Glossary & Acronyms
From ENP-guide
A
AAP - Annual Action Plan
AF – Action Fiche
AFD - Agence Française de Développement
AP – Action Plan
C
CBC – Cross border Cooperation
CEB - The Council of Europe Development Bank
CEP – Country Environmental Profile
CIB - Comprehensive Institution Building programmes
CSP – Country Strategy Paper
CSOs - Civil Society Organisations
D
DCFTA - Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area
E
EaP - Eastern Partnership
EBRD – European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
EC – European Commission
EIA – Environmental Impact Assessment
EIB – European Investment Bank
ENP – European Neighborhood Policy
ENPI – European Neighborhood and Partnership Instrument
EPF - Eastern Partners Facility
EU – European Union
EU asquis or acquis communautaire - accumulated legislation, legal acts, court decisions which constitute the body of European Union law
G
GBS - General Budget Support
I
IFI - international financial institution
IRP –Inter Regional Program
K
KfW - Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau, the German official development bank
M
MDG – Mileenium Develeopment Goal
MEDA - EU financial cooperation Instrument for Mediterranean non-member countries
N
NGO – Non-Governmental organization
NIF – Neighborhood investment Fund
NIP - National Indicative Program
O
OECD Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
OECD-DAC Development Assistance Committee of the OECD
OeEB - Österreichische Entwicklungsbank AG, the Austrian official development bank
OLAF - European Anti Fraud Office
R
REP - Regional Environmental Profile
RIP - Regional Indicative Programme
RSP - Regional Strategy Paper
S
SBC – Sector Budget Support
SEA - Strategic Environmental Assessment
SIGMA - Support for Improvement in Governance and Management
SME – Small and Medium Size enterprises
SPSP - Sector Policy Support Programme
T
TACIS - Technical assistance Program for CIS countries
TAIEX - Technical Assistance and Information Exchange Instrument
Twinning - Instrument to help beneficiary countries to implement the EU acquis
