A

AACU

Accord sur l'agriculture conclu lors du cycle d'Uruguay

AASP

Autres apports du secteur public

AAU

Assigned Amount Units

ABCIS

OECD Development Centre Asian Business Cycle Indicators

ACE

American Council on Education

ACER

Australian Council for Educational Research

ACN

Anti-Corruption Network for Eastern Europe and Central Asia

ACU

Association of Commonwealth Universities

ADB

Asian Development Bank

ADM

Armes de destruction massive

ADR

Alternative Dispute Resolution

AEE

Agence européenne pour l'Environnement

AEGL

Acute Exposure Guideline Levels

AEI

Agri-Environmental Indicators

AELE

Association européenne de libre échange (Islande, Liechtensetein, Norvège et Suisse)

AEN

African Enterprise Network

AEO

African Economic Outlook   

AFA

Activities of Foreign Affiliates

AGCS

Accord général sur le commerce des services

AGR

Direction de l'alimentation, de l'agriculture et des pêcheries (maintenant Direction des échanges et de l'agriculture)

AHELO

Evaluation internationale des résultats de l'enseignement supérieur

AIE

Agence internationale de l'Energie

AIEA

Agence internationale de l'Energie atomique

AISS

Association internationale de la sécurité sociale

AIU

Association internationale des universités

AIXG

Annex I Expert Group on the UNFCCC, now called Climate Change Expert Group

AKS

Agricultural Knowledge Systems

ALEEC

Accord de libre-échange d'Europe centrale

ALENA

Accord de libre-échange nord-américain

ALL

Aptitudes, logique et littératie

AMAD

Base de données sur l'accès aux marchés agricoles

AMD

Acceptation mutuelle des données

AME

Accord multilatéral sur l'environnement

AMI

Accord multilatéral sur l'investissement

ANASE

Association des nations de l'Asie du Sud-Est

ANBERD

Analytical Business Enterprise Research and Development database

APA

Advance Pricing Agreements

APC

Aide pour le commerce

APD

Aide publique au développement

APDI

Agricultural Policies and Development Indicators for Africa

APE

Analyse des politiques d'éducation

APEC

Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation

APP

Accords préalables de prix  OECD Launches Project on Improving the Resolution of Cross-Border Tax Disputes

AQ

Assurance qualité

ASEAN

Association of South-East Asian Nations

AUCC

Association des universités et collèges du Canada

AUF

Agence universitaire de la Francophonie

AfDB

African Development Bank

B

B2B

Business-to-Business

B2C

Business-to-Consumer

BAFTA

Baltic Free-Trade Agreement

BERD

Business Expenditure on Research and Development

BGH

Biobanques et bases de données de recherche en génétique humaine  

BIAC

Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD

BLI

Indice "Vivre mieux"

BRC

Biological Resource Centres

BRIC

Brésil, Russie, Inde et Chine

BRICS

Brésil, Russie, Indie, Chine et Afrique du Sud

BSTS

Basic Science and Technology Statistics (now Research and Development Statistics)

BTD

Bilateral Trade Database

BoP

Balance of Payments

C

CAE

Communauté d'Afrique de l'Est

CARAT

Chemical Accident Risk Assessment Thesaurus (database)

CBA

Cost-Benefit Analysis

CBD

Convention on Biological Diversity

CBSS

Council of Baltic Sea States

CCF

Common-Cause-Failure (NEA)

CCP

Committee on Consumer Policy

CCRT

Centre conjoint de recherche sur les transports

CCXG

Climate Change Expert Group on the UNFCCC

CDI

Centre for Documentation and Information

CDM

Clean Development Mechanism

CEA

Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

CEC

North American Commision for Environment Co-operation

CEDEFOP

Centre européen pour le développement de la formation professionnelle

CEEC

Central and Eastern European Countries

CEFTA

Central European Free-Trade Agreement

CELE

Centre pour des environnements pédagogiques efficaces  

CEMAC

Central African Economic Community and Monetary Union (Cameroon, Centrafrica, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon)

CEPES

Centre européen de l'Unesco pour l'Enseignement supérieur

CER

Certified Emission Reductions

CERI

Centre for Educational Reasearch and Innovation   

CFA

Committee on Fiscal Affairs   

CGE

Computable General Equilibrium (model)

