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Agency for Intermediary, IT and Financial Services
APPRM
Agency for Promotion of Entrepreneurship of the Republic of North Macedonia
ATCG
Accreditation Body of Montenegro
ATK
Kosovo Tax Administration
ATS
Accreditation Body of Serbia
BAM
Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible Marka (currency)
BATA
Institute for Accreditation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
BCC
Business Consultants Council
BEIS
Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
BEEPS
Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Survey
GA
Bundesweite gründerinnenagentur
BIDS
Business Investment Development Strategy
BoC
Board of Creditors
BoM
Bureau of Metrology
BiH
Bosnia and Herzegovina
BSA
Bankruptcy Supervision Agency
BSS
Business support services
BUIKAD
Businesswomen and Executives Association of Bursa
CAB
Conformity assessment body
CBB
Cross Border Bankruptcy
CBK
Central Bank of Kosovo
CBRT
Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey
CCIS
Chamber of Commerce and Industry
CCPP
Commission for Protection of Rights in Public Procurement Procedures
CEFTA
Central European Free Trade Agreement
CEN/CENELEC
European Committee for Standardization/European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
CERP
Competitiveness and Export Readiness Project
CGF
Credit guarantee fund
CGPM
General Conference on Weights and Measures
CIT
Corporate income tax
CMB
Capital Market Board
COSME
Competitiveness of Enterprises and Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
CVETA
Council for Education and Vocational Training
DAK
General Directorate for Accreditation
DBNM
Development Bank of North Macedonia
DMDM
Directorate of Measures and Precious Metals
DPA
General Directorate of Accreditation
DPM
General Directorate of Metrology
DPPP
Directorate for Public Procurement Policy
DPS
Directorate of Standardisation
DTB
Danube Transnational Programme
EA
European Co-operation for Accreditation
EBRD
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
EC
European Commission
ECR
Electronic cash register
EDIF
Enterprise Development and Innovation Facility
EDP
Entrepreneurial Discovery Process
EEN
Enterprise Europe Network
EG
Enterprise Georgia
EGP
Economic Growth Plan
EIB
European Investment Bank
EIC
European Innovation Council
eIDAS
Authentication and Trust Services Regulation
EIS
European Innovation Scoreboard
EIF
European Interoperability Framework
EMS
Environmental Management Standards
EMS
Environmental management systems
EPS
E-procurement system
ERP
Economic Reform Programme
EFTA
European Free Trade Association
ESPD
European Single Procurement Document
ESPP
Electronic System for Public Procurement
ETF
European Training Foundation
EU
European Union
EUR
Euro (currency)
EURAMET
European Metrology Association
EWS
Early warning system
FBiH
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
FDI
Foreign direct investment
FIA
Financial Information Agency
FIPA
Foreign Investment Promotion Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
FITD
Fund for Innovation and Technology Development
FORS Montenegro
Foundation for the Development of Northern Montenegro
FX
Foreign exchange
GCF
Green Climate Fund
GCI
Global Competitiveness Index
GDP
Gross domestic product
GHG
Greenhouse gas
GIZ
Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH
GMIP
Integrated Policy Management Group
GVC
Global value chain
HEI
Higher education institution
HPMP
Hydrochlorofluorocarbons Phase-out Management Plan
ICT
Information and communication technology
IDF
Investment and Development Fund
IFAD
International Fund for Agricultural Development
ILO
International Labour Organization
IMBiH
Institute of Metrology of Bosnia and Herzegovina
ICT
Information and communications technology
INFE
International Network on Financial Education
IP
Intellectual property
IPA
Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance
IRBRS
Republika Srpska Investment-Development Bank
ISBIH
Institute for Standardisation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
ISCED
International Standard Classification of Education
ISO
International Organisation for Standardisation
ISKUR
Turkish Employment Agency
ISME
Institute for Standardisation of Montenegro
ISS
Institute for Standardisation of Serbia
IT
Information technology
JA
Junior Achievement
JICA
Japan International Cooperation Agency
JRC
Joint Research Centre
KAYSIS
Electronic Public Information Management System
KBRA
Kosovo Business Registration Agency
KCC
Kosovo Chamber of Commerce
KCGF
Kosovo Credit Guarantee Fund
KEPA
Kosovo Environmental Protection Agency
KFOR
