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, INE of Mexico and International IDEA Hold Seminar on Accessibility and Electoral Participation
September 22, 2014
The Organization of American States (OAS), the National Electoral Institute of Mexico (INE for its initials in Spanish), and the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) inaugurated today the Seventh Inter-American Electoral Seminar at INE headquarters in Mexico City. This edition of the event is supported by two institutions with broad experience in the field, the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) and The Trust for the Americas.
During the week, 28 members of the electoral management bodies of the Americas and the Caribbean, together with a group of 10 panelists, will exchange experiences and look for common solutions to the challenges posed by the need to guarantee accessibility and electoral participation in the region.
During the opening ceremony, the Director of the Department for Electoral Cooperation and Observation (DECO), Gerardo de Icaza, highlighted the importance of reaching a multi-sectorial commitment to work towards more inclusive elections and said that ¨this seminar starts with a paradigm change in the concept of disability, recognizing that the barriers that could exist and society’s prejudice constitute by themselves a disability.¨
The National Electoral Institute of Mexico´s Advisor, Lorenzo Córdova, said that without inclusion there is no democracy and added that ¨equality before institutions and between people for their participation in politics are key principles we must apply in institutional decisions and legislative processes for the strengthening of democratic systems.¨
With this training session, the OAS aims to maintain a space for a high-level technical debate on the role of electoral authorities in the promotion of accessibility and electoral participation. The Seminar is part of a commitment on behalf of the OAS to the consolidation of electoral and democratic institutions across the Americas.
For more information, please visit the OAS Website at www.oas.org.