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.
$1.25 BILLION SOCIAL INVESTMENT FUND FOR
THE AMERICAS PROPOSED IN U.S. CONGRESS
June 17, 2003
A $1.25 billion social investment Fund to address the critical social needs in the Americas is the centerpiece of a proposal that Congressman Bob Menendez (D-New Jersey) presented recently, in a bill submitted to Congress.
Citing the work of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Inter-American Agency for Cooperation and Development (IACD), the bill seeks to establish a new mechanism to help Latin America and the Caribbean nations strengthen institutions as well as their capacity-building to deliver social services, with special emphasis on non-governmental organizations.
In introducing the bill, Congressman Menendez stressed in its Statement of Policy that "the challenge of achieving economic integration between one of the world's most developed economies and some of the poorest and most vulnerable countries requires a special effort to promote social equality, develop skills and build an infrastructure to enable the poorer countries and citizens of all of the Americas to derive full benefits from economic integration." The bill goes on to state its purpose as based on "a compelling need for the achievement of social and economic advancement and the consolidation of democracy and the rule of law."
Commenting on the bill, Director General Ronald Scheman of the IACD, an Organization of American States agency, commended the initiative as being urgently needed considering the financial pressures on the governments of the America's as a result of the increased expenditures required for security issues. Scheman, who was active in the conceptualization and initiation of the bill, stated that, "The viability and vitality of democracy in the Americas requires new measures to spur national consensus among government, the private sector and civil society to address the widespread poverty and respect for the rule of law in the Americas. A Free trade Agreement of the Americas makes it even more urgent, since it will be accepted only if its benefits reach all sectors of the societies. We all commend Congressman Menendez for his foresight and leadership in calling the attention of the U.S. Congress to this issue in such a forceful manner."
The bill provides for $750 million to be administered through the U.S. Agency for International Development over a six-year period, and for $500 million to be administered by the Inter-American Development Bank.
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