Abbreviations and acronyms

African, Caribbean and Pacific

Council working party on Humanitarian Aid and Food Aid

Common Security and Defence Policy

Civil society organisations

Creditor Reporting System

Development Assistance Committee (OECD)

Development Co-operation Instrument

Directorate General

Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development 

Directorate General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operation

Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations

European Commission

European Development Fund

European External Action Service

European Fund for Sustainable Development

European Investment Bank

External Investment Plan

Emergency Response Coordination Centre

European Union

European Union Results Framework

European Union Trust Fund

Framework partnership agreement

Gender Action Plan

Gross Domestic Product

Gross national income

High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy

International Monetary Fund

International Organization for Migration

Least developed country

Low income country

Lower middle income country

Multiannual Financial Framework

Middle income country

Non-governmental organisation

Official development assistance

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Policy coherence for development

Sustainable Development Goal

Treaty on European Union

Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union

Upper middle income country

United Nations

United Nations Development Programme

United Nations Children’s Fund

World Food Programme

Working Party on Development Finance Statistics