Abbreviations and acronyms

BARDA

Bulgarian Association of Regional Development Agencies

COVID-19

Coronavirus disease of 2019

EBRD

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

EFDF

Equalisation Fund for Decentralised Functions

EIB

European Investment Bank

EU

European Union

EUR

Euro (currency)

FEF

Fiscal Equalisation Fund

GDP

Gross Domestic Product

GVA

Gross Value Added

HBOR

Croatian Bank for Reconstruction and Development

HRK

Croatian kuna (currency)

IBEROAM

Ibero-American Association of RDAs

IDETA

Regional Development Agency of Picardy Wallonia

IFI

International Financial Institutions

IMF

International Monetary Fund

IGRETEC

Regional Development Agency Charleroi and South Hainaut

IT

Information Technology

ITI

Integrated Territorial Investment

ITP

Integrated Territorial Programme

LDA

Local Development Agency

MRDEUF

Ministry of Regional Development and EU Funds

Mbps

Megabytes per second

NARDA

National Association of Regional Development Agencies of Ukraine

NDS

National Development Strategy 2030

NUTS

Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

PIT

Personal Income Tax

PPP

Public-Private Partnership

PPS

Purchasing Power Standard

RDA

Regional Development Agency

RDPC

Regional Development Policy Committee

ROREG

Romanian Association of Regional Development Agencies

SWOT

Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and challenges

TL

Territorial Level

UNDP

United Nations Development Program

VAT

Value Added Tax