Building More Resilient Cross‑border Regions

Abbreviations and acronyms

BGTC	Benelux Grouping of Territorial Co-operation
CEER	Centre for Euroregional Studies
COVID	Coronavirus disease of 2019
CPI	Projects of Common Interest
DG REGIO	Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy of the European Commission
ECBM	European Cross-Border Mechanism
EGTC	European Grouping of Territorial Co-operation
ERDF	European Regional Development Fund
EU	European Union
EUR	Euro (currency)
FR	France
GDP	Gross Domestic Product
IDETA	Inter-communal company serving the districts of Tournai, Ath and surrounding communities (Intercommunale de Développement Économique des Arrondissements de Tournai, d'Ath et de communes avoisinantes)
IEG	Inter-communal company serving the district of Mouscron and municipality of Estaimpuis (Intercommunale d'Etude et de Gestion)
IT	Information Technology
NUTS	Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics, classification for statistical purposes used by the EU and Eurostat
OECD	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
PDAT	Spatial Planning Master Programme (Programme Directeur d'Aménagement du Territoire)
PMF	Pôle Métropolitain Frontalier du Nord Lorrain
POCTEP	INTERREG VA Spain-Portugal Operational Programme (Programa Operativo Cooperación Transfronteriza España-Portugal)
PPS	Purchasing Power Standard
RedCoT	Cross-border Co-operation Network Spain-Portugal (Red de Cooperación Transfronteriza España-Portugal)
SCoT	Territorial Coherence Plans (Schémas de Cohérence Territoriales)
SDTGR	Greater Region Territorial Development Plan (Schéma du Développement Territorial de la Grande Région)
SRADDET	Regional Scheme for Territorial Planning, Sustainable Development, and Territorial Equality (Schéma Régional d'Aménagement, de Développement Durable et d'égalité des Territoire)
TP	Territorial Level
VAT	Value-added tax
WVI	Inter-communal company Wallonie-Bruxelles International (Wallonie-Bruxelles International)