Abbreviations and acronyms

ADRM

Association of Danube River Municipalities

ALGA

Australian Local Government Association

ANCT

Agence nationale de la cohésion des territoires (France)

ARC

Administrative Reform Council

BGN

Bulgarian lev

CAB

County administrative board (Sweden)

CCDR

Commissions of Coordination and Regional Development (Portugal)

CDSG

Council for Decentralisation of State Governance

CEEC

Central and Eastern European Country

CFFR

Council on Federal Financial Relations (Australia)

CGET

Commissariat général à l'Égalité des territoires (France)

CIT

Corporate income tax

CLLD

Community-Led Local Development

CNFPT

Centre national de la fonction publique territoriale

CNT

Conférence nationale des territoires (France)

COAG

Council of Australian Governments

COFOG

Classification of the Functions of Government

CoM

Council of Ministers

CPFF

Consejo de politica fiscal y financiera (Spain)

CSO

Civil society organisation

CVM

Cooperation and Verification Mechanism

DDC

District Development Council

DNP

Department of National Planning (Colombia)

EAFRD

European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development

EBRD

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

EC

European Commission

EERSF

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Sources Fund

EMEPA

Enterprise for Management of Environmental Protection Activities

EMFF

European Maritime and Fisheries Fund

EPCI

Établissement public de coopération intercommunale

ERDF

European Regional Development Fund

ESF

European Social Fund

ESIF

European Structural and Investment Funds

EU

European Union

EUR

Euro

FLAG

Fund for Local Authorities and Governments (Bulgaria)

FUA

Functional urban areas

GDP

Gross domestic product

HDI

Human Development Index

IB

Intermediate Body

IISDA

Integrated Information System of the State Administration

IMDP

Integrated Municipal Development Plan

IME

Institute for Market Economics

ITI

Integrated Territorial Investment

ITS

Integrated Territorial Strategy

LEADER

Liaison Entre Actions pour le Développement de l’Economie Rurale

LGLAA

Local Government and Local Administration Act

MA

Managing Authority

MLG

Multi-level governance

MRDPW

Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works (Bulgaria)

MTBF

Medium-term budgetary framework

NAMRB

National Association of Municipalities in the Republic of Bulgaria

NAO

National Audit Office

NCSD

National Concept for Spatial Development

NEDP

National Economic Development Plan

NEET

Not in Education, Employment, or Training

NFRC

National Federation Reform Council

NGO

Non-governmental organisation

NRDP

National Regional Development Plan

NRDS

National Regional Development Strategy

NSI

National Statistical Institute

NUTS

Territorial Units for Statistics

NUTS

Nomenclature of territorial units for statistics

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

OFGL

L’observatoire des finances et de la gestion publique locales (France)

OP

Operational Programme

OPRD

Operational Programme for Regional Development

OPRG

Operational Programme “Region in Growth

PDR

Programme “Development of the Regions

PHARE

Poland and Hungary Assistance for the Restructuring of the Economy

PISA

Programme for International Student Assessment

PIT

Personal income tax

PPP

Purchasing power parity

PPP

Public-private partnership

PPS

Purchasing Power Standards

R&D

Research and Development

RC

Regional council (Finland)

RCI

Regional Competitiveness Index

RDA

Regional Development Agency

RDC

Regional Development Council

SDGs

United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

SME

Small- and medium-sized enterprise

SUBDERE

Sub-Secretary for Regional Development (Colombia)

TDP

Territorial development plan (Colombia)

VAT

Value-added tax

WGI

Worldwide Governance Indicators