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 Summits of the Americas Secretariat:
NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE FOR THE DECLARATION OF THE IV SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS
September 2, 2005
Representatives of the 34 Member States of the Hemisphere will meet on September 7-9 in Buenos Aires, Argentina during the XL Summit Implementation Review Group Meeting (SIRG). The purpose of this meeting is to continue the negotiations of the Declaration and Plan of Action that the Heads of State and Government will sign at the IV Summit of the Americas that will take place in Mar del Plata, Argentina on November 4 – 5, 2005. The negotiations will focus on the policies that the leaders of the region will adopt regarding job creation to fight poverty and strengthen democratic governance. The Palacio San Martín of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship of Argentina will be the venue of the XL SIRG meeting.
A seminar, with the participation of the members of the Joint Summit Working Group (JSWG), that includes agencies of the Inter American and United Nations systems which give technical support to governments in the implementation of Summit mandates, will take place in the framework of this meeting. This seminar is aimed at facilitating a dialogue between the multilateral institutions and governments and identifying concrete initiatives that respond to the objectives defined in the Draft Declaration and Plan of Action of Mar del Plata.
On the other hand, representatives of civil society will be present at the XL SIRG meeting with the objective of presenting their recommendations on the theme of the IV Summit to the Member States. They will also present recommendations on issues such as gender, indigenous peoples, afrodescendents, human rights and employment, and results of the 4 regional and 2 subregional forums that have taken place as part of the preparatory activities for the IV Summit of the Americas. The recommendations formulated by civil society will be considered as a contribution to the work executed by National Summit Coordinators in preparation for the Mar del Plata Summit.
The government of Argentina, as host of the IV Summit of the Americas and Chair of the SIRG, has proposed the theme “Creating Jobs to Fight Poverty and Strengthen Democratic Governance”. In response to this, the Summits of the Americas Secretariat of the OAS, with the support of the government of Argentina, has organized activities that foster the participation of the different social sectors in the Summit Process.
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