Skills Framework for the Information Age
General terms and conditions for licences
Issued on 1st August 2021 by SFIA Foundation (“The Foundation”)

GENERAL TERMS

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The SFIA Trade mark is registered in over 35 countries.
Any use of SFIA requires a licence from The SFIA
Foundation. This document defines the general terms
and conditions that apply to all licences, and describes
the forms of licence available from The SFIA Foundation.

Partners shall use and represent the information in SFIA
with reasonable accuracy, and if requested shall agree toan inspection of any intended publication containing
statements about SFIA so that the Foundation can satisfy
itself of the publication’s accuracy before publication.

The terms in this document form part of all licences
issued by SFIA Foundation. Parties licensed by The
Foundation are bound by these terms unless their licence
specifically states otherwise.

Partners shall remove any materials which The
Foundation feels are unacceptable within 30 days ofnotification.

Certain terms used in this document are intended toconvey specific meanings. They are listed below under“Definitions”.

Intellectual property and copyrightThe Intellectual Property Rights subsisting in the SkillsFramework for the Information Age (“SFIA”), in the SFIA
name and in any documentation, information, designs
and logos issued by the SFIA Foundation shall be andshall remain the sole property of The Foundation. TheFoundation holds copyright of all the above mentioned
items. Reproduction or distribution of SFIA in any form or
medium is prohibited unless specifically permitted bylicence.
When the licensee is licensed to reproduce all or part ofSFIA, The Foundation’s intellectual property rights shallbe acknowledged by means of an expression such as“this publication contains information from the Skills
Framework for the Information Age with the permissionof the SFIA Foundation.” Such publications shall not
purport to be definitive versions of SFIA.
Licensees shall not use SFIA to produce or promote a rival
framework or allow SFIA to be used in that way.

Contact details
The licensee shall provide contact information so that
The Foundation can communicate with at least two
named individuals on the licensee’s staff by post,telephone and email. The licensee shall keep thosedetails up to date, giving The Foundation prompt
notification of any change.

Fees and royalties shall be paid not more than 30 days
after the issue of an invoice. Fees shall be paid in pounds
sterling currency without deduction of foreign exchangeor transmission charges. The licensee must report anyerrors in invoices received from The SFIA Foundation
within 30 days of receipt.

Royalty payments
Where due, royalty payments shall conform to thefollowing terms.
Licensees shall send to The Foundation a quarterly reportof sales, showing customers’ names, prices and royalties
due. The report format shall be provided by TheFoundation. The frequency of the report shall bequarterly, unless mutually agreed to be otherwise.
Royalties shall normally be based on 5% of the standard
price for the product, net of any standard discount asshown in the standard price structure, but not net of any
special discount that departs from the standard pricestructure.
The licensee shall provide The Foundation with a copy ofits price structure, including any standard discounts, forall products that depend on SFIA, and shall ensure that
copies of the prevailing standard price structureaccompany all quarterly returns.
The Licensee shall, if requested by The Foundation
provide evidence that the royalties paid to TheFoundation by the licensee conform to the terms of thisagreement.

RevisionTranslation
Translation into any language, language variant or dialect
without specific permission is prohibited. Any party
wishing to do this should approach the Foundation todiscuss a special arrangement. In the case of such atranslation, the Foundation shall own the intellectual
property and the copyright subsisting in the translated
work

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Payment

The Foundation reserves the right to change these terms
without notice. Such changed terms will be published tothe SFIA website, and will be effective from the next
renewal date of any licence, so long as the latest changes
have been published at least 30 days before the date ofrenewal. Licensees are responsible for checking the latest
terms on the website prior to renewal.

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SFIA Trade markTermination

When the licensee is permitted to use the SFIA
trademark, The Foundation shall provide appropriate
logos. Only SFIA logos provided by the SFIA Foundation
may be used.

The agreement may be terminated by either party if theother party fails to remedy any breach of the terms ofthe licence or these General Terms and Conditions within
30 days of notification.

Term
Subject to the provisions for earlier termination
contained in these Terms and Conditions, this Agreement
will come into effect on the date the Agreement is signed
on behalf of The Foundation and will continue for aperiod of one year or longer where a multi-year licence isarranged. The licence may be renewed by mutual
consent of the parties.

RenewalWithin 30 days of the Expiry date of this agreement, TheFoundation may invoice the licensee for the fee for thefollowing term. Payment of that fee shall be taken as
renewal of the agreement, Subject to the General Terms
and conditions in force at the date of invoice. Neither
party is obliged to renew the agreement.
The licensee may either terminate this agreement or takeout a different SFIA licence. This must be done either
within 30 days of receipt of the renewal invoice or before
that invoice is received.

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Upon expiry or termination of any SFIA licenceagreement, The licensee shall forthwith desist from theuses of SFIA that are subject to SFIA licensing. TheLicensee shall also cease to use any expression intended
to convey an impression that the Licensee has theapproval or endorsement of The Foundation.

