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.
Toxic Adulterants added to Drugs of Abuse and their Implications for Child and Adolescent Drug Use in the Hemisphere
Thomas M. Browne,
Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL),
U.S. Department of State.
Development and Implementation of a Social Integration Policy for Persons with Problematic Substance Consumption
Francisca Oblitas,
Advisor, Social Integration Section,
National Service for Drug and Alcohol Prevention and Rehabilitation (SENDA),
Chile
Asset Recovery Networks: The Importance of Adequate Information Exchange Regarding Asset Forfeiture
Mauricio Fernández Montalbán,
Co-coordinator of the Asset Recovery Network (RRAG) of the Financial Action Task Force of Latin America (GAFILAT).
Hemispheric Report 2015 – Multilateral Evaluation Mechanism (MEM)
Emilia Ramírez Alfaro,
Assistant Coordinator,
Head of the Precursor Control Unit of the Costa Rican Drug Institute (ICD)
INAUGURAL SESSION/ SESIÓN INAUGURAL
Welcoming remarks/ Palabras de Bienvenida
Michael Botticelli
Director of National Drug Control Policy/ Director, Oficina de la Política Nacional para el Control de las Drogas
United States of America
Early Warning System (EWS)
Observatory on Drugs Colombia
Javier Andrés Flórez Henao,
Deputy Minister of Criminal Policy and Restorative Justice (a.i),
Director of Drug Policy and Related Activities,
Colombia
Evaluation of the Training and Certification Program for Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention (PROCCER) in Costa Rica and El Salvador.
Georgia T. Karuntzos,
RTI International, Vice President of the Behavioral Health Research Division.
Specialized training for drug treatment providers working with high risk adolescents in the Caribbean.
Esther Best,
National Drug Council,
Trinidad and Tobago
Marijuana Legalization: Design Considerations & Data Needs
Beau Kilmer, PhD
Co-Director, RAND Drug Policy Research Center
Senior Policy Researcher, RAND Corporation and RAND Europe
Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Results of the Side-Event with Civil Society
Raquel Barros,
Executive Secretary,
American Network for Intervention in Situations of Social Suffering, RAISSS.
Use of Evidence in Designing Regulated Systems
Augusto Vitale,
Institute for Regulation and Control of Cannabis representing the National Drug Secretariat,
Presidency of the Republic,
Uruguay.
Institutional progress in social integration and drugs in the Americas
Lic. Ana María Cortés,
International and National Cooperation, SEDRONAR,
Argentina
Reflections on drug consumption decriminalization policies
Brendan Hughes,
Principal scientific analyst, national legislation, ELDD
Supply reduction and new drugs unit,
European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA)