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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.
Quality Infrastructure Institutions Discuss Energy Efficiency in Workshop Co-organized by OAS
May 6, 2011
More than 40 officials and representatives from Quality Infrastructure institutions participated in a workshop co-organized by the Organization of American States (OAS) in Petropolis, Brazil, in which they discussed the needs and challenges the different Quality Infrastructure institutions in the region face in matters of energy efficiency and renewable energy in the areas of metrology, accreditation, standards, certification, and evaluation of compliance.
Titled, “Challenges of Quality Infrastructure Institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean in energy efficiency and renewable energy,” the event was held in the Brazilian city of Petrópolis from May 3 to 6, and was funded by the German government with the support of the hemispheric Organization, the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) of Germany, and the National Metrology Institute, Normalização e Qualidade Industrial (INMETRO) of Brazil.
The debate defined the work priority areas and the guidelines of a regional cooperation program to promote sensitization and improvement of technical capacities of Quality Infrastructure institutions in the area of renewable energy. The program will be elaborated by the PTB with the support of the OAS Office of Science, Technology, and Innovation.
Participants in the event included representatives of diverse national and international Quality Infrastructure institutions from the region, as well as international experts and representatives from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the Latin American Energy Organization (OLADE), the Inter-American Metrology System (SIM), the Pan American Standards Commission (COPANT), and the Inter-American Accreditation Cooperation (IAAC).
Quality Infrastructure allows products and services for sale in markets to be safe and of better quality, and that these attributes be recognized internationally. It is made up of public and private institutions that provide the necessary services to guarantee quality and must be supported by a regulatory framework that promotes its proper functioning. Quality Infrastructure is fundamental in promoting competitiveness, innovation, access to markets, and consumer protection, becoming a precondition for sustainable economic development.
For more information, please visit the OAS Website at www.oas.org.
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