Abbreviations and acronyms

ATAR

Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank

CET

Continuing Education and Training

CPD

Continuing Professional Development

CPU

Certification par unité (Unit-based qualification, French Community of Belgium)

DfE

Department for Education (United Kingdom)

ECEC

Early Childhood Education and Care

EDG

Izglītības attīstības pamatnostādnēm (Education Development Guidelines, Latvia)

ESL

Early School Leaving

EU

European Union

FINEEC

Kansallinen koulutuksen arviointikeskus (Finnish Education Evaluation Centre, Finland)

HEIs

Higher education institutions

HEPPP

Higher Education Participation and Partnerships Programme (Australia)

ICT

Information and communication technology

ILO

International Labour Organisation

JMD

Jugend Migrations Dienste (Youth Migration Services, Germany)

JST

Japan Science and Technology Agency

LAC

Latin American and Caribbean

LMI

Labour market information

LMIC

Labour Market Information Council (Canada)

MC2

Towards a Multi-campus Micro-credentials System project (Ireland)

MEXT

Monbu-kagaku-shō (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan)

NAE

Statens Skolverk (National Agency for Education, Sweden)

NEET

Not in Employment, Education, or Training

OSB

Organize Sanayi Bölgesi (Organised Industrial Zones, Turkey)

PIC

Plan d’investissement dans les compétences (Skills Investment Plan, France)

PEQ

Parcours d’Enseignement Qualifiant (Qualifying Education Pathway, French Community of Belgium)

PES

Public Employment Service

PISA

Programme for International Student Assessment

RMC

Regionaal Meld- en Coördinatiepunt (Regional Registration and Co-ordination Centre, Netherlands)

SAT

Sistema de Alerta Temprana (Early Warning System, Chile)

SECAM

Service de la scolarisation des enfants étrangers (Department for the Education of Foreign Children, Luxembourg)

SEN

Special Educational Needs

SIMPADE

Sistema de Información para el Monitoreo, Prevención y Análisis de la Deserción Escolar (Information System for the Monitoring, Prevention and Analysis of School Leaving, Colombia)

SFYS

School Focused Youth Service (Australia)

SPU

Štátny pedagogický ústav (National Institute of Education, Slovak Republic)

SSLP

Supports for Student Learning Program (Canada)

STEM

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics

TALIS

Teaching and Learning International Survey

TTL

Try, Test, and Learn Fund (Australia)

UAS

Universities of Applied Sciences

UNICEF

United Nations Children’s Fund

VET

Vocational Education and Training