Acronyms, abbreviations and units of measure

A-Patch

Autonomous patch for real-time detection of infectious disease

ADP

Alternative dispute resolution

AHK

German-Baltic Chamber of Commerce

AI

Artificial intelligence

AIC

Availability, integrity and confidentiality

AIKA

Quality Agency for Higher Education

ALMP

Active labour market policy

ANSSI

French National Cybersecurity Agency

Agence nationale de la sécurité des systèmes d’information

BBCE

Baltic Biomaterials Centre of Excellence

BCRD

EU broadband cost reduction directive

BIF

Baltic Innovation Fund

BIOR

Institute of Food Safety, Animal Health and Environment

BURVIS

Unemployment accounting and registered vacancy information system

CAMART

Excellence Centre of Advanced Material Research and Technology Transfer

CCC

Consumer Complaints Committee

CDU

National Guard Cyber Defence Unit

CERT

Computer emergency response team

CF

Cohesion Fund

CFCA

Central Finance and Contracting Agency

CIIT

Critical infrastructure of information technology

CISA

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency

CISC

Cultural Information System Centre

CMS

Central Management System

CNC

Computer numerically controlled

CPB

Constitution Protection Bureau

CPEA

Consumer protection enforcement authority

CRM

Customer relationship management

CRPC

Consumer Rights Protection Centre

CSCC

Cross-Sectoral Coordination Centre

CSDD

Latvian Traffic Safety Directorate

CSIRT

Computer Security Incident Response Team

DDN

Data Driven Nation

DDoS

Distributed denial-of-service

DIH

Digital Innovation Hub

DPA

Data protection authority

DPASC

Data Protection Advisory Support Council

DRR

Dispute resolution and redress

DSB

Dispute Settlement Body

DSI

Data State Inspectorate

DSL

Domain-specific language

EAFRD

European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development

EAS

Electronic Application System

EC

European Commission

ECC-Net

Network of European Consumer Centres

ECO

Electronic Communications Office

VAS Elektroniskie Sakari

EDPB

European Data Protection Board

EEA

European Economic Area

eIDAS

Electronic identification, authentication and trust services

EMFF

European Maritime and Fisheries Fund

ENISA

European Union Cyber Security Agency

EQAR

European Quality Assurance Register for Higher Education

ERDF

European Regional Development Fund

ERP

Enterprise resource planning

ESF

European Social Fund

ESIF

European Structural and Investment Funds

EU

European Union

EUR

Euro

FDI

Foreign direct investment

FSDI Latvia

Federation of Security and Defence Industries of Latvia

FTR

Fixed termination rate

FTTB

Fibre to the building

FTTC

Fibre to the curb

FTTH

Fibre to the home

FTTP

Fibre to the premises

GB

Gigabyte

GBP

British pound

Gbps

Gigabits per second

GDP

Gross domestic product

GDPR

General Data Protection Regulation (European Union)

