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FCDO technical competency frameworks

The list of core competencies for advisers that set out the skills and attributes that make up each competence.

Documents

Economists Technical Competency Framework

Education: Technical Competency Framework

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The list of core competencies for advisers that set out the skills and attributes that make up each competence.

The Shared Advisory Capability Statement (SACS), sets out the framework for meeting the shared advisory competencies to tackle safeguarding against sexual exploitation, abuse and sexual harassment (SEAH).

Published 27 August 2013
Last updated 7 July 2023 + show all updates
  1. Humanitarian Technical Competency Framework updated.

  2. New document added: Education Technical Competency Framework (for posts and accreditation advertised after 16 January 2023).

  3. Conflict Technical Competency Framework (for posts and accreditation advertised after 21 November 2022) added.

  4. Private Sector Development framework updated.

  5. Two updated technical competency frameworks added: Governance and Health.

  6. Two frameworks have been updated: Economics and Social Development.

  7. Two Technical Competency Frameworks updated: Humanitarian and Evaluation.

  8. Added Food and Agriculture technical competency framework in HTML.

  9. Added Food and Agriculture: Technical Competency Framework.

  10. Infrastructure and Urban Technical Competency Framework reviewed and updated, and published in HTML and PDF formats.

  11. Climate and Environment Technical Competency Framework has been reviewed and updated, and published in accessible format.

  12. Climate and environment framework updated

  13. Revised Social Development framework added

  14. Humanitarian and Livelihoods competency frameworks updated.

  15. Health cadre competency framework updated

  16. Education competency framework updated 26 February 2020

  17. Updated Conflict technical competency framework added.

  18. Evaluation framework updated

  19. Programme Delivery Capability Framework updated April 2018

  20. Updated Programme Delivery document added

  21. Programme Management competency updated.

  22. Frameworks updated September 2016

  23. programme management competency added

  24. Economist, Infrastructure and Public Sector Development technical competency fremeworks updated

  25. First published.