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.
Maritime and Port Security Program
The Maritime and Port Security Program focuses on strengthening the protection and security capacities of OAS member states - from the national level to the port level - according to their needs, vulnerabilities, and regulatory and legislative frameworks. This is carried out through a combination of national and regional activities, with an approved and innovative methodology, and in consultation with other organizations, authorities and key actors involved in the development of maritime and port security capabilities. The program develops and implements workshops, seminars, training sessions and conferences that address a wide range of key issues, including: implementation of the ISPS Code, awareness of the maritime domain, analysis and risk management, inter-institutional coordination, maritime crisis management, and port cybersecurity.
Evaluations and Training in Key Ports of Belize, Mexico, Panama and Costa Rica.
Promulgation of good practices and approved tools for risk management, handling of a maritime crisis, and the strengthening of relevant plans, policies, and procedures (SOPs), in 24 OAS member states.
Strengthening regional, national and port frameworks and networks for the exchange of information and coordination in maritime and port security.
Workshops and national and regional seminars to strengthen maritime and/or port security capacities.
Facilitation of the development of National and Regional Strategies for Maritime Security.
The aim of this Drafting Guide is to provide Designated Authorities in OAS Member States with a template that can easily be adapted to reflect their particular regulatory framework, governance structure and operational procedures ...
The course is designed to provide law enforcement and security professionals a comprehensive introduction to the maritime industry, including up-to-date information about the ships, ports, terminal, and professionals of the maritime transportation system. The students will be able to learn basic information related to key policies, government and private sector governance structures, coastal and offshore industrial practices of the maritime transportation sector, raising awareness and valuable insights on this critical infrastructure.
Cost: Free Duration: Self-paced Modality: Online Language: English Provider: United States National Maritime Intelligence-Integration Office (NMIO) Online Training Portal More information:https://nmio.port.training/
The growth in digitalization and automation in the maritime domain1 has
brought increases in efficiency and competitiveness as well as the industry’s
overall cyber risk. In the Western Hemisphere, the maritime sector is crucial to
the flow of commerce and protecting operations and data that underpin those
operations is of growing importance to national and regional economies...
The roundtable focused on the inequalities that
women continue to face in the maritime and port
security sector. The OAS Project Team identified
four objectives, each of which is addressed in the
following sections ...
Strengthen the capacities of member states in protecting the maritime domain, including infrastructure and modes of transport and maritime trade (ports, ships, and the interface between the two), people working in the sector, and maritime processes;
To advise the authorities of member states in the development of plans and policies related to maritime and port security, at the port level up to the national level;
Promote the exchange of information, experiences and lessons learned among responsible authorities in the member states and their ports.
Increase awareness about the challenges in cybersecurity in the port and maritime domain;
To support the responsible authorities in the member states in carrying out the practices and drills in accordance with the requirements of the ISPS Code and their own protection plans;
Increase awareness about operational disposition in maritime protection and response capacities at national and/or local level.
Maritime and Port Security Program Activities
Evaluations and Training in Key Ports of Belize, Mexico, Panama and Costa Rica.
Promulgation of good practices and approved tools for risk management, handling of a maritime crisis, and the strengthening of relevant plans, policies, and procedures (SOPs), in 24 OAS member states.
Strengthening regional, national and port frameworks and networks for the exchange of information and coordination in maritime and port security.
Workshops and national and regional seminars to strengthen maritime and/or port security capacities.
Facilitation of the development of National and Regional Strategies for Maritime Security.