State-Building Competencies
State-building is an increasingly important foreign policy mission, whether in the form of assistance to the developing world or in the form of stability and reconstruction operations in post-conflict societies.
This document introduces a set of leadership competencies for state-building professionals (SBPs). It is the culmination of several months of work involving secondary research, input from leaders of international interventions, and discussions with practitioners from the military, civilian agencies, NGOs, and international organizations. The competencies are divided into three categories: core leadership competencies, state-building leadership competencies, and specialized state-building competencies.