Transcript Organization of American States Secretariat for External Relations (SER) DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS (DIA)

Organization of American States
Secretariat for External Relations (SER)
DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
(DIA)
SER performs functions aimed at:
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SER
MISSION
•developing and implementing
communication strategies and
strengthening the image of the
Organization
•strengthening ties with agencies and
institutions in the host country, as well
as with observer countries and
multilateral organizations
SER performs functions aimed at:
SER
MISSION
•broadening and disseminating
information on the cultural heritage of the
Americas
•coordinating fundraising for programs
and projects
•promoting the participation of civil
society in matters related to OAS
priorities.
DIA
MISSION
SER/ DIA
The Department of International Affairs
advises the General Secretariat on
relations with our international partners
to further the Organization's aims
through fostering positive relations with
Member States, Permanent Observers,
institutions and individuals involved in
advancing the Inter-American Agenda,
as well as mobilizing needed resources.
FUNCTIONS (Executive Order No. 08-01 Rev. 1)
DIA
Functions
 Advises OAS units on matters regarding
relations between the Organization and
Permanent Observer Countries and multilateral
organizations.
 Coordinates relations with the Permanent
Observers so as to provide them with
information on the role of the Organization and
to secure support for OAS activities.
 Coordinates relations with institutions and
legislative and executive bodies of the host
country in order to strengthen ties and provide
information on the region and OAS programs.
FUNCTIONS (Executive Order No. 08-01 Rev. 1)
DIA
Functions
 Implements policies on external institutional
relations, including relations with United
Nations agencies, inter-American institutions,
international financial institutions, the private
sector, and study and research centers
 Coordinates, promotes, and carries out the
Lecture Series of the Americas, the Model OAS
General Assembly as well as the briefing
program
 Coordinates and strengthens relations with
civil society organizations in order to increase
their participation in OAS activities
DEPARTMENT OF
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
DIA
Relations with
Permanent
Observers &
Civil Society
Outreach &
Institutional
Relations
Relations
with the
Host Country
US
Relations
with
Permanent
Observers
At Breakfast Meeting, OAS
Reaches Out to Permanent
Observers
Coordinates relations with the permanent
observers so as to provide them with
information on the role of the Organization
and the priorities of the hemispheric agenda,
and to secure substantive and financial
support for OAS activities.
Strategic Objectives
Permanent
Observers
Resource
Mobilization
Maintain daily coordination with OAS technical
areas on their fundraising needs
Maintain and possibly expand contributions from
POs to priority OAS programs
Develop and maintain daily relations with POs at
HQ level
Relations
with
Permanent
Observers
Prepare and follow up on SG’s meetings with POs
and trips to their capitals
Planning and follow up of DIA trips to Foreign
Ministries and Cooperation Agencies of donor
countries
Promote resource mobilization initiatives at the
level of OAS country representations
Update donor profiles
Maintain and update PO’s section under DIA’s
website
Relations
with
Permanent
Observers
Present annual report on contributions by POs to
the CAAP and the Permanent Council
Hold briefings on OAS priorities for POs
Organize Dialogue between Foreign Ministers and
POs at GA
POs’ 2007 Cash Contributions
Contribution
Spain
9,122,747
Sweden
4,005,033
Norway
1,659,517
Netherlands
1,573,778
European Union
1,111,716
Italy
681,166
Ireland
524,740
Finland
320,559
Denmark
277,051
France
194,086
China
173,000
Japan
140,900
United Kingdom
137,424
Turkey
125,000
Korea
100,000
Austria
61,600
Greece
30,000
Switzerland
27,077
Portugal
18,200
Germany
15,300
Grand Total
20,298,894
Permanent Observers’ 2007 Cash Contributions
2007 Cash Contributions by Country
2%
3%
5%
2%
3%
Spain
5%
Sweden
Norway
8%
Netherlands
44%
European Union
Italy
8%
Ireland
Finland
Others Big (Dmk, Fr, Ch, Jap, UK)
20%
Others (7)
Permanent Observers’ 2007 Cash Contributions
Contributions by Technical Area 2007
3%
Political Affairs
2% 1%
3%
1%
Multidimensional Security
5%
Inter-american Commission on
Human Rights
Department of International
Legal Affairs
14%
Integral Development
53%
Inter-american Court on Human
Rights
Summits Secretariat
18%
Inter-american Commission on
Women
Other
FUNCTIONS (Executive Order No. 08-01 Rev. 1)
Relations
with Civil
Society

Advises the Secretary General on all matters
relating to civil society and directs and
coordinates activities in this area with all the
dependencies of the General Secretariat.