CHEM

Comité sur les produits chimiques

CIB

International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (see CELE - Centre for Effective Learning Environments)

CIBE

Committee for Industry and Business Environment

CILSS

Comité permanent inter-Etats de lutte contre la sécheresse au Sahel

CIME

Committee on International Investment and Multinational Enterprises (now Investment Committee)

CIRR

Commercial Interest Reference Rates

CIS

Commonwealth of Independent States

CITES

Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora

CLI

Composite Leading Indicators  

CLP

Competition Law and Policy

CMF

Committee on Financial Markets  

CMIT

Committee on Capital Movements and Invisible Transactions (now Investment Committee)

CNG

Compressed Natural Gas

CNRA

Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (NEA)

COE

Council of Europe

COMESA

Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa

COMP

Competition Committee

COP

Conference of the Parties  

CPAC

Committee on Public Affairs and Communications

CPDC (réseau)

Réseau du CAD sur les conflits, la paix et la coopération pour le développement  

CPG

Groupe central des achats de l'OCDE  

CPI

Consumer Price Indices  

CPP

Chemical Product Policy  

CPU

Conference of University Presidents

CRE

Comité des relations extérieures

CRP

Programme de recherche en collaboration : Gestion des ressources biologiques pour des systèmes agricoles durables

CRPPH

Committee on Radiation Protection and Public Health (NEA)

CRS

Creditor Reporting System   

CSAO

Club du Sahel et de l'Afrique de l'Ouest

CSD

United Nations Commission for Sustainable Development

CSE

Consumer Support Estimate (indicator used as of 1999 at the OECD)
Consumer Subsidy Equivalent (indicator used until 1998 at the OECD)

CSNI

Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (NEA)

CSTP

Committee for Scientific and Technological Policy  

CTD

Carrières des titulaires de doctorats

CTPA

Centre for Tax Policy and Administration

CoG

Centres of Government (network)  

D

DAC

Development Assistance Committee  

DAE

Dynamic Asian Economies

DAF

Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs  

DCD

Development Co-operation Directorate

DDA

Doha Development Agenda

DDR

Differentiated Discount Rates  

DEFINE

Development Finance Network

DEREC

Centre de documentation en ligne du Réseau CAD sur l'Evaluation du développement

DEV

Development Centre

DICE

Dynamic Integrated Climate Economy (model)

DIOC

Base de données sur les immigrés dans les pays de l'OCDE

DNME

Dynamic Non-Member Economies (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Hong Kong - China, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Chinese Taipei and Thailand)

DNS

Domain Name System

DSL

Digital Subscriber Line

DeSeCo

Definition and Selection of Competencies

E

EAA

Economic Accounts for Agriculture

EAEN

East African Enterprise Network

EAG

Education at a Glance     

EAM

Etudes d'apprentissage mutuel de l'OCDE

EAP

Environmental Action Programme

EBIP

Electronic Commerce Business Impacts Project

EC

European Commission

ECA

Export Credit Agencies  

ECEC

Early Childhood Education and Care

ECG

Working Party on Export Credits and Credit Guarantees (Export Credit Group)  

ECH

Direction des échanges (maintenant TAD pour Direction des échanges et de l'agriculture)

ECMT

European Conference of Ministers of Transport (now International Transport Forum)

ECO

Economics Department

ECOLOC

Managing the economy locally in West Africa (launched jointly by the Sahel and West Africa Club and the Municipal Development Partnership (MDP)

ECOWAS

Economic Community of West African States

ECTS

European Credit Transfer System

ECTSG

Electronic Commerce Tax Study Group

EDI

Electronic Data Interchange

EDNM

Economies dynamiques non membres (Argentine, Brésil, Chili, Hong Kong - Chine, Indonésie, Malaisie, les Philippines, Singapour, Taipei chinois and Thaïlande)

EDRC

Economic and Development Review Committee

EDTA

Endocrine Disrupter Testing and Assessment

EDU

Directorate for Education

EEA

European Economic Area (EU + Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway)

EEB

European Environmental Bureau

EECCA

Europe de l'Est, Caucase et Asie centrale

EFTA

European Free Trade Association (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland)

