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Ministry of Overseas Development and successors: Overseas Manpower and Consultancies...
Catalogue reference: OD 122
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OD 122
This series contains records of the Overseas Manpower and Consultancies Department which provided policy advice on recruitment and contracting of personnel as well as the day to day running of recruitment, contracting and employment of personnel...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- OD 122
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Overseas Development and successors: Overseas Manpower and Consultancies Department: Registered Files (OMD Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1976-1979
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records of the Overseas Manpower and Consultancies Department which provided policy advice on recruitment and contracting of personnel as well as the day to day running of recruitment, contracting and employment of personnel for projects funded under the bilateral aid programme.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- OMD
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Ministry of Overseas Development, 1974-1979
- Overseas Development Administration, 1979-1997
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 8 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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from 2011 Department for International Development
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Labour
- Aid and development
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing.
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- These records are selected under s.3.1.4 of the Acquisition and Disposition Strategy: Regulation and support of economic activity by government, including industry, services, agriculture, transport, energy, trade, and employment and productivity.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Department was created in 1976 and provided advice on recruitment and contractual policy as well as the day to day running of the recruitment, contracting and employment of personnel to work on bilateral aid funded projects in developing countries around the globe. Technical Co-operation Officer terms, salary supplemented terms (OSAS and BESS) and individuals and companies on consulting terms.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11689467/
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