| CIC | Interministerial Commission for Co-operation (Comissão Interministerial para a Cooperação) |
| COVID-19 | Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) |
| CPC | Portuguese Co-operation Centres (Centros Portugueses de Cooperação) |
| CPLP | Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries (Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa) |
| CSO | Civil society organisation |
| DAC | Development Assistance Committee (OECD) |
| EDFI | European Development Finance Institutions |
| EU | European Union |
| FECOP | Portuguese Cooperation Business Fund (Fundo Empresarial da Cooperação Portuguesa) |
| GDP | Gross domestic product |
| GNI | Gross national income |
| HDP | Humanitarian-development-peace |
| IRR | Rapid response instrument (Instrumento de Resposta Rápida para Ações de Emergência) |
| LDC | Least developed country |
| MFA | Ministry for Foreign Affairs |
| PCSD | Policy coherence for sustainable development |
| PEC | Strategic Co-operation Programme (Programa Estratégico de Cooperação) |
| ODA | Official development assistance |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| SDG | Sustainable Development Goal |
| SIDS | Small island developing state |
| SOFID | Portuguese Development Finance Institution (Sociedade para o Financiamento do Desenvolvimento, Instituição Financeira de Crédito, S.A) |
| UN | United Nations |
OECD Development Co‑operation Peer Reviews: Portugal 2022