Abbreviations and acronyms
Below follows a list of abbreviations and acronyms used on this website.
Caucasus includes on this website the following countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation
CEE Central and Eastern Europe (includes on this website the following countries: Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovak Republic, Slovenia)
Central Asia includes on this website the following countries: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
CEP Committee on Environmental Policy WEBLINK
EAP Environmental Action Program
EAP Task Force Task Force for the Implementation of the Environmental Action Program MORE INFO WEBLINK
EBRD European Bank for Reconstruction and Development WEBLINK
EC European Commission
EEA European Environment Agency MORE INFO WEBLINK
EECCA Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (includes on this website the following countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Moldova, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan)
EfE Environment for Europe MORE INFO
EFS Environmental Financing Strategies MORE INFO
EIB European Investment Bank WEBLINK
EPR environmental performance review MORE INFO
ESD Education for Sustainable Development MORE INFO
EU European Union
EUWI EU Water Initiative WEBLINK
EXECOM Executive Committee of the Working Group of Senior Officials MORE INFO WEBLINK
FOEN Swiss Federal Office for the Environment WEBLINK
IFI international financing institutions
IUCN International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources WEBLINK
LEAP local environmental action plan
MEA multilateral environmental agreement MORE INFO
MDG Millennium Development Goal MORE INFO
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization MORE INFO WEBLINK
NDEP Northern Dimension Environmental Partnership WEBLINK
NEFCO Nordic Environmental Finance Corporation WEBLINK
NGO non governmental organization
NIB Nordic Investment Bank WEBLINK
NIS Newly Independent States (includes on this website the following countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Moldova, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan)
OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development MORE INFO WEBLINK
OSCE Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe MORE INFO WEBLINK
PEBLDS Pan-European Biological and Landscape Diversity Strategy MORE INFO
PoI Plan of Implementation adopted at WSSD WEBLINK
PPC Project Preparation Committee MORE INFO WEBLINK
REC Regional Environmental Centre MORE INFO
SCP Sustainable Consumption and Production MORE INFO
SDC Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation MORE INFO WEBLINK
Seco Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs MORE INFO WEBLINK
SEE South East Europe (includes on this website the following countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, FYR Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia)
UNCED United Nations Conference on Environment and Development held in 1992 in Rio de Janeiro
UNCSD United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development WEBLINK
UNDESA United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs WEBLINK
UNDP United Nations Development Programme WEBLINK
UNECE United Nations Economic Commission for Europe MORE INFO WEBLINK
UNEP United Nations Environment Programme MORE INFO WEBLINK
UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization MORE INFO WEBLINK
UNIDO United Nations Industrial Development Organization WEBLINK
WGSO Working Group of Senior Officials MORE INFO WEBLINK
WHO World Health Organization WEBLINK
WSS water supply and sanitation MORE INFO
WSSD 2002 Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development WEBLINK
Last update of this page: 15 May, 2007.