Department of International Affairs

Pursuant to Executive Order No. 05-14 Corr. 1, the Committee on Resource Mobilization (the “Resource Mobilization Committee”) was created under the chairmanship of the OAS Assistant Secretary General, with the Director of the Department of External Relations acting as its Secretary. This Committee also includes the Chief of Staff of the Assistant Secretary General, the Executive Secretary for Integral Development, the Assistant Secretary for Political Affairs, the Executive Secretary of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, the Assistant Secretary for Multidimensional Security, the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Finance, the Executive Director of the Pan American Development Foundation, the Executive Director of the Trust for the Americas, and other staff with fundraising expertise.

Objectives:

1. To develop a comprehensive strategy for the Organization’s fund-raising efforts by assessing the Secretariat’s needs and priorities as determined by the Organization’s mandates, the Secretary General’s vision, and the recommendations of the Project Evaluation Committee

2. To assess the outcomes of the activities financed by external donors, taking into account the information supplied by the database managed by the Department of External Relations.

3. To coordinate closely with the Secretariats and other entities of the Organization the identification of funding needs, and to share information on opportunities for support.

4. To coordinate the relations with external funding partners in the best interest of the Organization.

5. To issue clear guidelines regarding the valid procedures for externally financing projects.

6. To develop and define mechanisms to calculate direct and indirect costs of projects and establish a reasonable overhead charge to be included in all project budgets.

Calendar of Meetings:

MEETINGS OF THE RESOURCE MOBILIZATION COMMITTEE
February 28, 2006	First Resource Mobilization Committee Meeting Leo Rowe Room Agenda Minutes
April 13, 2006	Second Resource Mobilization Committee Meeting Miranda Room at 4:00pm Agenda Form Minutes
June 16, 2006:	Third Resource Mobilization Committee Meeting Guerrero Room-11:00 am Agenda Report on overhead prepared by the Department of External Relations Minutes
September 14, 2006	Fourth Resource Mobilization Committee Meeting Colon Room- 10:30am Agenda
October 12, 2006:	Fifth Resource Mobilization Committee Meeting Miranda Room - 3:00pm Discussion on how to best relate to the donor community: Prepared by the Department of External Relations Work Plan Of The Resource Mobilization Committee: Prepared by the Department of External Relations Agenda Minutes
November 9, 2006	Sixth Resource Mobilization Committee Meeting Colon- 4:00pm Agenda Minutes
March 7th, 2007	Seventh Resource Mobilization Committee Meeting 3:00 pm - Miranda Room Agenda Presentation by the Department of External Relations (DER) of the report presented to CAAP regarding fundraising efforts and contributions by Permanent Observers, pursuant to AG/RES.2257 (XXXVI-O/06) Minutes
April 18th, 2007	Eighth Resource Mobilization Committee Meeting 3:30pm. Colon Room Agenda Presentation of a full report on funding sources by the Department of Finance Presentation by the and Secretariat for Multidimensional Security on needs for resource mobilization and on their plans to seek external funding Minutes
July 16, 2007	Ninth Resource Mobilization Committee Meeting Presentation by Dante Caputo, Under Secretary for Political Affairs on needs for resource mobilization and on their plans to seek external funding Agenda Draft Minutes
To be scheduled	Tenth Resource Mobilization Committee Meeting Presentation by SEDI (TBC) and Summits of the Americas Secretariat (TBC) on needs for resource mobilization and on their plans to seek external funding
To be scheduled	Eleventh Resource Mobilization Committee Meeting Presentations by CIM, International Legal Affairs, Museum, Library and others.

Resource Mobilization Committee:

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