A
AAR- After Action Review
ASADI - African Science Academies Development Initiative
B
BCPR -Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery (UNDP)
BDP - Bureau for Development Policy (UNDP)
C
CAFOD -Catholic Agency for Overseas Development
CAMPFIRE - Community Area Management Programme for Indigenous Resources
CBA - Community-Based Adaptation
CBO - Community-Based Organization
CIFOR - Center for International Forestry Research
CIDA - Canadian International Development Agency
CIS - Commonwealth of Independent States
CO - Country Office
CoP - Community of Practice
CPR - Crisis Prevention and Recovery
CPRP-net - Crisis Prevention and Recovery Practice-Network (UNDP)
CRC - Citizen Report Card
CSO - Civil Society Organization
CV - Curriculum Vitae
CVCA - Climate Vulnerability and Capacity Analysis
D
DCAF - Democratic Control of Armed Forces
DDR - Demobilization, Disarmament and Reintegration
DFID - Department for International Development
DIRAC – The Directory of Radiation Centers can be accessed on http://www.iaea.org/programme.nahunet
DRM - Disaster Risk Management
E
ECIS - Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States
E-discussion - Electronic-discussion (online discussion)
EWS - Early Warning System
F
FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
FARC - Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia
FEWS - Net Famine Early Warning System Network
FOWECA - Forestry Outlook Study for West and Central Asia
FG - Focus Group
G
GOFORDEV Governance for Local Development
GGI Good Governance Index
GOFORGOLD Good Governance for Local Development***
H
HC - Humanitarian Coordinator (UN)
HQ - Headquarters
HR - Human Resources
I
IAEA - International Atomic Agency
IAEA/NUS - The national University of Singapore (NUS) has taken the initiative to start distance learning in radiation processing and tissue banking. The Tissuebank website
IARC – International Agency for Research on Cancer.
IAC - InterAcademy Council
IAP - InterAcademy Panel
IAMP - InterAcademy Medical Panel
IASC - Inter-Agency Standing Committee
ICCPR - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
ICESCR - International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
ICERD - International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
ICT - Information and Communication Technology
IDEA - International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance
IDP - Internally displaced person
IISD - International Institute for Sustainable Development
ILO - International Labour Organization
INIS – The International Nuclear Information System has been operated by the IAEA and can be accessed on INIS website
IT - Information Technology
IUCN International Union for the Conservation of Nature
IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
K
KM - Knowledge Management
KMAfrica - Knowledge Management Africa (www.kmafrica.com)
KM4DEV - Knowledge Management for Development
L
LGB - Local Governance Barometer
LGPMS - Local Governance Performance Management System
LGSA - Local Governance Self-Assessment
LGU - local government unit
M
MA&D - Market Analysis & Development
M&E - Monitoring and Evaluation
MCA - Minimum Conditions of Access
MDG - Millennium Development Goal
MDGs - Millennium Development Goals
MISP - Minimum Initial Service Package
MWC - International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (short form: the Migrant Workers Convention)
MYFF - Multi-Year Funding Framework
N
NAP - National Action Programme to Combat Drought and Desertification
NAPA - National Adaptation Programme of Action
NASAC - Network of African Science Academies
NeLH - National Electronic Library for Health (UK)
NGO - Non-Governmental Organization
NSO - National Statistical Office
NNI - National Nuclear Institution
NSAG - Non-State Armed Group
NWFD - Non-wood forest product
O
OC - Office of Communications (UNDP)
ODI - Overseas Development Institute (UK)
OECD - Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
OECD-DAC - OECD-Development Assistance Committee
OGC - Oslo Governance Centre
OHCHR - Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
OSI - Open Society Institute
P
PBGS - Performance Based Grant System
PEM - Practice Experience Map
PES - Payment for Environmental Services
PKM - Personal Knowledge Management (see http://isivivane.com/kmafrica/?q=og.pkm for the KMAfrica.com PKM project)
PLA - Participatory Learning for Action
PM - Performance Measure
PROFOR - Programme on Forests
R
RBA - Rights-Based Approaches
RBEC - Regional Bureau for Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (UNDP)
RC - Regional Center (UNDP)
RC - Resident Coordinator (UN)
RCA - Results and Competency Assessment
RRA - Rapid Rural Appraisal
S
SARUA - Southern African Regional Universities Association (SARUA)
SALW - Small Arms and Light Weapons
SEI - Stockholm Environment Institute
SURF - Sub-Regional Resource Facility (UNDP)
T
ToR - Terms of Reference
TRAC - Target for Resource Assignment from Core Funds (UNDP)
TTF - Thematic Trust Fund (UNDP)
TWAS - The Academy of Science for the Developing World
U
UCLG - United Cities and Local Governments
UDHR - Universal Declaration of Human Rights
UGI - Urban Governance Index
UN - United Nations
UNCCD - United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
UNCDF - United Nations Capital Development Fund
UNFCCC - United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
UN-HABITAT United Nations Human Settlements Programme
UNDP - United Nations Development Programme
UNDPKO - United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations
UNICEF - United Nations Children’s Fund
UNISDR - United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
UNOCHA - United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
USAID United States Agency for International Development
V
VCA - Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment
W
WHO - World Health Organization
WRI - World Resources Institute
