WHO Global Competency Model
What is WHO Global Competency Model?
The World Health Organization's Enhanced Global Competency Model describing the core, management, and leadership competencies expected of all WHO staff. Designed to ensure WHO has a capable, motivated, and productive workforce that delivers on its mission to promote health, keep the world safe, and serve the vulnerable.. It comprises 3 controls organised across 3 domains, and applies in International.
How WHO Global Competency Model maps to other frameworks
All 3 controls, each one mapped to the equivalent requirement in other standards, with the evidence that carries across and the mappings that were judged and rejected shown alongside. No account needed to look.
See the control mappings →The 3 domains WHO Global Competency Model groups its controls into
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Questions people ask about WHO Global Competency Model
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Query WHO Global Competency Model programmatically
WHO Global Competency Model, its 3 controls and every mapping into other standards are available over a REST endpoint and an MCP server, so an agent can read them directly. The free tier is 10 calls a day and needs no signup.
WHO Global Competency Model API reference and MCP config →What WHO Global Competency Model requires, control by control
Each page carries the requirement text for one WHO Global Competency Model control and what an assessor expects to see as evidence.
- WHO-CORE-01 Communicating in a Credible and Effective Way
- WHO-CORE-02 Knowing and Managing Yourself
- WHO-CORE-03 Producing Results
- WHO-CORE-05 Fostering Integration and Teamwork
- WHO-CORE-06 Respecting and Promoting Individual and Cultural Differences
- WHO-LDR-01 Vision - articulating compelling future states that motivate collective action
- WHO-MGR-02 Building and Promoting Partnerships across organizational and sectoral boundaries
- WHO-MGR-03 Ensuring Effective Use of Resources through planning and accountability
- WHO-MGR-04 Managing Performance - setting expectations, monitoring, providing feedback
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