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 Co-Sponsors Conference on Competitiveness in the Americas
November 15, 2010
The Organization of American states (OAS) says it is committed to the facilitation of a more competitive, efficient and transparent environment for trade in the Americas.
The hemispheric body along with the United States Department of Commerce, the Inter-American Competitiveness Network, and CIFAL, sponsored the “III Meeting of Americas Competitiveness Authorities and Councils” in Atlanta, Georgia this weekend. High level delegations from 27 countries in the western hemisphere participated in the event.
According to OAS Assistant Secretary General Albert Ramdin, the purpose of the meeting was to analyze the current competitiveness panorama and to discuss necessary reforms for a more productive region. “In our view, business facilitation should be promoted through transparency and clear regulations and be accessible to all. In the end it is counter-productive to the objectives of sound and profitable business, if these would be based on personal relations and privileges to a few in society.”
The OAS official said countries in the hemisphere faced common challenges which called for joint efforts towards a hemispheric competitiveness agenda. “One of the main challenges is diagnosing the cause of low productivity in Latin America and the Caribbean,” he said. A recent IDB study indicates that low productivity is the main reason most Latin American and Caribbean countries have slower growth rates than counterparts in East Asia. The OAS official also cited the lack of modern market regulations and inability to capitalize on the potential of regional integration, as other challenges to competitiveness. “Statistics have shown that countries with efficient business regulatory frameworks attract more business and therefore have a higher business density on average.”
For more information, please visit the OAS Website at www.oas.org.
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