Acronyms and abbreviations

AFEST

Action de formation en situation de travail

BBC

British Broadcasting Corporation

BLS

U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics

Cedefop

European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training

CHC

Cattell-Horn-Carroll

CPD

Continuous professional development

CRM

Customer relationship management

CV

Curriculum vitae

ECEC

Early childhood education and care

ESCoE

Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence

ESCS

Economic, social and cultural status

EUR

Euro

FEST

Formation en Situation de Travail

GDP

Gross domestic product

GVC

Global value chain

HPWP

High-performance work practices

HVAC

Heating, ventilation and air conditioning

ICT

Information and communication technology

ISCED

International Standard Classification of Education

ISCO

International Standard Classification of Occupations

ISIC

International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities

LLL

Lifelong learning

LLLA

Lifelong learning attitude

ML

Machine learning

NEET

Not in education, employment or training

NLP

Natural language processing

OLS

Ordinary least squares

OxCGRT

Oxford Covid–19 Government Response Tracker

PIAAC

Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies

PIRLS

Progress in International Reading Literacy

PISA

Programme for International Student Assessment

RPL

Recognition of prior learning

RVA

Recognition, validation and accreditation

SES

Socio-economic status

SME

Small and medium-sized enterprise

SQL

Structured query language

TIMSS

Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study

TIPS

Teachers Involve Parents in Schoolwork

TP

Teacher practice

US

United States

USD

United States dollar

VET

Vocational education and training

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