Acronyms and abbreviations

APS

Australian Public Service

ATI

Access to Information

CBO

Community-Based Organisation

CoG

Centre of Government

CRC

United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child

CSB

Civil Service Bureau

CSO

Civil Society Organisation

EYC

Emirates Youth Council

EU

European Union

IEC

Independent Election Commission

ILO

International Labour Organisation

IFES

International Foundation for Electoral Systems

IPU

Inter-Parliamentary Union

IT

Information Technology

JOD

Jordanian Dinar

JSOP

Jordan School of Politics

KG

kindergarten

KPI

Key Performance Indicator

M&E

Monitoring and Evaluation

MoU

Memorandum of Understanding

MP

Member of Parliament

MENA

Middle East and North Africa

MoPIC

Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation

MoY

Ministry of Youth (in Jordan)

MUCF

Swedish Agency for Youth and Civil Society

NEET

Not in Education, Employment or Training

NGOs

Non-Governmental Organisations

NYS

National Youth Strategy

OECD

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development

OGP

Open Government Partnership

PISA

OECD's Programme for International Student Assessment

SWOT

(Analysis of) Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats

TVET

Technical and Vocational Education and Training

UN

United Nations

UNDP

United Nations Development Programme

UNESCO

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation

UNESCWA

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia

UNFPA

United Nations Population Fund

UNHCR

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

UNICEF

United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund

USAID

United States Agency for International Development

USD

United States Dollar

VE

Vocational Education

WHO

World Health Organization

Codes for OECD countries
AUS Australia AUT Austria BEL Belgium CAN Canada CHE Switzerland CHL Chile CZE Czech Republic COL Colombia CRI Costa Rica DEU Germany DNK Denmark	ESP Spain EST Estonia FIN Finland FRA France GBR United Kingdom GRC Greece HUN Hungary IRL Ireland ISL Iceland ISR Israel ITA Italy	JPN Japan KOR Korea LTU Lithuania LUX Luxembourg LVA Latvia MEX Mexico NLD Netherlands NOR Norway NZL New Zealand OECD OECD average POL Poland	PRT Portugal SVK Slovak Republic SVN Slovenia SWE Sweden TUR Turkey USA United States
Codes for MENA economies
ALG Algeria BHR Bahrain DJI Djibouti EGY Egypt IRQ Iraq JOR Jordan	KWT Kuwait LBN Lebanon LBY Libya MRT Mauritania MENA MENA average MOR Morocco	OMN Oman PA Palestinian Authority QAT Qatar KSA Saudi Arabia SYR Syria	TUN Tunisia UAE United Arab Emirates YEM Yemen