Abbreviations and acronyms

AED

United Arab Emirates Dirham

ANAPEC

Agence Nationale de Promotion de l'Emploi et des Compétences (National Agency for Promotion of Employment and Skills, in Morocco)

APS

Australian Public Service

ATI

Access to information

CAD

Canadian Dollar

CCJAA

Conseil Consultatif de la Jeunesse et de l'Action Associative (Consultative Council for Youth and Associative Action, in Morocco)

CE-BSG

Centre d'Excellence pour la Budgétisation Sensible au Genre (Centre of Excellence for Gender Responsive Budgeting, in Morocco)

CESE

Conseil Économique Social et Environnemental (Economic, Social and Environmental Council, in France and in Morocco)

CGJL – de Jugendrot

Conférence Générale de la Jeunesse du Luxembourg (National Youth Council of Luxembourg)

CoG

Centre of government

CRC

(United Nations) Convention on the Rights of a Child

CRÉDOC

Centre de Recherche pour l'Étude et l'Observation des Conditions de Vie (Research Centre for the Study and Observation of Living Conditions, in France)

CSO

Civil society organisation

CSSS

Cultural Enrichment and Sports Excellence Strategy (in Qatar)

DJEPVA

Direction de la Jeunesse, de l’Éducation Populaire et de la Vie Associative (Youth, Non-Formal Education and Voluntary Organisation Directorate, in France)

EU

European Union

EUR

Euro

EYC

Emirates Youth Council (in the United Arab Emirates)

FAMSI

Fondo Andaluz de Municipios para la Solidaridad Internacional (Andalusian Fund of Municipalities for International Solidarity)

FAO

(United Nations) Food and Agriculture Organization

GBO

Gestion du Budget par Objectifs (Budget Management by Objectives, in Tunisia)

GCC

Gulf Cooperation Council

GDP

Gross domestic product

GRB

Gender-responsive budgeting

GTZ

Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (German Corporation for International Cooperation)

GYC

Global Youth Council (in the United Arab Emirates)

HR

Human resources

ICCPR

(United Nations) International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

ILO

(United Nations) International Labour Organisation

IMJUVE

Instituto Mexicano de la Juventud (Mexican Institute of Youth)

IPU

Inter-Parliamentary Union

JOD

Jordanian Dinar

KPI

Key performance indicator

MAD

Moroccan Dirham

MENA

Middle East and North Africa

MENA FN

Middle East North Africa Financial Network

MoU

Memorandum of understanding

MP

Member of parliament

MTEF

Medium-term expenditure framework

MUCF

Myndigheten för ungdoms- och civilsamhällesfrågor (Swedish Agency for Youth and Civil Society)

NATO

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NDI

National Democratic Institute (in the United States of America)

NEET

Not in employment, education or training

NGO

Non-governmental organisation

NYC

National Youth Council

NYS

National Youth Strategy

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

OGP

Open Government Partnership

OHCRH

(United Nations) Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

ONJ

Observatoire Nationale de la Jeunesse (National Observatory for Youth, in Tunisia)

PNIJ

Politique Nationale Intégrée de la Jeunesse (National Integrated Policy on Youth, in Morocco)

RIA

Regulatory impact assessment

RMM

Mediterranean Network of Medinas (in Morocco)

RTI

Right to information

SDG

(United Nations) Sustainable Development Goal

SER

Sociaal-Economische Raad (Social and Economic Council, in the Netherlands)

SIGMA

Support for Improvement in Governance and Management

SNIJ

Stratégie Nationale Intégrée de la Jeunesse (National Integrated Strategy on Youth, in Morocco)

SWOT

(Analysis of) Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats

TND

Tunisian Dinar

UDHR

(United Nations) Universal Declaration of Human Rights

UN

United Nations

UN ESCWA

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia

UNCRC

United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child

UNDESA

United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs

UNDP

United Nations Development Programme

UNESCO

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation

UNFPA

United Nations Population Fund

UNGA

United Nations General Assembly

UNHCR

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

UNICEF

United Nations Children's Fund

UNSC

United Nations Security Council

URSM

Urad Republike Slovenije za mladino (Council of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia for Youth)

USD

United States Dollar

WPAY

(United Nations) World Programme of Action for Youth

YO

Youth organisation

Codes for OECD countries
AUS Australia	ESP Spain	JPN Japan	PRT Portugal
AUT Austria	EST Estonia	KOR Korea	SVK Slovak Republic
BEL Belgium	FIN Finland	LTU Lithuania	SVN Slovenia
CAN Canada	FRA France	LUX Luxembourg	SWE Sweden
CHE Switzerland	GBR United Kingdom	LVA Latvia	TUR Turkey
CHL Chile	GRC Greece	MEX Mexico	USA United States
CZE Czech Republic	HUN Hungary	NLD Netherlands
COL Colombia	IRL Ireland	NOR Norway
CRI Costa Rica	ISL Iceland	NZL New Zealand
DEU Germany	ISR Israel	OECD OECD average
DNK Denmark	ITA Italy	POL Poland

Codes for MENA economies
ALG Algeria	KWT Kuwait	OMN Oman	UAE United Arab Emirates
BHR Bahrain	LBN Lebanon	PA Palestinian Authority	YEM Yemen
DJI Djibouti	LBY Libya	QAT Qatar
EGY Egypt	MRT Mauritania	KSA Saudi Arabia
IRQ Iraq	MENA MENA average	SYR Syria
JOR Jordan	MOR Morocco	TUN Tunisia