| AEB | Adult education budget |
| AI | Artificial intelligence |
| ALMPs | Active labour market policies |
| BA | Federal Employment Agency (Bundesagentur für Arbeit) |
| BAMF | Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge) |
| BBB | Berlin guidance on education and profession network (Berliner Beratung zu Bildung und Beruf) |
| BDA | Confederation of German Employers' Associations (Bundesvereinigung der Deutschen Arbeitgeberverbände) |
| BiZeitG | Berlin educational leave law (Berliner Bildungszeitgesetz) |
| BMAS | German Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales) |
| BMBF | Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung) |
| CET | Continuing education and training |
| DCMS | UK Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport |
| DIE | German Institute for Adult Education (Deutsches Institut für Erwachsenenbildung) |
| ERDF | European Regional Development Fund |
| ESCO | European skills, competences, qualifications and occupations taxonomy |
| ESF | European Social Fund |
| EU-LFS | European Labour Force Survey |
| GBZ | Centre for Basic Education (Grund-Bildungs-Zentrum) |
| GDP | Gross domestic product |
| GLA | Greater London Authority |
| GOTJ | Guided on-the-job training |
| IAB | Institute for Employment Research (Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung) |
| ICT | Information and communication technology |
| IHK | Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Industrie- und Handelskammer) |
| ISCED | International standard classification of education |
| ISCO | International standard classification of occupations |
| ISIC | Industrial classification of all economic activities |
| IVET | Initial vocational education and training |
| LBBiE | Lifelong vocational guidance for adults in employment (Lebensbegleitende Berufsberatung im Erwerbsleben). |
| LDSP | Lancashire Digital Skills Partnership |
| LEP | Lancashire Enterprise Partnership’s skills and employment hub |
| LPBB | Berlin Agency for Civic Education (Landeszentrale für Politische Bildung Berlin) |
| MoBiBe | Mobile guidance on education and employment for refugees (Mobile Beratung zu Bildung und Beruf für geflüchtete Menschen) |
| NACE | Statistical classification of economic activities in the European Community |
| NEET | Youth not in employment, education, or training |
| NGO | Non-governmental organisation |
| NSW | Non-standard work |
| NUTS | Nomenclature of territorial units for statistics |
| NWS | National skills strategy (Nationale Weiterbildungsstrategie) |
| O*NET | Occupational information network |
| PES | Public employment services |
| PIAAC | Programme for the international assessment of adult competencies |
| SBS | Structural business statistics |
| SenBJF | Senate Department for Education, Youth and Family (Senatsverwaltung für Bildung, Jugend und Familie) |
| SenGPG | Senate Department for Health, Care and Equality (Senatsverwaltung für Gesundheit, Pflege und Gleichstellung) |
| SenIAS | Senate Department for Integration, Labour and Social Affairs (Senatsverwaltung für Integration, Arbeit und Soziales) |
| SMEs | Small and medium-sized enterprises |
| VHS | Adult education centres (Volkshochschulen) |
| WDB | CET database Berlin (Berliner Weiterbildungsdatenbank) |
Future‑Proofing Adult Learning in Berlin, Germany
