Abbreviations and acronyms

AMB

Barcelona Metropolitan Area (Àrea Metropolitana de Barcelona)

ACEF

Amsterdam Climate & Energy Fund

AMA

Amsterdam Metropolitan Area

AWM

Waste Management Cooperation Munich (Abfallwirtschaftsbetrieb München)

BBL

Federation for a Better Environment (Bond Beter Leefmilieu)

CFE

Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities

CIP

Circular Innovation Program

CO2

Carbon dioxide

CoR

Committee of Regions

DAWE

Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment

DCCAE

Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment

DGAV

Directorate General of Food and Veterinary Medicine

DISER

Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources

DMC

Domestic Material Consumption

EC

European Commission

EEA

European Environmental Agency

EFSI

European Fund for Strategic Investments

EIB

European Investment Bank

EPA

Environmental Protection Agency

EPOC

Environment Policy Committee

EPR

Extended Producer Responsibility

EU

European Union

EUR

Euro

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization

FEMP

Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces (Federación Española de Municipios y Provincias)

FUA

Functional Urban Areas

GBP

British Pound

GDCP

Green Deal Circular Procurement

GDP

Gross Domestic Product

GHG

Greenhouse gas

GPP

Green Public Procurement

GVA

Gross Value Added

ICT

Information and Communications Technology

IEA

International Energy Agency

ITACYL

Technological Agricultural Institute of Castile and León (Instituto Tecnológico Agrario de Castilla y León)

LIPOR

Intermunicipal Waste Management Service of Greater Porto

LWARB

London Waste and Recovery Board

MAPAMA

Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Food and the Environment (Ministerio de Agricultura y Pesca, Alimentación y Medio Ambiente)

MINECO

Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation (Ministerio de Asuntos Económicos y Transformación Digital)

NGO

Non-governmental organisation

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

OVAM

Public Waste Agency of Flanders (Openbare Afvalstoffenmaatschappij voor het Vlaams Gewest)

PPA

Portuguese Water Partnership

PPS

Portuguese Soil Partnership

PRAEC

Regional Action Plan for the Circular Economy (Plan Régional d'Action en faveur de l'Economie Circulaire)

PRPGD

Regional Plan for Waste Prevention and Management (Plan Régional Occitanie de Prévention et de Gestion des Déchets)

PUB

Public Utilities Board

R&D

Research and development

RAP

Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement

RDPC

Regional Development Policy Committee

RISN

Resource Innovation and Solutions Network

RMC

Raw material consumption

SBIR

Small Business Innovation Research

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal

SITRA

Finland the Finnish Innovation Fund

SMEs

Small- and medium-sized enterprises

SPQ

Portuguese Quality System

SPW

Walloon Public Service (Service Public de Wallonie)

TOTEM

Totem tool for construction sector

UN

United Nations

USD

American Dollar

UVa

University of Valladolid

VVSG

Association of Flemish Cities and Municipalities

(Vereniging van Vlaamse Steden en Gemeenten)