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S&T Country Report - Albania - WBC-INCO Net

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6 List of Acronyms / Definitions<br />

AC-BiH - Automotive Cluster Bosnia and Herzegovina<br />

ALDI - Agency for Local Development Initiatives<br />

ATA - Academic Training Association<br />

BAC - Business/Environment Adjustment Credit<br />

BAS - Business Advisory Service Programme BiH<br />

BDDA - Brčko District Regional Development Agency<br />

BDP - Business Development Programme<br />

BiH - Bosnia and Herzegovina<br />

BIT Centre - Business Innovation and Technology Centre Tuzla<br />

BSC Zenica - Business Start-Up Centre Zenica<br />

BSCs - Business Support Centres<br />

CARDS - Community Assistance Reconstruction Development Strategy<br />

CeBeda - Central Bosnian Economic Development Agency<br />

CEI - Central European Initiative<br />

DB - District of Brčko<br />

DEZA - Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation<br />

DFID - The UK Department for International Development<br />

EAR - European Agency for Reconstruction<br />

EBRD - European Bank for Reconstruction and Development<br />

EDEP - Enterprise Development and Entrepreneurship Programme<br />

EC - European Commission<br />

EFSE - European Fund for Southeast Europe<br />

ERA - European Research Area<br />

EU - European Union<br />

EUR - Euro, currency<br />

FBiH - Federation of BiH<br />

FDI - Foreign direct investment<br />

FIPA - Foreign Investment Promotion Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina<br />

FTC - Foreign Trade Chamber<br />

GDP - Gross domestic product<br />

GTZ - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit<br />

IBRD - International Bank for Reconstruction and Development<br />

ICBL - Innovation Centre Banja Luka<br />

ICT - Information and Communications Technology<br />

IFC - International Finance Corporation<br />

IFC - “Institute for Collaboration”<br />

IPA - Pre-Accession Assistance<br />

MoFTER - Ministry of Foreign Trade and External Relations<br />

NIS - National Innovation Strategies<br />

OECD - Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development<br />

PBs - partner banks<br />

PEP-SE - Private Enterprise Partnership for Southeast Europe<br />

PHARE - “Poland and Hungary: Aid for Restructuring of the Economies”<br />

PLCs - partner leasing companies<br />

PPERP - Post-Privatisation Enterprise Restructuring Project<br />

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