Abbreviations and acronyms

AI

Artificial intelligence

BEE

Brussels Economy and Employment

BF

Brussels Taxation

BFB

Brussels Finances and Budget

BISA

Brussels Institute for Statistics and Analysis

BMA

Brussels Metropolitan Area

BRFRLT

Brussels Regional Fund for Refinancing Local Treasuries

CACI

Contrat d’Axe et le Contrat d’Ilot

CCL

Housing Advisory Council, Conseil Consultatif du Logement/Adviesraad voor Huisvesting

CLTB

Community Land Trust Brussels

CoBAT

Brussels Code of Urban Planning

CQD

Sustainable Neighbourhood Contracts, Contrat de quartier durable/Duurzame wijkcontracten

CRU

Urban Renewal Contracts, Contrat de renovation urbaine/Stadsvernieuwingscontracten

DESI

Digital Economy and Society Index

EPB

Energy performance of buildings

EPCI

Inter-municipal co-operation entities, Établissement public de coopération intercommunale

ERDF

European Regional Development Fund

ETHOS

European Typology of Homelessness and Housing Exclusion

EU

European Union

FPIC

Inter-municipal and Communal Resource Equalisation Fund, Fonds de péréquation des ressources intercommunales et communales

FTDA

Frequent Transit Development Areas

FUA

Functional urban area

GDP

Gross domestic product

GGM

General Grant to the Municipalities

GHG

Greenhouse gas

GHSL

Global Human Settlement Layer

GVA

Gross value added

HALA

Housing Affordability and Liveability Agenda

HCC

Housing co-ordination council

HCF

High Council of Finance

HMR

Hamburg Metropolitan Region

ICT

Information and communication technology

ITF

International Transport Forum

JCC

Joint Community Commission

LIHAF

Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund

LIHTC

Low-income housing tax credits

LVC

Land value capture

MaaS

Mobility as a service

MHA

Mandatory Housing Affordability

MMP

Municipal mobility plan

MPK

Conference of the Minister-Presidents

MRDH

Rotterdam-The Hague Metropolitan Area

NATO

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NEET

Not in education, employment or training

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

ONSS

Belgian social security bureau

PAD

Plan d’aménagement directeur

PCD

Plan communal de développement

PCSW

Public Centres for Social Welfare

PID

Prague Integrated Transport

PIT

Personal income tax

PLU

Plan local d’urbanisme

PLUI

Plan local d’urbanisme intercommunal

PPAS

Plan particulier d’affectation du sol

PPP

Public-private partnership

PRAS

Regional Land Use Plan, Plan régional d’affectation du sol

PRDD

Plan Régional de Développement Durable

PUL

Emergency Housing Plan, Plan d’Urgence Logement

R&D

Research and development

RDPC

Regional Development Policy Committee

RER

Regional Express Railway

ROPID

Regional Organiser of Prague Integrated Transport

RRU

Regional Development Regulations

SCN

Sustainable Citizen Neighbourhood, Quartiers Durables Citoyens/Participatieve duurzame wijken

SFA

Special Financing Act, Loi Spéciale sur le Financement/Bijzondere Financieringswet

SLRB

Brussels Housing, Brussels Housing Corporation

SMEs

Small and medium-sized enterprises

SMP

Sustainable Mobility Plan for Prague and its Suburbs

TL2

Territorial Level 2

VAT

Value added tax

WHO

World Health Organization

ZRU

Urban revitalisation zone, Zone de revitalisation urbaine