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.
Inter-American Biodiversity Information Network (IABIN)
Second IABIN Council Meeting - January 14-15, 2002, Miami, United States
January 14-15, 2002, Miami, Florida
Fifty-eight participants from 22 countries attended the second Council meeting, which was hosted by the U.S. Geological Survey (Chair of the Council) and the Organization of American States (the Diplomatic Host). Attendees included IABIN Focal Points or their representatives, and participants from inter-governmental, non-governmental and academic organizations (see list of participants). The Council gratefully acknowledges the financial support for the meeting provided by the U.S. Geological Survey, the World Bank, and the Organization of American States (OAS).
The objectives for the meeting included: strengthening IABIN through personal interaction, increasing collaborations among participants, reviewing inter-sessional work, and reaching concurrence on future activities for the short- and mid-term.
While various bodies for discussion and consensus building on IABIN have been formed (the IABIN Council, an Executive Committee, technical working groups, etc.), a secretariat or hub to coordinate network activities remains to be established. Setting up the IABIN hub will require a clear definition of responsibilities, a process to select an institution, and a strategy for it's the hub's financial sustainability.
Lessons learned from other, similar networking initiatives have indicated that a coordinating hub is critical to the successful implementation and maintenance of an information network such as IABIN.
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