Abbreviations and acronyms

Acronyms

AI

Artificial Intelligence

CEPR

Contrat de plan État-région

COVID-19

Coronavirus Disease 2019

EC

European Commission

ERDF

European Regional Development Fund

EU

European Union

EUR

Euro

FDI

Foreign Direct Investment

FUA

Functional Urban Area

GDP

Gross Domestic Product

GFC

Global Financial Crises

GHG

Greenhous Gas

GVA

Gross Value Added

GVC

Global Value chain

HEI

Higher Education Institutions

ICT

Information and Communication Technologies

IFCMA

Inclusive Forum on Carbon Mitigation Approaches

IPAC

International Programme for Action on Climate

KAU

Karlstad University

NEG

New Economic Geography

R&D

Research and Development

RDPC

Regional Development Policy Committee

SME

Small and Medium-sized Enterprise

TL2

Territorial Level 2

TL3

Territorial Level 3

USD

United States dollar

Country abbreviations (ISO codes)

AUS

Australia

AUT

Austria

BEL

Belgium

CAN

Canada

CHE

Switzerland

CHL

Chile

COL

Colombia

CRI

Costa Rica

CZE

Czech Republic

DEU

Germany

DNK

Denmark

ESP

Spain

EST

Estonia

EU

European Union

FIN

Finland

FRA

France

GBR

United Kingdom

GRC

Greece

HUN

Hungary

IRL

Ireland

ISL

Iceland

ISR

Israel

ITA

Italy

JPN

Japan

KOR

Korea

LTU

Lithuania

LUX

Luxembourg

LVA

Latvia

MEX

Mexico

NLD

Netherlands

NOR

Norway

NZL

New Zealand

POL

Poland

PRT

Portugal

ROU

Romania

SVK

Slovak Republic

SVN

Slovenia

SWE

Sweden

TUR

Turkey

USA

United States