| ALMP | Active Labour Market Policy |
| ANC | National Qualification Authority |
| ANOFM/PES | National Agency for Employment |
| ARACIIP | Romanian Agency for Quality Assurance and Inspection in Pre-University Education (previously ARACIP) |
| ARACIS | Romanian Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education |
| CEE | Central and Eastern Europe |
| CNFIS | National Commission for the Financing of Higher Education |
| CRED | EU-funded Relevant Curriculum, Open Education for All project |
| CSI | County School Inspectorates |
| CVET | Continuing vocational education and training |
| ECEC | Early Childhood Education and Care |
| EU | European Union |
| EMIS | Education Management Information System |
| ESF+ | European Social Fund (previously ESF) |
| ISCED | International Standard Classification of Education |
| IVET | Initial vocational education and training |
| NEET | Neither in employment nor in education or training |
| NRRP | National Recovery and Resilience Plan |
| PISA | OECD Programme for International Student Assessment |
| PNRAS | National Program for Reducing School Dropout |
| PPP | Purchasing power parity |
| RPL | Recognition of Prior Learning |
| SAA | Skills assessment and anticipation |
| SEN | Special education needs |
| SIIIR | Ministry of Education’s main education data management system |
| SMEs | Small and medium-sized enterprises |
| STEM | Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics |
| TALIS | OECD Teaching and Learning International Survey |
| TEI | Tertiary education institutions |
| UEFISCDI | Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding |
| VET | Vocational education and training |
Education and Skills in Romania
