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.
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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.
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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 Assistant Secretary General Comments on Competitiveness and Productivity in the Caribbean
November 15, 2010
The Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Albert Ramdin, says recent competitiveness and productivity indicators in the Caribbean have not been positive.
Addressing Ministers of Trade and other stakeholders from around the region at a meeting on competitiveness in Atlanta Georgia, the OAS official said, “The economies of the Caribbean region are facing GDP growth rates of only 1% this year. Caribbean productivity is also lagging behind other regions. The situation in terms of competitiveness is not positive. In fact all Caribbean countries, except Barbados, are listed at the end of the global competitiveness rating of the World Economic Forum.”
The OAS official acknowledged that the Caribbean has been significantly challenged by the global economic crisis and faced other obstacles to competitiveness, ranging from unfavorable tax structures and limited access to venture capital, to corruption, inefficiency, crime and violence. Ramdin however, maintains the situation can be turned around. “What it would require, is a creative development structure focused on business education, entrepreneurship, the modernization of regulatory frameworks and the strengthening of state institutions to support productivity and export.”
According to the OAS Assistant Secretary General, a “mind shift” is also required in terms of the Caribbean Community’s foreign and trade policy. “Competitiveness needs to be placed high on the political agenda of the sub-region. Political leaders need to have frank discussions among themselves and with key stakeholders, on a regional strategy. Just having natural resources and a well educated population is not enough.”
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