| AA | Association Agreement |
| AAM | (Water) Agency Apele Moldovei |
| ANRE | National Energy Regulatory Agency of the Republic of Moldova |
| BAU | Business as usual |
| DCFTA | Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement |
| DES | Department of Environmental Supervision of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia |
| DPBSD | Danube-Prut Black Sea District |
| EaP | EU Eastern Partnership |
| EPI | Environment Protection Inspectorate under the Ministry of Agriculture, Regional Development and Environment of the Republic of Moldova |
| EU | European Union |
| EUR | euro |
| EUWI+ | EU Water Initiative for the Eastern Partnership countries |
| FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
| GA | Georgian Amelioration |
| GEF | Global Environment Facility |
| GEL | Georgian lari |
| GNERC | Georgian National Energy and Water Supply Regulatory Commission |
| GWB | Groundwater bodies |
| ha | hectare |
| HMWB | Heavily modified water body |
| HPP | Hydropower plant |
| ICPDR | International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River |
| IWRM | Integrated Water Resources Management |
| JSC | Joint-stock company |
| LPA | Local Public Authority |
| MARDE | Ministry of Agriculture, Regional Development and Environment of the Republic of Moldova |
| MCTD | Ministry of Communities and Territorial Development of Ukraine |
| MDL | Moldovan leu |
| MEI | Ministry of Economy and Infrastructure of the Republic of Moldova |
| MEPA | Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia |
| MEPNR | Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine |
| METAD | Ministry of Economic, Trade and Agrarian Development of Ukraine |
| MHLSP | Ministry of Health, Labour and Social Protection of the Republic of Moldova |
| MoESD | Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia |
| MRDI | Ministry of Rural Development and Infrastructure of Georgia |
| MTBF | Medium term budget framework |
| NAP | National Adaptation Plan |
| NBS | National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova |
| NEAP | National Environmental Action Programme (of Georgia) |
| NEF | National Ecological Fund |
| NEHAP | National Environmental and Health Plan (of Georgia) |
| NES | National Environmental Strategy |
| NFA | National Food Agency of Georgia |
| NPD | National Policy Dialogue |
| NRDF | National Regional Development Fund |
| O&M | Operations and management |
| SAWR | State Agency of Water Resources of Ukraine |
| SEI | State Ecological Inspectorate of Ukraine |
| SHS | State Hydrometeorological Service under the Ministry of Agriculture, Regional Development and Environment of the Republic of Moldova |
| PoM | Programme of Measures |
| PSGS | Public Service on Geology and Subsoil |
| PV | Present value |
| RBD | River basin district |
| RBM | River basin management |
| RBMD | River basin management districts |
| RBMO | River basin management organisation |
| RBMP | River basin management plan |
| SAP | Strategic Action Programme |
| SDG | Sustainable Development Goal |
| TDA | Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis |
| UAH | Ukrainian hryvnia |
| UCSME | Ukrainian Scientific Centre for Marine Environment |
| UNECE | United Nations Economic Commission for Europe |
| UWSCG | United Water Supply Company of Georgia |
| WFD | Water Framework Directive |
| WSS | Water supply and sanitation |
Developing a Water Policy Outlook for Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine
