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.
The Organization of American States (OAS), in response to an invitation from the Government of Bolivia, has decided to send a Mission of Electoral Observation that is to begin its activities next week.
With this goal, OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza appointed Horacio Serpa Uribe, the Governor of Santander, Colombia, Chief of the Mission that will observe the electoral process. Serpa Uribe is to begin a visit to Bolivia on Monday during which he will sign the agreements that establish the conditions for the observation of the next general elections, formally establishing the Mission. Furthermore, he will hold interviews and meetings with electoral, political, and government authorities, as well as representatives of the international community.
The renowned Colombian leader is one of the most experienced public servants of his Country. He presided over the National Constituent Assembly of 1991. He was several times Peace negotiator and has held the highest posts of Government, as Mayor, Congressman, Senator, Presidential Advisor, Attorney General, and Secretary of State and the Interior. He was also the Liberal Party’s candidate for the Presidency of the Republic.
Horacio Serpa has served as diplomat and represented Colombia as Ambassador before the OAS. Also, he has been Chief of Mission of the Electoral Observation of the OAS for the General Elections of 2005. Serpa Uribe has also worked as an academic, a newspaper columnist, has published five books on subjects related to peace, politics, human rights and democracy, and has been a speaker and international consultant.
For the general elections of December, the Mission is expected to deploy observers in the nine departments of the Bolivian territory, for the purpose of witnessing the development of the organization and administration of the elections as much as of the political campaign.