GHz

Gigahertz

GPEN

Global Privacy Enforcement Network

HEI

Higher education institution

IAC

Internal Audit Council

ICME

Integrated computational materials engineering

ICPEN

International Consumer Protection and Enforcement Network

ICT

Information and communication technology

IEA

International Energy Agency

INCD

Israel National Cyber Directorate

INFSO

Information Society Development Guidelines

IoT

Internet of Things

IP

Internet Protocol

IPE

Institute of Physical Energetics

IPR

Intellectual property right

ISAC

Information Sharing and Analysis Centres

ISP

Internet service provider

IT

Information technology

IT

CC IT Competence Centre

IXP

Internet exchange point

IWC

Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry

JMOIC

Joint Municipality Operative Information Centre

KBC

Knowledge-based capital

KISC

Centre for Cultural Information Systems

Kultūras Informācijas Sistēmu Centrs

LALRG

Latvian Association of Local and Regional Government

LEGMC

Latvian Environment, Geology and Meteorology Centre

LETA

Latvian Information Agency

LFICIS

Latvian Fisheries Integrated Control and Information System

LGDB

Genome Database of the Latvian Population

LIA

Latvian Internet Association

LIDA

Latvian Investment and Development Agency

LIKTA

Latvian Information and Communication Technology Association

LIX

Latvian Internet Exchange

LLKC

Latvian Rural Advisory and Training Centre

LLU

Latvian University of Life Sciences and Technologies

LMT

Latvian Mobile Telephone

LNB

Latvian National Library

LSRTC

Latvian State Radio and Television Centre

LTE

Long-term evolution

LUA

Latvian University of Agriculture

LUMIC

Microsoft Innovation Centre

LVM

Latvia’s State Forests

LVRTC

Latvia State Radio and Television Centre

Latvijas Valsts Radio un Televīzijas Centrs

M2M

Machine to machine

MB

Megabyte

Mbps

Megabits per second

MeKA

Forest and Wood Products Research and Development Institute

MFA

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

MHz

Megahertz

MIC

Microsoft Innovation Centre

MNEs

Multinational enterprises

MNO

Mobile network operator

MoA

Ministry of Agriculture

MoC

Ministry of Culture

MoD

Ministry of Defence

MoE

Ministry of Economics

MoEAC

Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications (Estonia)

MoES

Ministry of Education and Science

MoF

Ministry of Finance

MoH

Ministry of Health

MoI

Ministry of the Interior

MoITAL

Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labour (Israel)

MoJ

Ministry of Justice

MoT

Ministry of Transport

Satiksmes Ministrija

MoU

Memorandum of Understanding

MoW

Ministry of Welfare

Mtoe

Million tonnes of oil-equivalent

MTR

Mobile termination rate

MVNO

Mobile virtual network operator

NAF

National Armed Forces

NATO

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NCE

National Centre for Education

NEPLP

National Electronic Mass Media Council

Nacionālā Elektronisko Plašsaziņas Līdzekļu Padome

NGO

Non-governmental organization

NHS

National Health Service

NITSC

National Information Technology Security Council

NPI

National Industrial Policy

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

OGP

Open Government Partnership

OPGW

Optical fibre ground wire

OSCE

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

OSINT

Open source intelligence

OTT

Over the top

PBMTCC

Pharmacy, Biomedicine and Medical Technology Competence Centre

PDPL

Personal Data Processing Law

PIKTAPS

Public Administration Information and Communication Technology

Architecture Management System

PMP

Privacy management programme

PPP

Purchasing power parity

PTAC

Authority for Consumer Rights Protection

PUC

Public Utilities Commissions

QoS

Quality of service

R&D

Research and development

RCA

Revealed comparative advantage

RE

Register of Enterprises of the Republic of Latvia

RFID

Radio-frequency identification

RIS3

National Research and Innovation Strategy for Smart Specialisation

RSU

Rīga Stradiņš University

RTU

Riga Technical University

SaaS

Software-as-a-Service

SAO

State Audit Office

SCM

Supply chain management

SEA

State Employment Agency

SEAP

Riga Smart City Sustainable Energy Action Plan for 2014-2020

SEC

Sector Expert Council

SEDA

State Education and Development Agency

SENAR

National Service for Rural Apprenticeship (Brazil)

SFSB

State Forensic Science Bureau

SIPCR

State Inspectorate for Protection of Children’s Rights

SLS

State Land Service

SMEs

Small and medium enterprises

SMILE

Santa Monica Internet Local Exchange

SMP

Significant market power

SNIFFPHONE

Smart Phone for Disease Detection from Exhaled Breath

SP

State Police

SPRK

Public Utilities Commission

Sabiedrisko Pakalpojumu Regulēšanas Komisija

SRA

Studies and Research Administration

SRDA

State Regional Development Agency

SRS

State Revenue Service

STDI

Science, Technological Development and Innovation

STEM

Science, technology, engineering and mathematics

STEP-Up

Strategies towards Energy Performance and Urban Planning

SUMMA

Scalable Understanding of Multilingual Media

UIDAI

Unique Identification Authority of India

UL

University of Latvia

UN

United Nations

USD

United States dollar

USO

Universal service obligation

VARAM

Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development

Vides Aizsardzības un Reģionālās Attīstības Ministrija

VDSL

Very high bit rate digital subscriber line

VECC

Vocational Education Competence Centres

VET

Vocational education and training

VIIS

Latvian State Education Information System

VINNOVA

Swedish Innovation Agency

VPN

Virtual private network

VPVKAC

Unified Customer Service Centres

VRAA

State Regional Development Agency

WFS

Web Feature Service

WGI

Worldwide Governance Indicators

WMS

Web Map Service

WSIS

World Summit on the Information Society

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