Going Digital in Latvia

Acronyms, abbreviations and units of measure

A-Patch	Autonomous patch for real-time detection of infectious disease
ADP	Alternative dispute resolution
AHK	German-Baltic Chamber of Commerce
AI	Artificial intelligence
AIC	Availability, integrity and confidentiality
AIKA	Quality Agency for Higher Education
ALMP	Active labour market policy
ANSSI	French National Cybersecurity Agency Agence nationale de la sécurité des systèmes d’information
BBCE	Baltic Biomaterials Centre of Excellence
BCRD	EU broadband cost reduction directive
BIF	Baltic Innovation Fund
BIOR	Institute of Food Safety, Animal Health and Environment
BURVIS	Unemployment accounting and registered vacancy information system
CAMART	Excellence Centre of Advanced Material Research and Technology Transfer
CCC	Consumer Complaints Committee
CDU	National Guard Cyber Defence Unit
CERT	Computer emergency response team
CF	Cohesion Fund
CFCA	Central Finance and Contracting Agency
CIIT	Critical infrastructure of information technology
CISA	Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
CISC	Cultural Information System Centre
CMS	Central Management System
CNC	Computer numerically controlled
CPB	Constitution Protection Bureau
CPEA	Consumer protection enforcement authority
CRM	Customer relationship management
CRPC	Consumer Rights Protection Centre
CSCC	Cross-Sectoral Coordination Centre
CSDD	Latvian Traffic Safety Directorate
CSIRT	Computer Security Incident Response Team
DDN	Data Driven Nation
DDoS	Distributed denial-of-service
DIH	Digital Innovation Hub
DPA	Data protection authority
DPASC	Data Protection Advisory Support Council
DRR	Dispute resolution and redress
DSB	Dispute Settlement Body
DSI	Data State Inspectorate
DSL	Domain-specific language
EAFRD	European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development
EAS	Electronic Application System
EC	European Commission
ECC-Net	Network of European Consumer Centres
ECO	Electronic Communications Office VAS Elektroniskie Sakari
EDPB	European Data Protection Board
EEA	European Economic Area
eIDAS	Electronic identification, authentication and trust services
EMFF	European Maritime and Fisheries Fund
ENISA	European Union Cyber Security Agency
EQAR	European Quality Assurance Register for Higher Education
ERDF	European Regional Development Fund
ERP	Enterprise resource planning
ESF	European Social Fund
ESIF	European Structural and Investment Funds
EU	European Union
EUR	Euro
FDI	Foreign direct investment
FSDI Latvia	Federation of Security and Defence Industries of Latvia
FTR	Fixed termination rate
FTTB	Fibre to the building
FTTC	Fibre to the curb
FTTH	Fibre to the home
FTTP	Fibre to the premises
GB	Gigabyte
GBP	British pound
Gbps	Gigabits per second
GDP	Gross domestic product
GDPR	General Data Protection Regulation (European Union)
GHz	Gigahertz
GPEN	Global Privacy Enforcement Network
HEI	Higher education institution
IAC	Internal Audit Council
ICME	Integrated computational materials engineering
ICPEN	International Consumer Protection and Enforcement Network
ICT	Information and communication technology
IEA	International Energy Agency
INCD	Israel National Cyber Directorate
INFSO	Information Society Development Guidelines
IoT	Internet of Things
IP	Internet Protocol
IPE	Institute of Physical Energetics
IPR	Intellectual property right
ISAC	Information Sharing and Analysis Centres
ISP	Internet service provider
IT	Information technology
IT	CC IT Competence Centre
IXP	Internet exchange point
IWC	Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry
JMOIC	Joint Municipality Operative Information Centre
KBC	Knowledge-based capital
KISC	Centre for Cultural Information Systems Kultūras Informācijas Sistēmu Centrs
LALRG	Latvian Association of Local and Regional Government
LEGMC	Latvian Environment, Geology and Meteorology Centre
LETA	Latvian Information Agency
LFICIS	Latvian Fisheries Integrated Control and Information System
LGDB	Genome Database of the Latvian Population
LIA	Latvian Internet Association
LIDA	Latvian Investment and Development Agency
LIKTA	Latvian Information and Communication Technology Association
LIX	Latvian Internet Exchange
LLKC	Latvian Rural Advisory and Training Centre
