Acronyms and abbreviations

ALMP

Active Labour Market Policy

CARe

Comprehensive Approach to Rehabilitation

COVID-19

Coronavirus Disease 2019

DWP

Department of Work and Pensions (United Kingdom)

EC

European Commission 

EEA

European Economic Area 

EGF

European Globalisation adjustment Fund

ESF

European Social Fund

ESS

Employment Service of Slovenia

EU

European Union 

EUIF

Estonian Unemployment Insurance Fund

EUR

Euro

EU-SILC

European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions

G20

Group of Twenty

GDP

Gross Domestic Product 

GDPR

General Data Protection Regulation

IMF

International Monetary Fund

ISCED

International Standard Classification of Education 

IT

Information Technology

KELA

Social insurance institution (Finland)

LAFOS

Labour Market Service Centres (Finland)

LMP

Labour Market Policies

LMRA

Labour Market Regulation Act (Slovenia)

LMSBA

Labour Market Services and Benefits Act (Estonia)

LTU

Long-Term Unemployed

MOBI

Mobile Counselling

NEET

Not in Education, Employment, or Training

NGO

Non-governmental organisation

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 

OSKA

Skills Assessment and Anticipation exercise (Estonia)

PES

Public Employment Services

PLMP

Passive Labour Market Policy

QCG

Qualifizierungschancesgesetz (German law)

SGB

German Social Code, Sozialgesetzbuch

SME

Small and medium-sized enterprises

SOM

Ministry of Social Affairs

UI

Unemployment Insurance

UK

United Kingdom 

YoY

Year-on-Year