EHS

Environment, Health and Safety  

EI

Education International

EIA

Environmental Impact Assessment

EID

La base de données Egalité homme-femme, Institutions et Développement

ELS

Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs

ELSAC

Employment, Labour and Social Affairs Committee

EMEF

Emerging Market Economy Forum

EMO

Employment Outlook    

EMS

Environmental Management System

ENSI

Environment and School Initiatives

ENV

Environment Directorate

ENVIRONET

Réseau sur l'environnement et la coopération pour le développement  

EO

Economic Outlook  

EPA

Education Policy Analysis

EPC

Economic Policy Committee

EPOC

OECD Environment Policy Committee  

EPR

Extended Producer Responsibility  

ERU

Emission Reduction Units

ESD

Emission Scenario Documents

ESF

European Social Fund

ESM

Environmentally Sound Management of Waste  

EST

Environmentally Sustainable Transport

ETE

Emerging and Transition Economies  

ETUCE

European Trade Union Committee for Education

EU

European Union

EUA

Association européenne de l'Université

EUROSTAT

Statistical Office of the European Communities

F

FAIR

Forum for Asian Insolvency Reform  

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

FATF

Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering  

FATS

Foreign Affiliates Trading Services (database)

FDI

Foreign Direct Investment

FED

Forum for Enterprise Development

FEM

Forum économique mondial

FMENV

Forum mondial sur l'environnement (anciennement nommé Forum mondial sur le développement durable)

FMT

Financial Market Trends  

FPA

Forum pour le partenariat avec l'Afrique

FSC

Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (NEA)

FSF

Financial Stability Forum

FSU

Former Soviet Union

FTE

Full Time Equivalent

FYROM

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

FfD

Financing for Development

G

G10

Le Groupe des Dix  se compose de onze pays industriels (Allemagne, Belgique, Canada, Etats-Unis, France, Italie, Japon, Pays-Bas, Royaume-Uni, Suède et Suisse) qui se consultent et coopèrent sur les questions monétaires et financières.

G20

Le Groupe des vingt ministres des finances et directeurs des banques centrales de 19 pays (Allemagne, Afrique du sud, Arabie saoudite, Argentine, Australie, Brésil, Canada, Chine, Corée du Sud, États-Unis, France, Inde, Indonésie, Italie, Japon, Mexique, Royaume-Uni, Russie, Turquie). L'Union européenne, représentée par la Présidence tournante du Conseil et la Banque centrale européenne, est le 20ème membre du G20.

G8

Group of eight leading industrialized countries (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, United Kingdom, United States and observer status of the European Union)

GATS

General Agreement on Trade in Services  

GATT

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

GBDe

Gobal Business Dialogue on Electronic Commerce

GDM

Gestion durable des matières

GDP

Gross Domestic Product  

GEEPI

Group on Economic and Environmental Policy Integration

GEF

Groupe Etats fragiles (maintenant INCAF)  

GENDERNET

Network on Gender Equality  

GEP

Group on Environmental Performance

GFC

OECD Global Forum on Competition  

GFII

OECD Global Forum on International Investment

GFSD

OECD Global Forum on Sustainable Development, now called Global Forum on Environment (GFENV)

GHG

Greenhouse Gases

GHS

Globally Harmonised Classification System for Chemicals  

GII

Global Information Infrastructure

GIS

Global Information Society

GLP

Good Laboratory Practice   

GMO

Genetically Modified Organisms

GNI

Gross National Income

GNP

Gross National Product

GOV

Directorate for Public Governance and Territorial Development

GOVNET

DAC Network on Good Governance and Capacity Development  

GPP

Marchés publics écologiques

GREEN

General Equilibrium Environmental Model

GRH

Gestion des ressources humaines   

GSF

Global Science Forum   

GSSE

General Services Support Estimate

GST

Goods and Services Tax   

H

HAP

Processus de Heiligendamm L'Aquila

HATS

Health as a Tracer Sector

HDP

Processus de dialogue de Heiligendamm (maintenant appelé Processus de Heiligendamm L'Aquila)  

HE

Higher Education

HEFCE

Higher Education Funding Council for England

HEI

Higher Education Institution

HIPC

Highly Indebted Poor Countries

HNWI

High Net Worth Individuals

HPV

High Production Volume (Chemicals)  

