogue on issues of importance, such as the harmonization of legislation, if Belize is to truly benefit from the EPA and other similar agreements.
The OAS representative in Belize, Kim Osborne, emphasized that trade offers enormous opportunities for human development. “Under the right conditions, it has potential for reducing poverty and narrowing inequality.” She also noted that “taking advantage of trade opportunities remains an unfinished business and a challenge for all. The negotiation, implementation and administration of trade agreements confront Caribbean countries and also our neighbors in Latin America with capacity-building challenges.”
Osborne added that “even the best trade rules will not generate benefits if the agreement is not effectively implemented. This is why the OAS has worked closely with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade to help the Government of Belize identify what needs to be done to implement the Economic Partnership Agreement in a manner that can yield true benefits to the country.”
For more information, please visit the OAS Website at www.oas.org.
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