LLU	Latvian University of Life Sciences and Technologies
LMT	Latvian Mobile Telephone
LNB	Latvian National Library
LSRTC	Latvian State Radio and Television Centre
LTE	Long-term evolution
LUA	Latvian University of Agriculture
LUMIC	Microsoft Innovation Centre
LVM	Latvia’s State Forests
LVRTC	Latvia State Radio and Television Centre Latvijas Valsts Radio un Televīzijas Centrs
M2M	Machine to machine
MB	Megabyte
Mbps	Megabits per second
MeKA	Forest and Wood Products Research and Development Institute
MFA	Ministry of Foreign Affairs
MHz	Megahertz
MIC	Microsoft Innovation Centre
MNEs	Multinational enterprises
MNO	Mobile network operator
MoA	Ministry of Agriculture
MoC	Ministry of Culture
MoD	Ministry of Defence
MoE	Ministry of Economics
MoEAC	Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications (Estonia)
MoES	Ministry of Education and Science
MoF	Ministry of Finance
MoH	Ministry of Health
MoI	Ministry of the Interior
MoITAL	Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labour (Israel)
MoJ	Ministry of Justice
MoT	Ministry of Transport Satiksmes Ministrija
MoU	Memorandum of Understanding
MoW	Ministry of Welfare
Mtoe	Million tonnes of oil-equivalent
MTR	Mobile termination rate
MVNO	Mobile virtual network operator
NAF	National Armed Forces
NATO	North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NCE	National Centre for Education
NEPLP	National Electronic Mass Media Council Nacionālā Elektronisko Plašsaziņas Līdzekļu Padome
NGO	Non-governmental organization
NHS	National Health Service
NITSC	National Information Technology Security Council
NPI	National Industrial Policy
OECD	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
OGP	Open Government Partnership
OPGW	Optical fibre ground wire
OSCE	Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
OSINT	Open source intelligence
OTT	Over the top
PBMTCC	Pharmacy, Biomedicine and Medical Technology Competence Centre
PDPL	Personal Data Processing Law
PIKTAPS	Public Administration Information and Communication Technology Architecture Management System
PMP	Privacy management programme
PPP	Purchasing power parity
PTAC	Authority for Consumer Rights Protection
PUC	Public Utilities Commissions
QoS	Quality of service
R&D	Research and development
RCA	Revealed comparative advantage
RE	Register of Enterprises of the Republic of Latvia
RFID	Radio-frequency identification
RIS3	National Research and Innovation Strategy for Smart Specialisation
RSU	Rīga Stradiņš University
RTU	Riga Technical University
SaaS	Software-as-a-Service
SAO	State Audit Office
SCM	Supply chain management
SEA	State Employment Agency
SEAP	Riga Smart City Sustainable Energy Action Plan for 2014-2020
SEC	Sector Expert Council
SEDA	State Education and Development Agency
SENAR	National Service for Rural Apprenticeship (Brazil)
SFSB	State Forensic Science Bureau
SIPCR	State Inspectorate for Protection of Children’s Rights
SLS	State Land Service
SMEs	Small and medium enterprises
SMILE	Santa Monica Internet Local Exchange
SMP	Significant market power
SNIFFPHONE	Smart Phone for Disease Detection from Exhaled Breath
SP	State Police
SPRK	Public Utilities Commission Sabiedrisko Pakalpojumu Regulēšanas Komisija
SRA	Studies and Research Administration
SRDA	State Regional Development Agency
SRS	State Revenue Service
STDI	Science, Technological Development and Innovation
STEM	Science, technology, engineering and mathematics
STEP-Up	Strategies towards Energy Performance and Urban Planning
SUMMA	Scalable Understanding of Multilingual Media
UIDAI	Unique Identification Authority of India
UL	University of Latvia
UN	United Nations
USD	United States dollar
USO	Universal service obligation
VARAM	Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development Vides Aizsardzības un Reģionālās Attīstības Ministrija
VDSL	Very high bit rate digital subscriber line
VECC	Vocational Education Competence Centres
VET	Vocational education and training
VIIS	Latvian State Education Information System
VINNOVA	Swedish Innovation Agency
VPN	Virtual private network
VPVKAC	Unified Customer Service Centres
VRAA	State Regional Development Agency
WFS	Web Feature Service
WGI	Worldwide Governance Indicators
WMS	Web Map Service
WSIS	World Summit on the Information Society