Abbreviations and acronyms

Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators

Energy Agency of the Republic of Serbia

Albanian Investment Development Agency

active labour market policy

Bosnian mark (currency)

Budgetary Fund for Energy Efficiency (Serbia)

Business Higher Education Forum (USA)

capacity allocation and capacity management

methane

combined heat and power

carbon dioxide (CO₂)

Conference of the Parties (UNFCCC)

continuous professional development (for teachers)

civil society organisations

contributions for social services

continuing vocational training

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

early childhood education and care

Energy Efficiency Directive (EU)

Estonian Education Forum

European Green Deal

environmental impact assessment

European Investment Bank

Energy Labelling Directive (EU)

education management information system (Albania)

Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EU)

Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund (Croatia)

Energy Regulatory Authority (Albania)

Employment Service Agency (North Macedonia)

energy service company

economic, social and cultural status (OECD, PISA)

Elektrani na Severna Makedonija (state-owned electricity company, North Macedonia)

European Union

EU Emissions Trading System

European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions

electric vehicle

Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

foreign direct investment

feed-in premia

feed-in tarrif

frequency restoration reserve (for electricity systems)

financial social assistance

full-time equivalent (employee)

gross domestic product

Green Economy Financing Facility (EBRD)

greenhouse gas (emissions)

global horizontal irradiation

gigajoules

guaranteed minimum assistance

gigawatt

gigawatt hours

information and communication technologies

International Energy Agency

Industrial Emissions Directive (EU)

Institute for Education Quality and Evaluation (Serbia)

International financial institutions

Integrated Policy Management Group (Albania)

investment promotion agency

integrated prevention and pollution control

independent system operator

information technologies

initial teacher education

independent transmission operator

Kosovo Distribution System Operator

Kosovo Energy Efficiency Fund

Kosovo Investment and Enterprise Support Agency

Kosovo Transmission, System and Market Operator

key performance indicator

kilotonnes of oil equivalent

kilowatt

Kilowatt hour

Low Carbon Development Strategy (Serbia)

Large Combustion Plants Directive

Law on Efficient Use of Energy (Serbia)

lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex

liquefied petroleum gas

local self-government

square metres

cubic metres

Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts

minimum energy performance standards

Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning (Kosovo)

Millennium Foundation Kosovo

multinational enterprise

Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development (Serbia)

megatonne

million tonnes of oil equivalent

megawatt

nitrous oxide

National Agency of Employment and Skills (Albania)

National Coordinative Body (North Macedonia)

National Council of Economic Development of Kosovo

National Energy and Climate Plan

Nationally Determined Contributions (Paris Climate Agreement)

National Economic Council (Albania)

National Energy Efficiency Action Plan

not in education, employment or training

nominated electricity market operators

National Emissions Reduction Plan

non-governmental organisation

National Programme for the Adoption of the Acquis Communautaire 

national regulatory authority

National Renewable Energy Action Plan

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Priorities for Adult Learning (OECD)

public employment service

Programme for International Student Assessment

particulate matter (PM2.5 = 2.5 micrograms)

projects of mutual interest

psychology, pedagogy, didactics and methodology (teaching competencies)

purchasing power parity

public-private partnership

photovoltaic (solar)

persons with disabilities

research and development

Renewable Energy Directive (EU)

regional Roma survey

Republika Srpska (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

skills assessment and anticipation

Social Assistance Scheme (Kosovo)

supervisory control and data acquisition

Sustainable Development Goals

social enterprise

Coordinated Auction Office in Southeast Europe

Serbian Power Exchange

State Electricity Regulatory Commission (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

special economic zone

small hydropower plant

Support for Low-Emission Development in South Eastern Europe

small- and medium-sized enterprises

sulphur dioxide

state-owned enterprises

science, technology, engineering and mathematics

Skills Towards Employment and Productivity (Serbia)

transmission and distribution

Trans-Adriatic Pipeline

thermal power plant

transmission system operator

terawatt hours

United Nations Development Programme

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

value-added tax

vocational education and training

World Health Organization

years of life lost