Provides secretariat services and technical
support to the Committee on Inter-American
Summits Management and Civil Society
Participation in OAS Activities of the Permanent
Council in all matters related to civil society
participation.
FUNCTIONS (Executive Order No. 08-01 Rev. 1)
Relations
with Civil
Society

Develops and executes strategies and
activities designed to promote and broaden civil
society participation in all the activities related to
the work of the Organization.

Coordinates relations with nongovernmental
organizations and promotes and harmonizes the
work of the different dependencies of the
General Secretariat in their efforts to encourage
civil society to take part in the Organization’s
activities.

Conducts the process of registering civil
society organizations in the OAS.
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
 Promotion and internal coordination of civil
society participation in OAS activities
Relations
with
Civil Society
 Support to the Committee on Inter-American
Summits Management and Civil Society
Participation in OAS Activities (CISC) to facilitate
partnership of Member States and CSOs
 Enhance web and communication mechanisms to
facilitate and promote CSO participation
 Mobilization of resources to promote and facilitate
civil society participation in the OAS activities
 Hold Regional and Subregional CSO Forums
(Central and North American, Caribbean, Andean
and Mercosur)
Relations
with
Civil Society
 Hold Dialogue between the Heads of Delegation,
the OAS SG and Civil Society Representatives at
the GA
 Support to Civil Society Participation in Ministerial
Meetings
Relations with the US Congress and the
Administration, Think Tanks, Private Sector
Associations and Academia
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Relations
with the
Host
Country
 Advises the GS on matters regarding relations
of the Organization with institutions in the
host country.
 Promotes relations with legislative and
executive bodies of the host country so as to
provide them with information on the region
and the programs of the Organization and to
develop projects in support of the
Organization’s mission.
Relations with the US Congress and the
Administration, Think Tanks, Private Sector
Associations and Academia
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Relations
with the
Host
Country
 Prepares and implements projects and
programs to strengthen ties between the GS
and other public and private institutions in the
host country.
 Develops and implements a program of
briefings on OAS affairs and priorities for
various audiences related to the Organization,
according to instructions from the Secretary
General.
Four Strategic Goals
Relations
with the US
Congress
1. Raise the Positive Profile of the OAS
2. Maintain /Increase Funding Through the
U.S. Quota to the OAS, the Democracy
Fund and the Development Fund
3. Maintain /Increase Funding for OAS
Specific Programs
4. Promote Legislative Initiatives
of Interest to our Member States
Determine OAS Priorities
Main Messages:
OAS promotes justice, peace
Relations
with the
US
Congress
democracy, and prosperity,
OAS: premier regional
political organization
Issues:
OAS Quota and Democracy and
Development Fund
Priority OAS Programs to Promote
from OAS Strategic Plan - TBD)
Support Legislative Initiatives together
with Member States (FTA, Haiti
Funding, ATPDEA Extension)
Key Players in the US Congress
Relations
with the US
Congress
House of Representatives:
Western Hemisphere
Subcommittee
Ways and Means
Appropriations
Senate:
Western Hemisphere
Subcommittee
Finance Appropriations
Hispanic and Caribbean
Caucuses
Briefings Program
Outreach
Programs
On April 4, 13 cadets from the United States
Military Academy visited the OAS.
On April 8, 20 officers from the Canadian
Forces College spent the morning at the
historic OAS headquarters
The goal of the OAS Briefings Program is to promote greater
international and local awareness and understanding of the OAS
and of its General Secretariat.
Briefings are offered to diplomats, government officials, military
officers, university faculty, policy analysts and students, tailored
to the specific interests of the visiting groups. They cover
political, social, legal and economic issues in the Americas as
well as the work of the organization and include tours of the
OAS historical buildings.
Strategic Goals
Develop specialized briefings for various
audiencies
Outreach
Programs:
Briefings
Involve appropriate technical areas in briefing
program
Develop standard briefing materials
Continue evaluation efforts and program
improvement
OAS POLICY
ROUNDTABLES
Outreach
Programs:
Policy
Roundtables
The OAS Policy Roundtable series is designed
