Decentralisation and Regionalisation in Bulgaria

Abbreviations and acronyms

ADRM	Association of Danube River Municipalities
ALGA	Australian Local Government Association
ANCT	Agence nationale de la cohésion des territoires (France)
ARC	Administrative Reform Council
BGN	Bulgarian lev
CAB	County administrative board (Sweden)
CCDR	Commissions of Coordination and Regional Development (Portugal)
CDSG	Council for Decentralisation of State Governance
CEEC	Central and Eastern European Country
CFFR	Council on Federal Financial Relations (Australia)
CGET	Commissariat général à l'Égalité des territoires (France)
CIT	Corporate income tax
CLLD	Community-Led Local Development
CNFPT	Centre national de la fonction publique territoriale
CNT	Conférence nationale des territoires (France)
COAG	Council of Australian Governments
COFOG	Classification of the Functions of Government
CoM	Council of Ministers
CPFF	Consejo de politica fiscal y financiera (Spain)
CSO	Civil society organisation
CVM	Cooperation and Verification Mechanism
DDC	District Development Council
DNP	Department of National Planning (Colombia)
EAFRD	European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development
EBRD	European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
EC	European Commission
EERSF	Energy Efficiency and Renewable Sources Fund
EMEPA	Enterprise for Management of Environmental Protection Activities
EMFF	European Maritime and Fisheries Fund
EPCI	Établissement public de coopération intercommunale
ERDF	European Regional Development Fund
ESF	European Social Fund
ESIF	European Structural and Investment Funds
EU	European Union
EUR	Euro
FLAG	Fund for Local Authorities and Governments (Bulgaria)
FUA	Functional urban areas
GDP	Gross domestic product
HDI	Human Development Index
IB	Intermediate Body
IISDA	Integrated Information System of the State Administration
IMDP	Integrated Municipal Development Plan
IME	Institute for Market Economics
ITI	Integrated Territorial Investment
ITS	Integrated Territorial Strategy
LEADER	Liaison Entre Actions pour le Développement de l’Economie Rurale
LGLAA	Local Government and Local Administration Act
MA	Managing Authority
MLG	Multi-level governance
MRDPW	Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works (Bulgaria)
MTBF	Medium-term budgetary framework
NAMRB	National Association of Municipalities in the Republic of Bulgaria
NAO	National Audit Office
NCSD	National Concept for Spatial Development
NEDP	National Economic Development Plan
NEET	Not in Education, Employment, or Training
NFRC	National Federation Reform Council
NGO	Non-governmental organisation
NRDP	National Regional Development Plan
NRDS	National Regional Development Strategy
NSI	National Statistical Institute
NUTS	Territorial Units for Statistics
NUTS	Nomenclature of territorial units for statistics
OECD	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
OFGL	L’observatoire des finances et de la gestion publique locales (France)
OP	Operational Programme
OPRD	Operational Programme for Regional Development
OPRG	Operational Programme “Region in Growth
PDR	Programme “Development of the Regions
PHARE	Poland and Hungary Assistance for the Restructuring of the Economy
PISA	Programme for International Student Assessment
PIT	Personal income tax
PPP	Purchasing power parity
PPP	Public-private partnership
PPS	Purchasing Power Standards
R&D	Research and Development
RC	Regional council (Finland)
RCI	Regional Competitiveness Index
RDA	Regional Development Agency
RDC	Regional Development Council
SDGs	United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
SME	Small- and medium-sized enterprise
SUBDERE	Sub-Secretary for Regional Development (Colombia)
TDP	Territorial development plan (Colombia)
VAT	Value-added tax
WGI	Worldwide Governance Indicators