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.

From:
Department for International Development
Published
22 March 2013
Last updated
18 June 2014 — See all updates

This publication was withdrawn on

The programme sections of DFID’s Blue Book have been replaced by new Smart Rules https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dfid-smart-rules-better-programme-delivery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

PDF, 216 KB, 11 pages

B – Managing programmes, projects and expenditure

PDF, 205 KB, 24 pages

C - Accountability and audit

PDF, 253 KB, 22 pages

D - Contracts for services over EU threshold

PDF, 66.5 KB, 15 pages

E – Managing people

PDF, 247 KB, 54 pages

F - Conduct and propriety

PDF, 38 KB, 8 pages

G - Accommodation and workplace

PDF, 241 KB, 15 pages

H - Security

PDF, 160 KB, 13 pages

I - Information systems

PDF, 42.3 KB, 3 pages

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J - Managing information and communications

PDF, 237 KB, 18 pages

K - Parliamentary, Ministerial and Top Management Group

PDF, 151 KB, 8 pages

Details

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

Updates to this page

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.

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