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.
Secretariat for Access to Rights and Equity (SARE)
The Inclusion of Vulnerable
Groups Section provides support to the Member States for the fulfillment
of the mandates of the OAS, related to the promotion of the rights of
people in vulnerable situations. For this purpose the Section executes
different actions and cooperation projects; encourages regional and
hemispheric dialogue for the exchange of information and experience; and
contributes to the development and dissemination of methodologies that
ensure the effectiveness and efficiency of policies, programs and
projects in coordination with the various actors and institutions of the
Member States.
The Section provides technical
support to the respective inter-American forums on advocacy and
inclusion of vulnerable populations, particularly in the case of people
with disabilities, the elderly and consumers. It also supports relevant
government agencies in the design, development and harmonization of
relevant policies and in identifying activities and programs in this
area.
Among its tasks, the Section
produces the necessary inputs for the planning and organization of
meetings at a technical and political level; and is the technical
secretariat for the following bodies:
• Consumer Safety and Health
Network and the Inter-American Rapid Alert System
• Program
of Action for the Decade of the
Americas
for the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities
• Committee on the Convention on
the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Persons with
Disabilities
•
Coordination of the Inclusion Project in Haiti, for institutional
modernization and promotion of rights of persons with disabilities
•
Working Group on Protection of
the Human Rights of Older Persons