Abbreviations and Acronyms
Albanian Investment Development Agency
Albanian lek
Agency for the Promotion of Entrepreneurship (North Macedonia)
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
Business-to-business
Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark
Business angel network
Business Development Bank (Canada)
Business support service
Conformity assessment body
Compound annual growth rate
Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia
European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training
Central European Free Trade Agreement
European Committee for Standardization
European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
Credit guarantee scheme
Competitiveness of Enterprises and Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
Directorate General of Exports (Turkey)
Deutsches Institut für Normung
European co-operation for Accreditation
EA Bilateral Agreement
EA Multilateral Agreement
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
European Commission
Enterprise Europe Network
European Free Trade Association
European Innovation Council
Authentication and Trust Services Regulation
European Interoperability Framework
Environmental management system
Enterprise Innovation Fund
Export promotion agency
Electronic System of Public Procurement
European Training Foundation
European Union
European Association of National Metrology Institutes
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Foreign direct investment
Fund for Innovation and Technology Development (North Macedonia)
Federal Ministry of Development, Entrepreneurship and Crafts (FBiH)
Foreign exchange
Global Competitiveness Index
Global Cleantech Innovation Programme
Gross domestic product
Global Failure Index
Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit
Gross national income
Global value chain
Information and communications technology
Intellectual property rights
International Organization for Standardization
Japan International Cooperation Agency
Joint Research Centre
Kosovo Investment and Enterprise Support Agency
Credit Guarantee Fund (Turkey)
SME Development and Support Organisation (Turkey)
Macedonian denar
Microfinance institution
Multinational enterprise
Memorandum of understanding
Micro, small and medium-sized enterprise
Mexican peso
Statistical classification of economic activities in the European Community
Netherlands Standardization Institute
Non-bank finance instrument
Non-government organisation
National Incubation Program (Sweden)
Non-performing loan
National standards organisation
National Strategy for Sustainable Development (Montenegro)
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Open government data
Organised Industrial Zone (Turkey)
Public Procurement Authority
Public-private consultation
Public Procurement Commission
Public Procurement Law
Public Procurement Office
Purchasing power parity
Point of single contact
Research and development
Republic Agency for the Development of Small and Medium Enterprises (RS)
Serbian Development Agency
Regional development agency (Serbia)
Regulatory impact analysis
Régimen de Incorporación Fiscal
Republika Srpska
Serbian dinar
Technological and Business Assistance System (Mexico)
Small Business Act for Europe
Scottish Circular Economy Business Network
Small and medium-sized enterprise
Science and Technology Park
Technology development zone
Technology extension service
Trade Facilitation Indicator
Turkey Materials Marketplace
Training needs analysis
Turkish lira
Turkish Standards Institution
Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey
United Nations Development Programme
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
United Nations Industrial Development Organization
Supporting the Development of International Competitiveness (Turkey)
United States Agency for International Development
Value-added tax
Venture capital
Vocational education and training
Western Balkans
Western Balkans Enterprise Development and Innovation Facility
Western Balkans and Turkey
Worldwide Governance Indicators
Zagreb Stock Exchange