Abbreviations and acronyms

ANC

Action for Neighbourhood Change (Canada)

CCR

Cardiff Capital Region

CJC

Corporate Joint Committee

COSLA

Convention of Scottish Local Authorities

DSU

Documento Strategico Unitario (Unitary Strategic Document, Piedmont region of Italy)

ERDF

European Regional Development Fund

ESF

European Social Fund

ETC

Economy, Treasury and Constitution group of the Welsh Government

EU

European Union

GRW

Gemeinschaftsaufgabe "Verbesserung der regionalen Wirtschaftsstruktur" (Joint Task for the Improvement of the Regional Economic Structure, Germany)

GVA

Gross Value Added

LTIB

Long-term insights briefing

NUTS

Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

OPS

Our Public Service (Ireland)

R&D

Research and development

REF

Regional Economic Framework

RSP

Regional Skills Partnership

RTP

Regional Transport Plan

SDP

Strategic Development Plan

SPF

Shared Prosperity Fund

TIA

Territorial impact assessment

TL

Territorial level

UDAs

Urban Development Agreements (Canadian cities)

UK

United Kingdom

USP

Unique selling proposition

WEFO

Welsh European Funding Office

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