Abbreviations and acronyms

ACAM

Colombian Association of Metropolitan Areas, Asociación Colombiana de Áreas Metropolinatas

AMVA

Metropolitan Area of the Valle de Aburrá

AsoCapitales

Colombian Association of Capital Cities

BRT

Bus rapid transit

CAMACOL

Colombian Construction Chamber

CAR

Regional Autonomous Corporation

CAZ

Central Activities Zone

CCCS

Colombian Council for Sustainable Construction, Consejo Colombiano de Construcción Sostenible

CDVD

Decent Home Decent Life, Casa Digna Vida Digna

CNG

Compressed natural gas

CNSC

National Civil Service Commission, Comisión Nacional del Servicio Civil

CONPES

National Council for Economic and Social Policy, Consejo Nacional de Política Económica y Social

COT

Commission for Territorial Planning, Comisión de Ordenamiento Territorial

DANE

National Administrative Department of Statistics, Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística

DDU

Urban Development Department

DNP

Department of National Planning, Departamento Nacional de Planeación

DOT

Department of Transportation

DPS

Department for Social Prosperity

EAT

Territorial Associative Schemes, esquemas asociativos territoriales

EC

European Commission

EOT

Land use schemes, esquemas de ordenamiento territorial

EPA

Environmental Protection Agency

EU

European Union

EXTRA

Executive Training in Research Application

EZ

Empowerment Zones

FCM

Colombian Municipalities Federation, Federación Colombiana de Municipios

FINDETER

National Development Bank of Colombia, Financiera de Desarrollo Territorial

FND

National Federation of Departments, Federación Nacional de Departamentos

FONVIVIENDA

National Housing Fund, Fondo Nacional de Vivienda

FTDA

Frequent Transit Development Area

FUA

Functional urban area

GDP

Gross domestic product

GEIH

Great Integrated Household Survey, Gran Encuesta Integrada de Hogares

GHG

Greenhouse gas

ICA

Industry and commerce tax

ICDE

National spatial data infrastructure

ICM

Modern Cities Index, Índice de Ciudades Modernas

ICT

Information and communication technology

IDEAM

Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies

IGAC

Agustín Codazzi Geographical Institute

IT

Information technology

IUDF

Integrated Urban Development Framework

LEED

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design

LOOT

Organic Law on Territorial Organisation, Ley Orgánica de Ordenamiento Territorial

MA

Metropolitan area

MA

Ministry of Agriculture

MADS

Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development

MCY

My Home Now programme, Mi Casa Ya

MDS

Ministry of Social Development, Ministerio de Desarrollo Social

MI

Ministry of the Interior

MinTIC

Ministry of Information and Communication Technologies

MMW

Minimum monthly wage

Modern POT

National Programme for the Formulation and Updating of the Land Use Plans, known as POT Modernos

MPO

Metropolitan planning organisation

MT

Ministry of Transport

MVCT

Ministry of Housing, City and Territory, Ministerio de Vivienda, Ciudad y Territorio

NGO

Non-governmental organisation

NHFC

National Housing Finance Corporation

NUP

National urban policy

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

PBOT

Basic land use plans, planes básicos de ordenamiento territorial

PDT

Territorial development plans, planes de desarrollo territorial

PEMOT

Metropolitan land use planning, Plan Estratégico Metropolitano de Ordenamiento Territorial

PGOT

General Policy of Territorial Management, Polítical General de Ordenamiento Territorial

PMSS

Sustainable and Safe Mobility Plan, Plan de Movilidad Sostenible y Segura

PND

National Development Plan, Plan Nacional de Desarrollo

POD

Departmental land use plan, plan de ordenamiento departamental

POT

Land use plan, plan de ordenamiento territorial

PPP

Public-private partnership

PPP

Purchasing power parity

PSA

Payments for environmental services, pagos por servicios ambientales

PVG

Free Housing Programme, Programa de Vivienda Gratuita

R&D

Research and development

RAP

Administrative and planning region

RAPE

Special planning and administrative region

RAS

Drinking Water and Basic Sanitation Sector

RETIE

Technical Regulation of Electrical Installations

RMBC

Metropolitan Region of Bogotá-Cundinamarca, Región Metropolitana de Bogotá-Cundinamarca

RPG

Planning and management region

SCS

Senior civil service

SDG

United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

SFV

Family housing subsidy, subsidio familiar de vivienda

SGP

Direct transfers from the central government, Sistema General de Participaciones

SGR

Income from assets (royalties), Sistema General de Regalías

SHI

Social Housing Institution

SHP

Social Housing Policy

SISAIRE

Air Quality Information System

SME

Small- and medium-sized enterprises

SNME

National Strategy for Electric Mobility

SNR

Superintendent of Notaries and Registries, Super Intendencia de Notario y Registro

SP

Homeowners’ Seedbed, Semillero de Propietarios

TIF

Tax increment financing

TOD

Transit-oriented development

UMEP

Urban Management Environmental Policy

UNGRD

National Unit for Risks and Disasters Management

UPRA

Rural Agricultural Planning Unit

VAT

Value added tax

VIP

Priority housing, vivienda de interés prioritario

VIS

Social housing, vivienda de interés social

WHO

World Health Organization