Kosovo Forces
KGF
Credit Guarantee Fund
KIESA
Kosovo Investment and Enterprise Support Agency
KKB
Credit Registration Office
KMA
Kosovo Metrology Agency
KODE
Kosovo Digital Economy
KOSGEB
Small and Medium Enterprises Development Organisation of Turkey
KOTRA
Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency
KSA
Kosovo Standardisation Agency
LFS
Labour Force Survey
MEP
Manufacturing Extension Partnership
MERSIS
Central Commercial Registration System
MEST
Ministry of Education, Science and Technology
MFA
Macro-Financial Assistance
MIA
Montenegro Investment Agency
MIET
Ministry of Industry, Entrepreneurship and Trade
MJUDDM
Ministry of State Administration, Digital Society and Media
MKD
Macedonian denar (currency)
MLA
Multilateral Agreement
MNE
Multinational enterprise
MoEPP
Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning
MoESTD
Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development
MoNE
Ministry of National Education
MONSTAT
Statistical Office of Montenegro
MSME
Micro, small and medium-sized enterprise
NACE
Statistical classification of economic activities in the European Community
NAIS
National Agency for Information Society
NARMP
National Authority for Regulating and Monitoring Public Procurement
NASRI
National Agency for Scientific Research and Innovation
NBA
National Bankruptcy Agency
NBC
National Business Centre
NBFI
Non-bank financial instrument
NBS
National Bank of Serbia
NCEI
National Council for Economy and Investment
NEIC
National Economic and Investment Council
NGO
Non-governmental organisation
NPISAA
National Programme for Implementation of the Stabilisation and Association
NPLs
Non-performing loans
NSB
National standards body
NSSD
National Strategy for Sustainable Development
NUS
New Ukrainian School
OECD
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
ODEON
Open Data for European Open Innovation
OGD
Open government data
OGP
Open Government Partnership
OIZ
Organised industrial zone
OIML
Organisation of Legal Metrology
PARS
Public Administration Reform Strategy
PCP
Product contact point
PIT
Personal income tax
PPA
Public Procurement Agency
PPC
Public-private consultation
PPL
Public Procurement Law
PPO
Public Procurement Office
PPP
Purchasing power parity
PPRC
Public Procurement Regulatory Commission
PPS
Public Policy Secretariat
PRB
Procurement Review Body
QI
Quality infrastructure
R&D
Research and development
RAPEX
Rapid Exchange of Information System
RARS
Development Agency of Republika Srpska
RAS
Development Agency of Serbia
RCPRPP
Rights in Public Procurement Procedures
RDAs
Regional Development Agencies
REBUS
REady for BUSiness
RIA
Regulatory impact assessment
RIA
Regulatory impact analysis
RS
Republika Srpska
RSD
Serbian dinar (currency)
S3
Smart Specialisation Strategy
SAA
Stabilisation and Association Agreement
SAP
Single Access Point
SBA
Small Business Act
SBRA
Small Business Reorganisation Act
SBRA
Serbian Business Registers Agency
SBS
Small Business Standards
SEZ
Special economic zone
SIEA
Slovak Innovation and Energy Agency
SME
Small and medium-sized enterprise
SOE
State-owned enterprise
SSC
Social security contributions
STEM
Science, technology, engineering and mathematics
STIP
Science, technology and innovation policy
STP
Science and technology park
SWOT
Strength, weakness, opportunity and threat
TDZ
Technology development zone
TEKMERs
Technology development centres
TIM
Turkish Exporters Assembly
TNA
Training needs analysis
TOBB
Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey
TOSYOV
Turkish Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Self-employed Persons and Managers Foundation
TRY
Turkish lira (currency)
TSE
Turkish Standards Institution
TUBITAK
Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey
TURKSTAT
Turkish Statistical Institute
UCCIAL
Union of Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Albania
UN
United Nations
UNCITRAL
United Nations Commission on International Trade Law
UNDP
United Nations Development Programme
UNICEF
United Nations Children’s Fund
UNIDO
United Nations Industrial Development Organization
US
United States
UPCO
University of Pristina for Competitiveness/Competencies/Cooperation
USAID
United States Agency for International Development
UYAP
National Judiciary Informatics System
VAT
Value-added tax
VET
Vocational education and training
WB
Western Balkans
WBT
Western Balkans and Turkey
WGDEL
Working Group on Digital and Entrepreneurship Learning
WGI
Worldwide Governance Indicators
WHOA
Law on the Confirmation of Private Restructuring Plans (Netherlands)
WTO
World Trade Organization
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