| Abbreviation/acronym | Full description |
| AAC | Atlantic Apprenticeship Council (Canada) |
| AHOVOKS | Agency for Higher and Adult Education, Qualifications and Grants (Belgium) |
| AI | Artificial Intelligence |
| ASOO or AVETAE | Agency for VET and Adult Education (Croatia) |
| BIBB | Federal Institute for VET (Germany) |
| BrAIn | Application of Digital Technologies Based on Artificial Intelligence in Education (Croatia) |
| CAMET | Council of Atlantic Ministers of Education and Training (Canada) |
| CAMEXA | German-Mexican Chamber of Industry and Commerce (Mexico) |
| CARNET | Croatian Academic and Research Network (Croatia) |
| CAS | Common Award System (Ireland) |
| CDIP/EDK | Conference of Cantonal Ministers of Education (Switzerland) |
| CODQ | Commission for Occupation Development and Quality (Switzerland) |
| CONALEP | National College of Professional Technical Education (Mexico) |
| CONOCER | National Council for Standardisation and Certification of Labour Competencies (Mexico) |
| CROQF | Croatian Qualifications Framework (Croatia) |
| CSFO | Service Centre for VET, Career, and Academic Guidance (Switzerland) |
| CSFP/SBBK | Conference of VET Offices (Switzerland) |
| DGETI | Directorate General of Industrial Technological Education (Mexico) |
| DQR | German Qualifications Framework |
| EHIS | Estonian Education Information System |
| EQA | Estonian Qualifications Authority (Kutsekoda) |
| EQF | European Qualifications Framework |
| ETB | Education and Training Board (Ireland) |
| FET | Further Education and Training (Ireland) |
| GenAI | Generative Artificial Intelligence |
| HBO | Higher Professional Education (Netherlands) |
| HOK | Croatian Chamber of Trades and Crafts |
| HRDK | Human Resources Development Service of Korea |
| HWK | Chambers of Crafts (Germany) |
| ICT | Information and Communication Technology |
| IHK | Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Germany) |
| ISCED | International Standard Classification of Education |
| IRQ | Irish Register of Qualifications |
| KMK | Conference of Ministers of Education (Germany) |
| KPC | Korea Productivity Centre |
| KPMPC | Qualifications and VET Development Centre (Lithuania) |
| KRIVET | Korea Research Institute for VET |
| KSB | Knowledge, Skills, and Behaviours |
| LLM | Large Language Model |
| MBO | Secondary VET (Netherlands) |
| MPHEC | Maritime Provinces Higher Education Commission (Canada) |
| NAQ | National Authority for Qualifications (Romania) |
| NCS | National Competency Standards (Korea) |
| NCTVETD | National Centre for TVET Development (Romania) |
| NLP | Natural Language Processing |
| NQF | National Qualifications Framework |
| NSAA | Nova Scotia Apprenticeship Agency (Canada) |
| NSCC | Nova Scotia Community College (Canada) |
| OCW | Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (Netherlands) |
| OPMQ | French Observatories of Occupations and Qualifications |
| OSKA | Skills Forecasting System (Estonia) |
| PDAS | Programme Derived Award Standards (Ireland) |
| PO | Professional Organisations (Switzerland) |
| PQI | Private Qualification Information System (Korea) |
| PTS | Professional Training Standards (Romania) |
| Q-Net | National Qualification Portal (Korea) |
| QQI | Quality and Qualifications Ireland |
| RENEC | National Register of Competency Standards (Mexico) |
| RNCP | National Register of Professional Certifications (France) |
| ROC | Regional Education and Training Centre (Netherlands) |
| ROME | Operational Directory of Trades and Jobs (France) |
| SBB | The Organisation for the Co‑operation between VET and the Labour Market (Netherlands) |
| SCIAN | North American Industry Classification System |
| SERI | State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (Switzerland) |
| SFMQ | Francophone Service of Trades and Qualifications (Belgium) |
| SFUVET | Swiss Federal University for Vocational Education and Training |
| SINCO | National Classification System of Occupations (Mexico) |
| SME | Small and Medium-sized Enterprise |
| SOLAS | Ireland’s Further Education and Training Authority |
| SPC | Sectoral Professional Committee (Lithuania) |
| VDAB | Flemish Public Employment Service (Belgium) |
| VET | Vocational Education and Training |
| VPET | Vocational and Professional Education and Training (Switzerland) |
| VPETA | Federal Act on Vocational and Professional Education and Training (Switzerland) |
