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.
Executive Secretariat for Integral Development (SEDI)
Department of Economic Development
About the Dialogues
Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) are the backbone of the productive structure in OAS member states. They account for more than 99 percent of businesses, two-thirds of the jobs and 25 percent of the gross domestic product in Latin America and the Caribbean. On the trade front, less than 10 percent of MSMEs in Latin America and the Caribbean engage in export activities and global value chains, a lower percentage than in Europe and East Asia. Their use of technology is very limited and their innovation level is low.
Since 2010, the Department of Economic Development (DED), in cooperation with other institutions working on MSME issues, has been supporting the Inter-American Dialogue of High-Level MSME Authorities to enhance the capacity of the institutions that support the design and implementation of policies and programs that encourage MSME productivity, entrepreneurship, innovation and internationalization in OAS member states. The three components of the Dialogue are: policy dialogue, cooperation and capacity building. For more information on the Sixth Inter-American Dialogue of High-Level MSME Authorities (April 24-25, 2019 – San Salvador, El Salvador), click here. The VII Dialogue will take place in Chile.