HRB

Hauts responsables du budget

HS

Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System

HTA

Health Technology Assessment

HUR

Taux de chômage harmonisés  

I

IACC

International Anti-Corruption Conference

IAEA

International Atomic Energy Agency

IALS

International Adult Literacy Survey  

IANB

Inter-Agency Network for Safety on Biotechnology  

IAT

Intra-African Trade

IAU

International Association of Universities

IC

Insurance Committee

ICCP

Committee for Information, Computer and Communications Policy

ICDE

International Common-Cause Failure Data Exchange (NEA)

ICGB

Internal Co-operation Group for Biotechnology

ICHA

International Classification for Health Accounts

ICT

Information and Communication Technologies  

IDG

International Development Goal

IDS

International Development Statistics

IEA

International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement

IET

International Emissions Trading

IFCS

Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety 

IFED

Investment, Finance and Enterprise Development

IFP

International Futures Programme

IGO

Intergovernmental Organizations

IGSC

Integration Group for the Safety Case (NEA)

IHERD

Innovation, Higher Education and Research for Development

ILA

Individual Learning Account

ILO

International Labour Organization

IMHE

OECD Programme on Institutional Management in Higher Education

INCAF

Réseau international sur les conflits et les situations de fragilité

INES

OECD Indicators of National Education Systems

INN

Pêche illégale, non déclarée et non réglementée

INPRS

International Network of Pensions Regulators and Supervisors   

INTRASTAT

Statistics on Intra-Community Trade

IOHE

Inter-American Organization for Higher Education

IOM

International Organization for Migration

IOMC

Inter-Organization Programme for the Sound Management of Chemicals

IOPS

International Organisation for Pension Surpervisors

IPCC

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

IPCS

International Programme on Chemical Safety

IPM

Integrated Pest Management  

IPR

Intellectual Property Rights  

IRTAD

International Road Traffic and Accident Database

ISAR

International Standards of Accounting and Reporting

ISCED-97

Revised International Standard Classification of Education

ISCED

International Standard Classification of Education

ISIC

International Standard Industrial Classification

ISO

International Organization for Standardization

ISSA

International Social Security Association

ISUSS

International Survey of Upper Secondary Schools  

IT

Information Technologies

ITB

Individual Travel Behaviour

ITCS

International Trade by Commodities Statistics (database)

ITD

International Tax Dialogue

ITF

Forum international des Transports  

ITRD

International Transport Research Documentation (database)

Investment Compact

South East Europe Compact for Reform, Investment, Integrity and Growth   

J

JLS

OECD Joint Learning Studies

JWG

Joint Working Group

JWP A&E

Joint Working Party on Agriculture and Environment

JWPTE

Joint Working Party on Trade and Environment  

L

LAFTA

Latin America Free Trade Association

LDC

Least Developed Countries

LEED

Local Economic and Employment Development

LLL

Lifelong Learning

LLN

Compétences linguistiques, de littératie et de numératie

LMO

Living Modified Organisms

LMP

OECD Labour/Management Programme

LRTP

Long-Range Transport Potential

M

MAD

Mutual Acceptance of Data

MAEP

Mécanisme africain d'évaluation par les pairs

MAI

Multilateral Agreement on Investment

MAP

Mutual Agreement Procedure

MCM

Ministerial Council Meeting    

MDG

Millennium Development Goals   

MDP

Municipal Development Programme

MEA

Multilateral Environmental Agreement

MEI

Main Economic Indicators

MENA

Middle East and North Africa

MFA

Material Flow Analysis  

MFN

Most-Favoured Nation

MFP

Multi-Factor Productivity

MNE

Multinational Enterprises

MPS

Market Price Support

MRV

Measurement, Reporting and Verification of greenhouse gas mitigation

MSIT

Monthly Statistics of International Trade (database)

MSTI

Main Science and Technology Indicators

MTC

Maritime Transport Committee

MTD

Mouvements transfrontières de déchets

MfDR

Managing for Development Results

N

NAFTA

North American Free Trade Agreement

NAP

National Action Plans on Employment

NCCT

Non-Cooperative Countries and Territories

NCP

National Contact Point

NDC

Nuclear Development Committee (NEA)

