Abbreviations and acronyms

AES

Adult Education Survey

AIC

Academic Information Centre

AIKNC

Latvian Higher Education Programme Accreditation Commission

BIZ

Berufsinformationszentren (Austria)

CfE

Curriculum for Excellence (Scotland, the United Kingdom)

CPD

Continuing Professional Development

DQP

Desenvolvendo a Qualidade em Parcerias (Portugal)

ECEC

Early Childhood Education and Care

EDI

Early Development Index

EQAR

European Quality Assurance Register

EQF

European Qualifications Framework

ERDF

European Regional Development Fund

ESF

European Social Fund

EU

European Union

EYTS

Early Years Teacher Status (England, the United Kingdom)

ICT

Information and Communications Technology

ISCED

International Standard Classification of Education

IT

Information Technology

MoES

Ministry of Education and Science

NEET

Not in Employment, Education or Training

NATO

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NGO

Non-Governmental Organisation

OFIP

Ontario Focused Intervention Program

PIRLS

Progress in International Reading Literacy Study

PISA

Programme for International Student Assessment

PPP

Purchasing Power Parity

R&D

Research and Development

SEC

Sectoral Expert Council

SEDA

State Education Development Agency

SEIS

State Education Information System

SEQS

State Education Quality Service

SME

Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

STEM

Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

TIMSS

Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study

VECC

Vocational Education Competence Centre

VET

Vocational Education and Training

VISC

National Centre for Education