Acronyms of European Commission Directorates-General and Services
ADMIN Personnel and Administration DG
AGRI Agriculture and Rural Development DG
AIDCO EuropeAid
BUDG Budget DG
COMP Competition DG
DEV Development DG
DGT Translation DG
DIGIT Informatics DG
EAC Education and Culture DG
ECFIN Economic and Financial Affairs DG
ECHO Humanitarian Aid DG (ECHO)
ELARG Enlargement DG
EMPL Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities DG
ENTR
ENV Environment DG
EPSO European Personnel Selection Office
IAS Internal Audit Service
INFSO Information Society and Media DG
JLS Justice, Freedom and Security DG
MARE Maritime Affairs and Fisheries DG
MARKT Internal Market and Services DG
OLAF European Anti-Fraud Office
OPOCE Publications Office
REGIO Regional Policy DG
RELEX External Relations DG
RTD Research DG
SANCO Health and Consumers DG
SCIC Interpretation DG
TAXUD Taxation and Customs Union DG
TRADE Trade DG
TREN Energy and Transport DG
General Acronyms
AA Association Agreement
ALDE
AP Action Plan
ARCDEV Arctic Development
BSEC Organisation of the
BPF Border Project Facility
CBC Cross Border Co-operation
CFSP Common Foreign and Security Policy
CoR Committee of the Regions
Coreper Permanent Representatives Committee
DG directorate-general
EASA European Aviation Safety Agency
EBRD European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
ECA European Court of Auditors
ECB European Central Bank
ECHO European Commission Humanitarian Office
EEA European Economic Area
EEA European Environment Agency
EFTA European Free Trade Agreement
EIA Environment Impact Assessment
EIB European Investment Bank
EIC Euro-Info Centres
EIDHR Instrument for Democracy and Human rights
EIF European Investment Fund
ENP European Neighbourhood Policy
ENPI European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument
EP European Parliament
EPP-ED European People’s Party and European Democrats
ERDF European Regional Development Fund
EU European Union
EUBAM
EUBAM Rafah European Union Border Assistance
EUJUST THEMIS EU Rule of Law mission to Georgia
EUMM European Union Monitoring Mission (Georgia)
EUPOL COPPS EU Police Coordinating Office for Palestinian Police Support
EUREGIO European Region
Eurostat the statistical office of the European Communities
EUSRs - European Union Special Representatives
FDI Foreign Direct Investment
FEMIP Facility for Euro-Mediterranean Investment and Partnership
FFDI Financial Foreign Direct Investment
FRONTEX European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders
FTA Free Trade Agreement
GDP Gross Domestic Product
GREENS/EFA Greens/European Free Alliance
GUE/NGL European United Left/Nordic Green Left
IDP Internally Displaced Person
IFI International Financial Institution
IMF International Monetary Fund
IND/DEM Independence/Democracy group
INSC Instrument for Nuclear safety Cooperation
JHA Justice and Home Affairs
LIFE Financial Instrument for the Environment
MENA Middle East and North Africa
MEPP Middle East Peace Process
MoU Memorandum of Understanding
ND Northern Dimension
NGO Non Governmental Organisation
NIF Neighbourhood Investment Facility
NIP National Indicative Programme
OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
PCA Partnership and Co-operation Agreement
PSE Party of European Socialists
R & D Research and Development
RIP Regional Indicative Programme
RSP Regional Strategy Paper
SIGMA Support for Improvement in Governance and Management
SME Small and Medium Sized Enterprises
SPS Sanitary and Phytosanitary
TA Technical Assistance
TACIS Technical Assistance Commonwealth of Independent States
TAIEX Technical Assistance Information Exchange Programme
TEMPUS Trans-European mobility scheme for university studies
TEN-T Trans-European Transport Network
TSPF TACIS Small Scale Project Facility
TVET Technical and Vocational Education and Training
UEN Union for Europe of the Nations
UfM Union for the Mediterranean
UNDP United Nations Development Programme
UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner Refugees
UNRWA United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
WB World Bank
WHO World Health Organisation
WTO World Trade Organisation