to promote informal dialogue among
specialists and the political decision-makers
on the full range of issues on the OAS
agenda. The format varies between
presentations with commentators to a
discussion of different points of view on
hemispheric topics.
Possible Issues to be addressed:
Outreach
Programs:
Policy
Roundtables
Migration
Food crisis
Council of Foreign Relations Task Force
Report Launch
Fair Growth: Economic Policies for
Latin America’s Poor and Middle Income
Majority
Debrief on the General Assembly
UN Special Task Force Report on
Empowerment of the Poor
Judicial Reform (CEJA)
Haiti
Caribbean Trade Arrangements
CP/RES. 870 (1446/04)
LECTURE SERIES OF THE AMERICAS
Outreach
programs:
Lecture
Series
To establish the “Lecture Series of the Americas,”
which will consist of monthly lectures on issues
related, above all, to the Strengthening of
Democracy, the Promotion and Protection of
Human Rights, Social Development and the Fight
against Poverty, and Hemispheric Security, to
which the OAS will invite leading intellectuals from
the region and the rest of the world.
2008 Strategic Goals:
•Implement 10 lectures per year
Outreach
Programs:
Lecture
Series
•Increase participation of women as well as
Caribbean speakers
•Reach equitable geographic representation
of the four regions
•Hold 1-2 Lectures in Lima, Peru, annually
•Broaden donor base
Launch the second Lecture Series book with 20072008 lectures
Outreach
programs:
Lecture
Series
Organize meeting of the Board of the Lecture
Series and engage the Board members as well as the
OAS Missions in identifying more speakers and
enhancing the program.
Launch the Academic Board, comprised by Deans
of renowned universities from the different
subregions in the Hemisphere
 Maintain the Lecture
Series Web Page
The Model OAS General Assembly (MOAS) promotes
democracy among the youth of the Hemisphere by
familiarizing students, faculty and academic institutions of the
Americas with the work of the OAS and its Member States, as
well as with the Organization’s role as the premier political
forum in the Hemisphere by engaging students in an active
Outreach
learning exercise where through role-playing they represent
programs: the diplomats and political officials of the 34 Member States of
Model OAS
the OAS
UPCOMING MODEL OAS GENERAL
ASSEMBLIES (MOAS)
MOEA Nacional, Medellin, Colombia
21-23 mayo, 2008
XXVI MOEA para Universidades,
Santiago, Chile, 14 al 17 de julio de 2008
2008 Strategic Goals
Hold two MOAS in Washington, DC
Hold two MOAS abroad (Medellin and Santiago)
Outreach
programs:
Model OAS
Diversify and expand funding
Finish and disseminate tutorial
Prepare MOAS for the Caribbean for first quarter 2009
Support Medellin Declaration
Maintain the MOAS Web Page
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DIA
Institutional
Relations
Implements policies on external institutional
relations, including relations with UN agencies,
inter-American institutions, IFIs, the private sector,
and study and research centers.
Recommends means of strengthening the ties
with specialized organizations and institutions,
both regional and international.
Assists the various areas of the OAS in their
efforts to maintain effective substantive contacts
with other intergovernmental institutions, both
public and private.
International Institutions
Coordination improves effectiveness in meeting our
common goals, through joint programs,
participation in annual meetings and exchange of
new findings and reports.
International
Institutions
OAS Secretary General meets with UN
Secretary General, Kofi A. Annan
OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza
meets with the Managing Director of the
International Monetary Fund, Rodrigo de Rato.
Regional Organizations
Regional
Organizations
The OAS Secretary General meets with representatives
of several regional bodies and institutions to help
strengthen cooperation in meeting common goals for
the hemisphere.
Regional organizations are critical
partners in achieving our common
goals.
Strategic Objectives:
DIA
Institutional
Relations
To increase the outreach of the OAS with counterpart
institutions through programmatic exchanges and
meetings among heads of institutions
To increase OAS presence at the annual meetings of
major institutions (U.N, IDB, WB, ECLAC) at the EUROLAC and Ibero-American Summit
To share experiences on annual meeting’s management
and to propose joint initiatives
To coordinate the institutional relation’s work more
effectively with the Summit of the Americas process and
meetings of the Joint Summit Working Group
Prepared by the Department of International
Affairs(DIA)
Website: www.der.oas.org,
e-mail: [email protected]
Tel. (202) 458-6072 / Fax (202) 458-6319