NEA

OECD Nuclear Energy Agency  

NEAP

National Environmental Action Programmes

NEHRT

New and Emerging Health-Related Technologies

NEIM

Non Member Economies and International Migration Division

NEPAD

New Partnership for Africa's Development  

NERO

National Economic Research Organisations  

NESTI

National Experts on Science and Technology Indicators

NGO

Non-Governmental Organisations

NII

National Information Infrastructure

NIS

Newly Independent States

NLC

Nuclear Law Committee (NEA)

NML

Apprenants du nouveau millénaire  

NPP

Nuclear Power Plant

NSC

Nuclear Science Committee (NEA)

NSO

National Statistical Offices

NTB

Non-Tariff Barriers

NTM

Non-Tariff Measures

O

ODA

Official Development Assistance

ODF

Official Development Finance

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development  

OFC

Offshore Financial Centers

OLIS

OECD Online Information Services

OMR

Oil Market Report  

OOE

Other OECD

OOF

Other Official Flows

OSC

Organisation de la société civile 

OTC

Obstacles techniques au commerce  

P

PAA

Programme d'Action d'Accra

PAC

Public Affairs and Communications Directorate

PALOP

African Countries with Portuguese as the Official Language (Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, São Tomé and Príncipe)

PAMT

Programmes actifs du marché du travail

PAN

Pesticide Action Network

PARIS21

Partnership in Statistics for Development in the 21st Century  

PD/GG

Working Group on Participatory Development and Good Governance

PEA

Perspectives économiques en Afrique   

PEB

OECD Programme on Educational Building (now called CELE)

PES

Public Employment Service

PET

Privacy-Enhancing Technologies

PFI

Public (or Private) Finance Initiative

PGD

Partenariat pour la gouvernance démocratique

PIAAC

Programme pour l’évaluation internationale des compétences des adultes (PIAAC)  

PISA

OECD Programme for International Student Assessment

PMF

Public Management Forum

POE

Post-Occupancy Evaluation

POVNET

DAC Network on Poverty Reduction

PPI

Producer Price Indices  

PPP

Public/Private Partnership

PRSP

Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers

PRTR

Pollutant Release and Transfer Register

PSE

Producer Support Estimate (indicator used as of 1999 at the OECD)
Producer Subsidy Equivalent (indicator used until 1998 at the OECD)

PSPE

Public Sector Pay and Employment

PSSP

Private Sector Development Support Programme

PUMA

Public Management Committee

Q

Q(SAR)

Relation (quantitative) de structure-activité

QA

Quality Assurance

QWIDS

Query Wizard for International Development Statistics

R

R&D

Research and Development

RAEDD

Réunion annuelle des experts du développement durable à l'OCDE

REDD

Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation

REL

Ressources éducatives en libre accès  

REPIN

Regulatory Environmental Programme Implementation Network  

RGI

Regulatory Governance Initiative

RIA

Regulatory Impact Analysis

RMP

Réglementation des marchés de produits

ROPPA

West African Network of Farmers' Organisations and Agricultural Producers

ROW

Rest of the world

RTA

Regional Trade Agreements

RTR

Road Transport Research

RTRP

OECD Road Transport and Intermodal Linkages Research Programme

RWMC

Radioactive Waste Management Committee (NEA)

rpca

Réseau de prévention des crises alimentaires

S

SA IFED

South America Investment, Finance and Enterprise Development Programme

SADC

Southern African Development Community (Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe)

SAEN

South African Enterprise Network

SAF-T

Standard Audit File - Tax

SAH

Sahel and West Africa Club

SAICM

Approche stratégique de la gestion internationale des produits chimiques

SDMX

Statistical Data and Metadata Exchange

SEA

Socio-Economic Analysis

SEE

South Eastern Europe

SEEFED

South East Europe Forum for Enterprise Development

SEEPAD

South Eastern European Partnership on Accountancy Development

SGCG

Steering Group on Corporate Governance

SGE

General Secretariat of the OECD

SHA

System of Health Accounts  

SIALS

Second International Adult Literacy Survey   

SIAM

SIDS (Screening Information Data Set) Initial Assessment Meeting

SIAR

SIDS (Screening Information Data Set) Initial Assessment Report  

SIDS

Screening Information Data Set  

SIGI

The OECD Social Institutions and Gender Index

SIGMA

Support for Improvement in Governance and Management - a joint initiative of the European Union (EU) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), principally financed by the EU

