Abbreviations and acronyms

ANCI

Associazione Nazionale Comuni Italiani, National Association of Italian Municipalities

BLP

Bund-Länder Programm, German Federal Government and Federal States Programme

CIB

Capacity and Institution Building

CNCD

Commission nationale de la coopération décentralisée, French National Commission for Decentralised Co-operation

CRS

Creditor Reporting System

CSO

Civil society organisation

DAC

OECD Development Assistance Committee

DDC

Decentralised development co-operation

DG DEVCO

EC Directorate-General for International Co-operation and Development

DG INTPA

EC Directorate-General for International Partnerships

EC

European Commission

EU

European Union

EvalNet

Network on Development Evaluation

GDP

Gross domestic product

GIZ

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH

GPEDC

Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation

ISIC

International Standard Industrial Classification

JRC

EC Joint Research Centre

LRG

Local and regional government

M&E

Monitoring and evaluation

NGO

Non-governmental organisation

NSDS

National strategies for the development of statistics

ODA

Official development assistance

OOF

Other official flows

PCT

Patent Cooperation Treaty

PM

Particulate matter

PPP

Purchasing power parity

RDPC

Regional Development Policy Committee

RFSC

Reference Framework for Sustainable Cities

SDG

UN Sustainable Development Goal

SKEW

Servicestelle Kommunen in der einen Welt, Service Agency Communities in One World

SME

Small- and medium-sized enterprise

SPFV

Subnational pooled financing vehicle

TADAT

Tax Administration Diagnostic Assessment Tool

TIWB

Tax Inspectors Without Borders

UCLG

United Cities and Local Governments

UMF

Urban Monitoring Framework

UN

United Nations

UN DESA

United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs

UNDP

United Nations Development Programme

UNESCO

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

UNICEF

United Nations Children’s Fund

USD 

United States Dollar

VLR

Voluntary local review

VNR

Voluntary national review

VVSG

Vereniging van Vlaamse Steden en Gemeenten, Association of Flemish Cities and Municipalities