Guidance

Blue Book: the essential guide to working at DFID

Find out useful information about how to do things at DFID, including rules and tools.

This publication was withdrawn on

The programme sections of DFID’s Blue Book have been replaced by new Smart Rules https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dfid-smart-rules-better-programme-delivery

Documents

A – Overall Business Planning

C - Accountability and audit

E – Managing people

F - Conduct and propriety

G - Accommodation and workplace

H - Security

I - Information systems

Request an accessible format.
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email fcdo.correspondence@fcdo.gov.uk. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

Details

The Department for International Development’s online Blue Book is a manual of information about working practices.

Published 22 March 2013
Last updated 18 June 2014 + show all updates
  1. sections B, D, E and F revised 18 June 2014

  2. Chapter J7 updated

  3. Revised attachments: A, B, E, G, H and J

  4. Section J7: Communicating using DFID's external website amended.

  5. Minor changes made to Section A4 compliance task 5 and 6 also change to Section B2 complance task 7

  6. First published.