| AFLRA | Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities |
| ALMP | Active labour market policy |
| AURC | Arctic Urban-Regional Co‑operation programme |
| AURORA | Sweden-Finland-Norway Interreg programme |
| AVI | Regional State Administrative Agencies (Finland) |
| CAGR | Compound Annual Growth Rate |
| CAP | European Common Agricultural Policy |
| CCS | Carbon Capture and Storage |
| CLLD | European Community led local development |
| CO2 | Carbon Dioxide |
| CPMR | Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions |
| CSEP | European Civil Servant Exchange Programme: |
| EAFRD | European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development |
| EaSI | European Employment and Social Innovation programme |
| EC | European Commission |
| EDR | Elderly Dependency Ratio |
| EFTA | European Free Trade Association |
| EGD | European Green Deal |
| ELY Centres | Centres for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment (Finland) |
| EMFAF | European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund |
| ERD | European Regional Development Fund |
| ESF / ESF+ | European Social Fund |
| ESIF | European Structural and Investment Funds |
| ESPON | European Spatial Planning Observation Network |
| EU | European Union |
| EUSBSR | European Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region |
| EVs | Electric Vehicles |
| FLAG | European Fisheries Local Action Groups |
| FUA | Functional urban area |
| GDP | Gross domestic product |
| GHG | Greenhouse Gas |
| GVA | Gross value added |
| HINKU | The Finnish Initiative for Climate-Friendly Municipalities |
| HVO | Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil |
| ICT | Information and communications technologies |
| INTERREG | European Territorial Co‑operation (EU programme) |
| ITI | European Integrated Territorial Investment |
| JTF | European Just Transition Fund |
| KS | Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities |
| LAG | European Local Action Groups |
| LEADER | Européen Liaison Entre Actions de Développement de l'Économie Rurale |
| LLM | Local labour market |
| LUKE | Natural Resources Institute Finland |
| LULUCF | Land Use, Land Use Change, and Forestry |
| MIUN | Mid Sweden University |
| MR | Metropolitan Regions |
| NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| NGO | Non-Governmental Organization |
| NMR | Non-Metropolitan Regions (OECD) |
| NMR-R | Non-Metropolitan Region – Remote (OECD) |
| NMR-S | Non-Metropolitan Region - Small (referring to proximity to a small urban area) |
| NNEO | North Norway European Office |
| NOK | Norwegian Krone (Currency of Norway). |
| NORDREGIO | Nordic Centre for Regional Development |
| NSPA | Northern sparsely populated areas |
| NUTS2 | European Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (Level 2) |
| NUTS3 | European Nomenclature of Units for Territorial Statistics (Level 3) |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| PPP | Purchasing power parity |
| PV | Photovoltaic (solar energy) |
| R&D | Research and development |
| S3 | Smart Specialisation Strategy |
| SALAR | Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions |
| SME | Small and medium-sized enterprises |
| STEM | Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics |
| TL2 | Territorial Level 2 (a statistical classification used in OECD) |
| TL3 | Territorial Level 3 (a statistical classification used in OECD) |
| URBACT | European Urban and Regional Development Action |
| USD | US dollar |
| YDR | Youth Dependency Ratio |
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