Acronyms and abbreviations

AD&C

Development and Cohesion Agency

AICEP

Portugal Global - Trade and Investment Agency

ANI

National Innovation Agency

ARI

Residence Permit for Investment (ARI) scheme

B2B

Business-to-business

BPF

National Promotional Bank

CO₂

Carbon-dioxide

CCDR

Regional Coordination and Development Commission

CEIE

Strategic Council for the Internationalisation of the Economy

CIC

Inter-ministerial Coordination Commission for Portugal 2020

CIMs/IMCs

Inter-Municipal Councils

CITs

Technological Interface Centres

CNEI

National Council on Entrepreneurship and Innovation

CoLabs

Collaborative Laboratories

COMPETE 2020

Operational Programme for Competitiveness and Internationalisation

CPAI

Permanent Commission for Investor Support

DESI

EU Digital Economy and Society Index

EAFRD

European agricultural fund for rural development 

EC

European Commission

EDRF

European Regional Development Fund

EMCE

Task Force for the Capitalisation of Companies

ESF

European Social Fund

ESPON

European Spatial Planning Observation Network

EU

European Union

FATS

Foreign Affiliates Statistics

FDI

Foreign direct investment

FUA

Functional Urban Area

GDP

Gross domestic product

GPEARI

Office for Economic Policy and International Affairs of the Ministry of Finance

GVCs

Global value chains

GVA

Gross value added

IAPMEI

Competitiveness and Innovation Agency

ICT

Information & Communication Technology

INE

National Statistics Institution

INPI

National Industrial Property Institute

IPA

Investment Promotion Agency

IPVC

Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo

KIS

Knowledge-intensive services

M&E

Monitoring and evaluation

MNE

Multinational Enterprise

NEET

People not in education, employment or training

NUTS

Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics

OECD

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development

OLI

Ownership-Location-Internationalisation

OMF

Output Monitoring Framework

PCT

Patent cooperation treaty

PDR

Rural Development Programme

PGA

Portugal Global Evaluation Plan

PNAID

National Diaspora Investment Support Programme

PNPOT

National Spatial Planning Policy Programme

QUAR

Evaluation and Accountability Framework

R&D

Research and development

R&D&I

Research and development and innovation

RFAI

Tax regime for investment support

S2B

Science-to-business

SDEA

Azores Business Development Society

SIFIDE

System of Fiscal Incentives for Business Research and Innovation

SI I&DT

Portugal 2020 Incentives System for Research and Technological Development

SMEs

Small and medium sized enterprises

SNG

Subnational governments

TL2/TL3

Territorial Level 2/3

TRNC

Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC

USD

United States Dollars

VET

Vocational education and training

WIPO

World Intellectual Property Organisation