| Acronyms | Abbreviations |
| A&PI | NSDS/PCSD Alignment and Policy Integration Group |
| ASviS | Alleanza Italiana per lo Sviluppo sostenibile (Italian Alliance for sustainable development) |
| BES/ESW | Indicatori di benessere equo e sostenibile (Equitable and Sustainable Well-being indicators) |
| CdR | Cabina di Regia Benessere Italia (Steering Committee Well-Being Italia within the PCM) |
| CIPE(SS) | Comitato Interministeriale per la programmazione economica e lo sviluppo sostenibile (Inter-ministerial committee for economic programming and sustainable development) |
| CITE | Comitato Interministeriale per la transizione ecologica (Interministerial Committee for the ecological transition) |
| CM | Cittá Metropolitana (Metropolitan City) |
| CNCS | Consiglio Nazionale per la Cooperazione allo Sviluppo |
| DARA | Dipartimento per gli Affari Regionali e le Autonomie within the PCM (Department for regional affairs and autonomies within PCM |
| DG CRESS | Direzione Generale Per La Crescita Sostenibile e la Qualità Dello Sviluppo, Directorate General for Sustainable Growth and Development Quality, MiTE |
| DNSH | Do Not Significant Hurm indicators |
| DEF/EFD | Documento di Economia e Finanza – Economy and Finance Document |
| DPCoe/NUVAP | Dipartimento per le Politiche di Coesione (Department for Territorial Cohesion within the Presidency of the Council of Ministries) |
| DIPE | Dipartimento per la programmazione e il coordinamento della politica economica (Department for programming and coordinating economic policies) |
| DPE | Dipartimento Politiche Europee |
| ESIF | Over half of EU funding is channelled through the 5 European structural and investment funds (ESIF) |
| Forum | Forum nazionale per lo sviluppo sostenibile (National Forum for Sustainable development) |
| I&A | NSDS/PCSD Implementation and assessment Group |
| ISTAT | Instituto di Statistica (Italian Institute of Statistics) |
| MAECI | Ministero Affari Esteri e Cooperazione Internazionale (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation) |
| MFF | Multiannual Financial Framework, European Union’s long-term budget (usually over 7 years) |
| MiTE/MATTM | Ministero della Transizione Ecologica (Ministry for Ecological Transition previous Ministry for Environment, Land and Sea) |
| MEF | Ministero Economia e Finanze (Ministry of Economy and Finance) |
| MI | Ministry of Education |
| MUR | Ministry for University and Research |
| NSDS | National Sustainable Development Strategy |
| NSO | National Strategic Objectives |
| NUVV | Nucleo di valutazione e verifica degli investimenti pubblici |
| PCM | Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri (Presidency of the Council of Ministries) |
| PCSD | Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development |
| PCSD Project | Policy coherence for sustainable development: mainstreaming the SDGs in Italian decision-making process”, funded by the EU Structural Reform Support Programme, requested by MiTE and implemented by the OECD. |
| PNR | Programma Nazionale di Riforma – National Reform Programme |
| PNRR/NRRP | Piano Nazionale di Ripresa e Resilienza – National Recovery and Resilience Plan |
| PON/ONP | National Operational Programmes – Piani Operativi Nazionali |
| POR/ROP | Regional Operation Programmes – Piani Operativi Regionali |
| PTE | Plan for the Ecological Transition - Piano per la Transizione Ecologica |
| RGS | Ragioneria Generale dello Stato - State General Accounting Department |
| SC | Strategic Choice of the NSDS |
| SD | Sustainable Development |
| SISTAN | Sistema statistico nazionale |
| SNA | Scuola Nazionale dell'Amministrazione |
| SNSvS/NSDS | Strategia Nazionale per lo Sviluppo Sostenibile – National Sustainable Development Strategy |
| Tecnostruttura | Tecnostruttura for the Regions for the European Social Fund |
Italy's National Action Plan for Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development
