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K - knowledge
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- customer relationship management
- direct inward dialing
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- manage healthcare staff
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- Prince2 project management
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- project management methodology (PM²)
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- publishing industry
- qualitative risk analysis techniques
- quantitative risk analysis techniques
- rail disruption management
- results-based management
- risk financing techniques
- risk identification
- risk management
- risk modelling
- root cause analysis
- salon management
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- social entrepreneurship
- social media management
- strategic planning
- subsidiary operations
- supervision of persons
- supplier management
- supply chain management
- supply chain principles
- theory of constraints
- total quality control
- trademarks
- transportation software related to an ERP system
- types of pensions
- university procedures
- zoo regulations
- marketing and advertising
- secretarial and office work
- wholesale and retail sales
- work skills
- business, administration and law not elsewhere classified
- business, administration and law not further defined
- inter-disciplinary programmes and qualifications involving business, administration and law
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- education
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- field unknown
- generic programmes and qualifications
- health and welfare
- information and communication technologies (icts)
- natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- services
- social sciences, journalism and information
L - language skills and knowledge
S - skills
T - transversal skills and competences

foreign affairs

knowledge

business, administration and law

business and administration

management and administration

foreign affairs

Description

Description

The operations of a foreign affairs department in a government or public organisation and its regulations.

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foreign affairs

foreign negotiations

foreign policies

foreign proceedings

foreign strategies

overseas negotiations

overseas policies

overseas proceedings

overseas strategies

Skill type

knowledge

Skill reusability level

cross-sector skills and competences

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DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion of the European Commission developed ESCO in collaboration with stakeholders and with the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop).

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