Abbreviations and acronyms

AIG

Anticipatory Innovation Governance

ALTUM

Latvian Development Finance Institution

CFCA

Latvian Central Finance and Contracting Agency

EC

European Commission

EDP

Entrepreneurial Discovery Process

EIT

European Institute of Innovation and Technology

ERDF

European Regional Development Fund

ESIF

European Structural and Investment Funds

EU

European Union

EV

Electric Vehicle

FAIR data principles

Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable

IP

Intellectual Property

JRC

European Commission’s Joint Research Centre

KIC

Knowledge and Innovation Communities

LCS

Latvian Council of Science

LIAA

Investment and Development Agency of Latvia

MoE

Latvian Ministry of Economics

MoES

Latvian Ministry of Education and Science

OPSI

OECD Observatory of Public Sector Innovation

PESTLE

Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Legislative, Environmental

PRI

Partnerships for Regional Innovation

R&I

Research and Innovation

RIS3

Research and Innovation Strategy for Smart Specialisation

RRI

Responsible Research and Innovation

RTU

Riga Technical University

S3

Smart Specialisation Strategy

STEM

Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics

STI

Science, Technology and Innovation

SWOT

Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Challenges

ToC

Theory of Change

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