Acronyms and abbreviations

ALMP

Active Labour Market Policies

AMS

Arbeitsmarktservice (Austrian PES)

BAS

Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

BGN

Bulgarian Lev

BIA

Bulgarian Industrial Association

CEEC

Central and Eastern European Countries

CESA

Centres for Employment and Social Assistance

COVID-19

Coronavirus Disease 2019

DG-Reform

The European Commission’s Directorate-General for Structural Reform Support

DMI

Differential Minimal Income

EC

European Commission

ECEC

Early Childhood Education and Care

EEA

European Economic Area

EPA

Employment Promotion Act

ESF

European Social Fund

ESS

European Statistical System

ESS

Employment Service of Slovenia

ESSPROS

European System of integrated Social Protection Statistics

EU

European Union

EU-FRA

European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights

EU-LFS

European Union Labour Force Survey

EU-MIDIS

European Union Minorities and Discrimination Survey

EUR

Euro

EU-SILC

European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions

EVS

European Values Study

FLC

Family Labour Consultants

GDP

Gross Domestic Product

GFC

Global Financial Crisis

GMI

Guaranteed Minimum Income

HRD OP

Human Resource Development Operational Programme

IAP

Individual Action Plan

ICT

Information and Communications Technology

ILO

International Labour Organization

ISCED

The International Standard Classification of Education

ISCO

International Standard Classification of Occupations

IT

Information Technology

KLIPS

Training and Apprenticeships for Vulnerable Groups

LFS

Labour Force Survey

LMP

Labour Market Programmes

LOD

Labour Office Directorate

LTU

Long-term Unemployment

MLO

Mobile Labour Offices

MLOW

Mobile Labour Office Workplaces

MLSP

Ministry of Labour and Social Policy

NEA

National Employment Agency

NEAP

National Employment Action Plan

NEET

Not in Education, Employment, or Training

NGO

Non-governmental Organisation

NRIS

National Roma Integration Strategy

NSI

Bulgarian National Statistical Institute

NSSI

National Social Security Institute

NUTS

Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

PES

Public Employment Service

PTR

Participation Tax Rate

RegiX

Bulgaria’s Inter-institutional Registry Information Exchange System

SA

Social Assistance

SAA

Social Assistance Agency

SEGA

State e-Government Agency

SILC

European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions

SME

Small and Medium-sized enterprises

SOCR

OECD Social Benefits Recipients Database

UI

Unemployment insurance

VDAB

Vlaamse Dienst voor Arbeidsbemiddeling en Beroepsopleiding (PES for the Flanders region of Belgium)

VET

Vocational Education and Training

YEI

Youth Employment Initiative