Abbreviations and acronyms

Alternative dispute resolution 

Albanian Investment Development Agency 

Albania

Active labour market programme

Border crossing point

Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Survey

Base erosion and profit shifting

Bosnia and Herzegovina 

Bilateral investment treaty

Common Agricultural Policy

Cost-benefit analysis

Central and Eastern European countries 

Computer emergency response team

Central European Free Trade Agreement

Corporate income tax

Competitiveness Outlook

Carbon dioxide

Common Regional Market

Civil society organisation

DHL Global Connectedness Index 

Distribution system operator

Directorate for Technological Industrial Development Zones 

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Early childhood education

European Economic Area

European Free Trade Association

European Investment Bank

Education management information system

Economic Reform Programme

European Training Foundation

European Union

Euro

Food and Agriculture Organization

Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Foreign direct investment

Feed-in premium

Feed-in tariff

Global Competitiveness Index 

Gross domestic product

EU General Data Protection Regulation

Gross expenditure on research and development 

Greenhouse gas

Goods and services tax

Global value chain

Higher education institution

Human resources

Information and communication technology

International financial institution

International Labour Organization

International Monetary Fund

Intellectual property

Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance

Investment promotion agency

Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance for Rural Development

Intellectual property protection 

International Standard Industrial Classification

Initial teacher education

Inland waterways 

Kosovo Investment and Enterprise Support Agency 

Kosovo

Labour Force Survey

Logistics Performance Index

Land parcel identification systems 

North Macedonia

Montenegro Investment Agency

Montenegro

Multinational enterprise

Micro, small and medium-sized enterprise

Not in education, employment or training

Non-government organisation

Nitrogen dioxide 

Non-performing loans

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Occupational health and safety

One-stop shop

Public Administration Reform Strategies 

Personal data protection

Public employment services

Programme for International Student Assessment

Personal income tax

Particulate matter

Private participation in infrastructure 

Public-private partnership

Purchasing power parity

Quarter

Research and development

Development Agency of Serbia 

Regional Cooperation Council

Research and development institutes 

Regulatory impact assessment

Republika Srpska 

Sustainable Development Goal

Small and medium-sized enterprise

State-owned enterprise

Single project pipeline

Sanitary and phytosanitary measures

Social security contribution

Serbia

Science, technology and innovation

Science and technology parks 

OECD Services Trade Restrictiveness Index

Transport Community Permanent Secretariat

Transport Community Treaty

Trans-European Transport Network 

OECD Trade Facilitation Indicators

Tourism Satellite Account

Transmission system operator

United Nations Development Programme

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 

United States dollar

Value-added tax

Vocational education and training

Six Western Balkan economies

Western Balkan Investment Framework

Western Balkans Enterprise Development and Innovation Facility

Work-based learning

World Health Organization

World Intellectual Property Organization

World Trade Organization

Wastewater treatment plants 

Year on year