Confidentiality
The licensee shall not during the period of thisAgreement or after this Agreement has been terminateduse or disclose or permit to be disclosed without theprior consent of The Foundation any confidential
information, trade secrets or proprietary data concerning
the practice, business dealings or affairs of The
Foundation which may come to their knowledge by
reason of this Agreement.
Confidential information or trade secrets shall consist of,but not necessarily be limited to technical, commercial,financial, operational, marketing or promotional
information.
Proprietary data shall consist of, but not necessarily belimited to: Customer lists, pricing data, sources of supply,financial, production or marketing data or merchandisingsystems and plans. This includes future SFIA releases
made available ahead of official launch. The licensee
acknowledges that any breach or violation of thisAgreement is likely to cause loss or damage to The
Foundation and in that event The Foundation shall beentitled to apply for injunctive relief or claim damages inaddition to any other available remedies

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DEFINITIONS
The following terms have the meanings shown when used in this document and in other licences.
SFIA

The Skills Framework for the Information Age.

SFIA information

The concept, content and structure of SFIA along with content from the SFIA website.

SFIA Trade markThe SFIA name and logo.

ProductAny product or service, in any medium and however delivered.

Licensee

A party holding a licence to use SFIA. A party obtaining a licence from the SFIA website agrees to be bound by
the terms applying to “The Licensee” in that licence.

Provision

The marketing, sale or trading (of any product or products).

Staff management

Use of SFIA information within an organisation as a staff management resource. It does include the training in
SFIA of own staff by own staff. This also includes the creation and internal distribution of an in-houseframework derived from SFIA for use within the licensee’s organisation. This does not include the use of SFIA
to help define the charging rates of staff that are hired to other organisations.

General commercial use

Using SFIA information to provide consultancy or training, or to give general support to the provision ofproduct(s). General commercial purposes include the use of SFIA to help define the charging rates of staff thatare hired to other organisations (e.g. as part of an outsourcing arrangement).

Use of SFIA Trade markUsing the name SFIA or the SFIA trademark in any form of promotional material. When permitted, the SFIA
Foundation shall provide a form of the trademark, appropriate to the licence.

Specifically dependent

The provision of a specifically-priced product or service that is dependent on SFIA. Examples: a product thatassesses people’s SFIA skills, a skills database containing SFIA information, a publication containing significant
amounts of information from SFIA, a SFIA training course (but see below). Royalties are payable based on thepartner’s standard price list, net of any standard discount, but before any special discount.

Personal use

Using SFIA information in a way that relates only to the individual licensee or internal staff of a licensed
organisation, for the individual’s personal interest, career planning or self-assessment, and not in relation to
any other person or organisation.

Distribution

Making copies of SFIA or significant extracts of SFIA available to other parties or organisations, either on its
own or combined with other information. This includes the publication of SFIA in a context such as a websitethat allows SFIA to be browsed by parties not covered by the licence.

Translation

Translating all or part of SFIA into another language or dialect.

Non-accredited SFIA Training

Training that is given to people outside the licensee’s organisation, explaining any aspect of SFIA, where thetraining materials for that course have not been approved by the SFIA Foundation. Such a course does notsatisfy The Foundation’s training requirement for accreditation.

Accredited SFIA Training

Training that is given to people outside the licensee’s organisation, explaining any aspect of SFIA, where thetraining provider, trainers and training materials are approved by The Foundation. Additional fees are due foreach person trained.

Accredited Consultant,Practitioner, Assessor or Trainer

Individual approved by the SFIA Foundation to use SFIA for general commercial use, having met the publishedaccreditation criteria. Different levels of accreditation are required to permit an Accredited Consultant orPractitioner to provide accredited training or act as an assessor for accreditation.

Mapping

Publishing information that shows how their offerings relate to SFIA skills and levels of responsibility. This
may include how individuals and organisations represent themselves externally, their services or capabilities,
including mapping resources or resource-based services through rate cards and professional profiles,qualifications, training and consultancy. Given suitable arrangements for ensuring the validity of thepublished mapping, the requirement for the licensee to have two named Accredited Consultants may be
waived at The Foundation’s sole discretion.

Rate card

Use of SFIA by individuals or organisations, to represent themselves, their services or capabilities, externally.
This includes defining and communicating the rate at which staff are hired out to clients, or the mapping ofresources or resource-based services through rate cards, professional profiles or marketing materials.

Internal Skills Assessment

Assessing internal staff against the SFIA Framework for internal staff development.

External Skills Assessment

Assessing the skills of individuals against the SFIA Framework and presenting this externally as a certificationof an individual in terms of knowledge, skill or competence against the SFIA skills or levels of responsibility.
This includes the use of SFIA in certifications or credentials.

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