The project implemented the following tasks: Comprehensive analysis of the currently prevailing legal and institutional framework in the Republic of Kazakhstan, related, directly and indirectly, with the use of a competencies approach in the civil service, vis-à-vis the current performance management practices in the administrative civil service; Development of the Common Framework (Model), including basic and differentiated competencies; Development of testing programmes for assessing competencies and determining the level of commitment to the values of the civil service of the Republic of Kazakhstan; Development and interpretation of the business processes connected with a competencies-based assessment for determining the level of commitment to the values of the civil service of the Republic of Kazakhstan; Development and elaboration of regulations delineating and describing the business processes for evaluating competencies and determining the level of commitment to the values of the civil service of the Republic of Kazakhstan; Provision of guidance and training to the Beneficiary’s designated representatives on how to use the Common Framework of Competencies system and in determining the values of the civil service of the Republic of Kazakhstan;