Acronyms and abbreviations

Anti-Corruption Agency

Albanian lek (currency)

French Development Agency

Artificial intelligence

Albanian Investment and Development Agency

Aligning Education for Employment

Agency for Intermediary, IT and Financial Services

Agency for Promotion of Entrepreneurship of the Republic of North Macedonia

Accreditation Body of Montenegro

Kosovo Tax Administration

Accreditation Body of Serbia

Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible Marka (currency)

Institute for Accreditation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Business Consultants Council

Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Survey

Bundesweite gründerinnenagentur

Business Investment Development Strategy

Board of Creditors

Bureau of Metrology

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bankruptcy Supervision Agency

Business support services

Businesswomen and Executives Association of Bursa

Conformity assessment body

Cross Border Bankruptcy

Central Bank of Kosovo

Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey

Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Commission for Protection of Rights in Public Procurement Procedures

Central European Free Trade Agreement

European Committee for Standardization/European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization

Competitiveness and Export Readiness Project

Credit guarantee fund

General Conference on Weights and Measures

Corporate income tax

Capital Market Board

Competitiveness of Enterprises and Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

Council for Education and Vocational Training

General Directorate for Accreditation

Development Bank of North Macedonia

Directorate of Measures and Precious Metals

General Directorate of Accreditation

General Directorate of Metrology

Directorate for Public Procurement Policy

Directorate of Standardisation

Danube Transnational Programme

European Co-operation for Accreditation

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

European Commission

Electronic cash register

Enterprise Development and Innovation Facility

Entrepreneurial Discovery Process

Enterprise Europe Network

Enterprise Georgia

Economic Growth Plan

European Investment Bank

European Innovation Council

Authentication and Trust Services Regulation

European Innovation Scoreboard

European Interoperability Framework

Environmental Management Standards

Environmental management systems

E-procurement system

Economic Reform Programme

European Free Trade Association

European Single Procurement Document

Electronic System for Public Procurement

European Training Foundation

European Union

Euro (currency)

European Metrology Association

Early warning system

Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Foreign direct investment

Financial Information Agency

Foreign Investment Promotion Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Fund for Innovation and Technology Development

Foundation for the Development of Northern Montenegro

Foreign exchange

Green Climate Fund

Global Competitiveness Index

Gross domestic product

Greenhouse gas

Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH

Integrated Policy Management Group

Global value chain

Higher education institution

Hydrochlorofluorocarbons Phase-out Management Plan

Information and communication technology

Investment and Development Fund

International Fund for Agricultural Development

International Labour Organization

Institute of Metrology of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Information and communications technology

International Network on Financial Education

Intellectual property

Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance

Republika Srpska Investment-Development Bank

Institute for Standardisation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

International Standard Classification of Education

International Organisation for Standardisation

Turkish Employment Agency

Institute for Standardisation of Montenegro

Institute for Standardisation of Serbia

Information technology

Junior Achievement

Japan International Cooperation Agency

Joint Research Centre

Electronic Public Information Management System

Kosovo Business Registration Agency

Kosovo Chamber of Commerce

Kosovo Credit Guarantee Fund

Kosovo Environmental Protection Agency

Kosovo Forces

Credit Guarantee Fund

Kosovo Investment and Enterprise Support Agency

Credit Registration Office

Kosovo Metrology Agency

Kosovo Digital Economy

Small and Medium Enterprises Development Organisation of Turkey

Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency

Kosovo Standardisation Agency

Labour Force Survey

Manufacturing Extension Partnership

Central Commercial Registration System

Ministry of Education, Science and Technology

Macro-Financial Assistance

Montenegro Investment Agency

Ministry of Industry, Entrepreneurship and Trade

Ministry of State Administration, Digital Society and Media

Macedonian denar (currency)

Multilateral Agreement

Multinational enterprise

Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning

Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development

Ministry of National Education

Statistical Office of Montenegro

Micro, small and medium-sized enterprise

Statistical classification of economic activities in the European Community

National Agency for Information Society

National Authority for Regulating and Monitoring Public Procurement

National Agency for Scientific Research and Innovation

National Bankruptcy Agency

National Business Centre

Non-bank financial instrument

National Bank of Serbia

National Council for Economy and Investment

National Economic and Investment Council

Non-governmental organisation

National Programme for Implementation of the Stabilisation and Association

Non-performing loans

National standards body

National Strategy for Sustainable Development

New Ukrainian School

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Open Data for European Open Innovation

Open government data

Open Government Partnership

Organised industrial zone

Organisation of Legal Metrology

Public Administration Reform Strategy

Product contact point

Personal income tax

Public Procurement Agency

Public-private consultation

Public Procurement Law

Public Procurement Office

Purchasing power parity

Public Procurement Regulatory Commission

Public Policy Secretariat

Procurement Review Body

Quality infrastructure

Research and development

Rapid Exchange of Information System

Development Agency of Republika Srpska

Development Agency of Serbia

Rights in Public Procurement Procedures

Regional Development Agencies

REady for BUSiness

Regulatory impact assessment

Regulatory impact analysis

Republika Srpska

Serbian dinar (currency)

Smart Specialisation Strategy

Stabilisation and Association Agreement

Single Access Point

Small Business Act

Small Business Reorganisation Act

Serbian Business Registers Agency

Small Business Standards

Special economic zone

Slovak Innovation and Energy Agency

Small and medium-sized enterprise

State-owned enterprise

Social security contributions

Science, technology, engineering and mathematics

Science, technology and innovation policy

Science and technology park

Strength, weakness, opportunity and threat

Technology development zone

Technology development centres

Turkish Exporters Assembly

Training needs analysis

Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey

Turkish Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Self-employed Persons and Managers Foundation

Turkish lira (currency)

Turkish Standards Institution

Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey

Turkish Statistical Institute

Union of Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Albania

United Nations

United Nations Commission on International Trade Law

United Nations Development Programme

United Nations Children’s Fund

United Nations Industrial Development Organization

United States

University of Pristina for Competitiveness/Competencies/Cooperation

United States Agency for International Development

National Judiciary Informatics System

Value-added tax

Vocational education and training

Western Balkans

Western Balkans and Turkey

Working Group on Digital and Entrepreneurship Learning

Worldwide Governance Indicators

Law on the Confirmation of Private Restructuring Plans (Netherlands)

World Trade Organization