Giving Informal Learning the Recognition it Deserves

Abbreviations and acronyms

The following are the main abbreviations and acronyms cited in the report.

Abbreviation/acronym	Full description
AES	Adult Education Survey
CBS	Statistics Netherlands (Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek)
CEDEFOP	European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training
CLA	Classification of Learning Activities
CVTS	Continuing Vocational Training Survey
ECER	European Conference on Educational Research
ECS	European Company Survey
EERA	European Educational Research Association
EGMIL	International Expert Group on the Measurement of Informal Learning
EGWM	Expert Group on Well-Being Measurement
ESRI	Economic and Social Research Institute
ETLS	European Training and Learning Survey
EU-SILC	European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions
FISW	Framework for Inclusive and Sustainable Wellbeing
GRALE	Global Report on Adult Learning and Education
HETUS	Harmonised European Time Use Surveys
HPWP	High-Performance Work Practices
ICT-HH	European Survey on the use of Information and Communication Technologies (Households)
INAPP	National Institute for the Analysis of Public Policies (Italy)
LFS	Labour Force Survey
LLL	Lifelong Learning
LLO	Lifelong Learning Survey (Dutch: Leven Lang Ontwikkelen)
MOOC	Massive Open Online Course
NBB	National Bank of Belgium
NCVER	National Centre for Vocational Education Research
NLP	Natural Language Processing
NSO	National Statistical Offices
NSS	Dutch Skills Survey
OLS	Ordinary Least Squares
PARP	Polish Agency for Enterprise Development
PCA	Principal Component Analysis
PIAAC	Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies
PISA	Programme for International Student Assessment
PSM	Propensity Score Matching
ROA	Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market
RPL	Recognition of Prior Learning
SER	Social and Economic Council (Netherlands)
SES	Skills and Employment Survey
SEUV	Employers’ Use and Views of the VET System Survey
SRDC	Social Research and Demonstration Corporation
TEQSA	Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency
TNO	Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research
TSE	Total Survey Error
UNSC	UN Statistical Commission
VINFL	Validation of Non-Formal and Informal Learning