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.
OAS Assistant Secretary General Urges Innovation at Trade Expo in Jamaica
October 18, 2011
The Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Albert Ramdin, says innovation is the key to surviving the economic downturn that has affected thousands of business operators across the Caribbean.
Speaking at the opening of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry Expo 2011, the high-ranking OAS official encouraged business operators to look to innovation in the face of the global economic slowdown, which has jeopardized millions of jobs around the world and has resulted in rising debt. “In today’s environment, when sales have slowed in almost every sector and profit margins have almost flat-lined, businesses must either innovate, or face failure,” said Ramdin.
According to the OAS official, major corporations and governments around the world are seeking new ways to boost trade and business opportunities, and the Caribbean should be no exception. “It is no longer business as usual. Caribbean businesses can either innovate, become more creative and form strategic partnerships, or fold,” said the OAS Assistant Secretary General.
Addressing hundreds of small business operators and government representatives gathered at the Trade Expo, the OAS official also called on Caribbean governments to encourage and support innovation initiatives at all levels. “Innovation and education must become fundamental principles in our collective effort to facilitate economic growth. If our schools don’t encourage creative thinking and critical analysis, or our government policies make little room for innovators and our banks and development agencies are limited in their scope, then the Caribbean will be neither competitive nor productive,” said Ramdin.
The Washington-based diplomat also called on governments of the Caribbean to join with business associations and other groups to ensure that enough resources are designated to education, research and development. “Without investment in our creative potential, our countries will remain stagnant,” said Ramdin, adding that, ‘’the time has come for strategic thinking and innovation and investment support, we must be willing to do what is necessary.’’
For more information, please visit the OAS Website at www.oas.org.
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