FCDO technical competency frameworks
The list of core competencies for advisers that set out the skills and attributes that make up each competence.
Updates to this page
- From:
- Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
- Published:
- 27 August 2013
- Last updated:
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21 April 2026
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The Governance Technical Competency Framework has been updated.
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Updates to the Food and Agriculture and Private Sector Development technical competency frameworks.
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The Climate, Environment, Infrastructure and Energy technical competency framework has been updated.
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Added new 'Climate, Environment, Infrastructure and Energy' technical competency framework that replaces 'Climate and Environment' and 'Infrastructure and Urban' competency frameworks.
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Education Technical Competency Framework has been updated.
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Updated Health Competency Framework (May 2024) added.
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Humanitarian Technical Competency Framework updated.
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New document added: Education Technical Competency Framework (for posts and accreditation advertised after 16 January 2023).
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Conflict Technical Competency Framework (for posts and accreditation advertised after 21 November 2022) added.
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Private Sector Development framework updated.
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Two updated technical competency frameworks added: Governance and Health.
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Two frameworks have been updated: Economics and Social Development.
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Two Technical Competency Frameworks updated: Humanitarian and Evaluation.
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Added Food and Agriculture technical competency framework in HTML.
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Added Food and Agriculture: Technical Competency Framework.
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Infrastructure and Urban Technical Competency Framework reviewed and updated, and published in HTML and PDF formats.
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Climate and Environment Technical Competency Framework has been reviewed and updated, and published in accessible format.
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Climate and environment framework updated
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Revised Social Development framework added
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Humanitarian and Livelihoods competency frameworks updated.
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Health cadre competency framework updated
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Education competency framework updated 26 February 2020
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Updated Conflict technical competency framework added.
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Evaluation framework updated
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Programme Delivery Capability Framework updated April 2018
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Updated Programme Delivery document added
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Programme Management competency updated.
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Frameworks updated September 2016
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programme management competency added
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Economist, Infrastructure and Public Sector Development technical competency fremeworks updated
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First published.
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Documents
Conflict: Technical Competency Framework
PDF, 322 KB, 14 pages
Evaluation & Government Social Research: Technical Competency Framework
ODT, 73 KB
This file is in an OpenDocument format
Food and Agriculture: Technical Competency Framework
ODT, 43.6 KB
This file is in an OpenDocument format
Programme delivery: Technical Competency Framework
PDF, 483 KB, 22 pages
Social Development Technical Competency Framework
PDF, 323 KB, 11 pages
Statistics: Technical Competency Framework
https://gss.civilservice.gov.uk/policy-store/competency-framework-for-the-government-statistician-group-gsg/
Details
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).