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 to Host Inter-American Congress on Heritage Tourism and Inclusive Development
March 31, 2025
The Organization of American States (OAS) will host the Twenty-Sixth Inter-American Congress of Ministers and High-Level Authorities of Tourism on April 3–4, 2025, at OAS headquarters in Washington, D.C. The event will bring together over 22 ministers and high-level national tourism authorities from OAS Member States , as well as experts from across the Americas, to discuss the theme “Harnessing the Power of Heritage Tourism for Development in the Americas.”
This year’s Congress will explore how cultural heritage, community-based initiatives, and inclusive tourism can drive sustainable economic development and environmental stewardship across the region. It will also provide a platform to advance cooperation among member states, and it is expected to adopt the Draft Declaration and Plan of Action of Ecuador and elect new authorities of the Inter-American Committee on Tourism (CITUR).
Key topics on the agenda include:
• Building an Inter-American Plan for Heritage Tourism
• Promoting tourism in Indigenous and Afro-descendant communities
• Empowering micro, small, and medium-sized tourism enterprises (MSMEs)
• Strengthening community-based tourism models
The opening ceremony (April 3 at 9:00 EDT, 13:00 GMT) will include:
• Ambassador Lou-Anne Gilchrist, Chair of the Inter-American Council on Integral Development (CIDI) and Permanent Representative of St. Vincent and the Grenadines to the OAS
• Luis Almagro, Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS)
• Edmund Bartlett, Minister of Tourism Jamaica, Chair of CITUR
More information on the event, such as the full schedule of sessions, list of participants and official documents, including the proposed Declaration and Plan of Action of Ecuador, are available here.
Sessions are open to the press. Officials are available for interviews upon request.
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