SIREN

System of Information on Resources and the Environment

SITC

Standard International Trade Classification

SLD

Soins de longue durée

SME

Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

SNA

System of National Accounts Migration

SOCX

OECD Social Expenditure Database

SOE

State-Owned Enterprise

SRD

Statistiques de la recherche et développement (anciennement Statistiques de base de la science et de la technologie)

SSA

Sub-Saharan Africa

SSIS

Structural Statistics for Industry and Services

STAN

Structural Analysis Database  

STD

Statistics Directorate

STE

State Trading Enterprises

STESEG

OECD Short-Term Economic Statistics Expert Group  

STI

Directorate for Science, Technologie and Industry

STRI

Services Trade Restrictiveness Index

SUR

Standardised Unemployment Rates (now called Harmonised Unemployment Rates)

SWF

Fonds souverains

SWIC

Statistical Working Party of the OECD Industry Committee

SfT

L'école de demain  (Schooling for Tomorrow project)
Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI) - Schooling for Tomorrow

Stability Pact

Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe

sa

seasonally adjusted

T

TAD

Direction des échanges et de l'agriculture  

TAFE

Technical and Further Education

TAG

Technical Advisory Group

TALIS

Enquête internationale sur les enseignants, l'enseignement et l'apprentissage   

TCBDB

WTO/OECD Trade Capacity Building Database  

TDB

Thermochemical Database Project (NEA)

TDPC

Territorial Development Policy Committee

TDS

Territorial Development Service

TED

Teacher Education for Diversity

TEFED

Transition Economies Forum Enterprise Development

TEP

Transition Economies Programme

TFP

Total Factor Productivity

TIEAS

Accords d'échange de renseignements fiscaux

TIP

Working Group on Innovation and Technology Policy

TISP

Working Party on Telecommunication and Information Services Policy

TP

Tradeable or Transferable Permits

TRTA/CB

Trade-Related Technical Assistance and Capacity Building  

TSI

Territorial Statistics and Indicators

TUAC

Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD

U

UIA

International Union of Architects

UN ECOSOC

United Nations Economic and Social Council

UNCTAD

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

UNDHA

United Nations Department of Humanitarian Affairs

UNDP

United Nations Development Programme

UNECA

United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

UNECE

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

UNECLAC

United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

UNEP

United Nations Environment Programme

UNESCAP

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

UNESCO

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

UNESCWA

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia

UNFCCC

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

UNHCR

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

UNICEF

United Nations Children's Fund

UNSD

United Nations Statistical Division

URAA

Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture

URL

Underground Research Laboratories

USD

United States Dollars

V

VET

Vocational Education and Training   

VOTEC

Vocational and Technical Education

VSL

Value of Statistical Life  

W

WAEMU

West Africa Economic and Monetary Union (Benin, Burkina-Faso, Ivory Coast, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Togo)

WAEN

West African Enterprise Network

WALTPS

West Africa Long Term Perspective Study

WB

World Bank

WBCSD

World Business Council for Sustainable Development

WEI

World Education Indicators  

WEM

World Energy Model

WEO

World Energy Outlook

WGEIO

Working Group on Environmental Information Outlooks

WGIP

Working Group on Inspection Practices (NEA)

WGP

Working Group on Pesticides

WGT

Working Group on Transport

WGWMP

Working Group on Waste Management Policy

WGWPR

Working Group on Waste Prevention and Recycling

WHO

World Health Organization

WMD

Weapons of Mass Destruction

WNT

Working Group of National Co-ordinators of the Test Guidelines Programme

WPB

Working Party on Biotechnology

WPDD

Working Party on Decommissioning and Dismantling (NEA)

WPEEPI

Working Party on Economic and Environmental Policy Integration

WPEP

Working Party on Environmental Performance

WPGSP

Working Party on Global and Structural Policies

WPIE

Working Party on the Information Economy

WPISP

Working Party on Information Security and Privacy

WPM

Working Party on Migration

WPNEP

Working Party on National Environmental Policies

WPPP

Working Party on Private Pensions

WPPPC

Working Party on Pollution Prevention and Control

WPSP

Working Party on Social Policy

WPTGS

Working Party on International Trade in Goods and Trade in Services Statistics    

WSSD

World Summit on Sustainable Development

WTO

World Trade Organization