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 Strengthening Tourism Security in Mexico
October 4, 2013
The Organization of American States (OAS) concluded today a specialized training course in Oaxaca with the aim of contributing to Mexico’s efforts to further strengthen the region's tourism security.
The “Specialized Tourism Security Course for the Public and Private Sectors," organized by the OAS Secretariat for Multidimensional Security, which took place from September 30 to October 4, was attended by representatives from both the public and private sectors, including emergency response professionals, security forces, tourism officials, prosecutors, immigration, Culture and Archaeological Sites’ departments. For the private sector, security managers of airports, hotels, restaurants, and other tourism businesses also participated in the course.
The inaugural session was chaired by the Under-Secretary of Tourism and Economic Development of the State of Oaxaca, Javier Portillo Vergara; Municipal Tourism Director, Juan Antonio Gómez Cárdenas, as well as representatives from the Ministry of Tourism of Mexico and the OAS. During the ceremony, the importance of the tourism industry in Mexico and Oaxaca for the creation of jobs and the promotion of economic development was emphasized. The officials present highlighted that Mexico ranks first in Latin America as a tourism destination at the international level, and second in the Americas, and that the tourism sector contributes 8.9% to the gross domestic product (GDP) and generates over 2.5 million jobs. At the same time, they emphasized the need to take into account the security factor, as well as the quality of services in order to maintain the competitiveness and growth of tourism.
The OAS training course sought to strengthen partnerships between the public and private sectors in the area of security in order to improve tourist safety. The workshop addressed a wide range of topics, including techniques and methodologies for assessing threat, vulnerabilities and risks; recommendations and international tourism security standards; protection measures for tourist facilities; security plans and public- private collaborative networks in tourism destinations; as well as communications and crisis management.
For more information, please visit the OAS Website at www.oas.org.
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