| AD&C | Agency for Development and Cohesion |
| AIL | Avaliação de impacto legislativo (Regulatory impact assessment [RIA] in English) |
| AMA | Agency for Administrative Modernisation |
| ANMP | National Association of Portuguese Municipalities |
| APA | Portuguese Environment Agency |
| Camões I.P. | Camões – Instituto da Cooperação e da Língua, I.P.(Camões – Institute for Cooperation and Language, I.P.) |
| CCDRs | Conselho de Concertação Territorial and the Comissões de Coordenação e Desenvolvimento Regional |
| CICDR | Commission for Equality and Against Racial Discrimination |
| CIG | Commission for Citizenship and Gender Equality |
| CIMs | Inter-municipal communities |
| CIPE Portugal | Inter-Ministerial Commission on Foreign Policy |
| CMR | Council of Ministers Resolution |
| CNADS | National Council for the Environment and Sustainable Development |
| CONSAN | Council for Food and Nutrition Security |
| CSOs | Civil society organisations |
| DGAL | Directorate General of Local Authorities |
| DGE | Directorate General of Education |
| DGO | Directorate General of Budget |
| DGPE | Directorate General of Foreign Policy |
| DGPM | Directorate General of Marine Policy |
| DGRM | Directorate General of Natural Resources, Security, and Maritime Services |
| DGPRU | Directorate General of Regional and Urban Policy |
| DL | Decree-Law |
| ECO360 | National Strategy for Green Public Procurement 2030 |
| EIA | Environmental impact assessment |
| EMAAI | Multidisciplinary Team for Evaluation and Impact Analysis |
| ENCPE 2020 | National Strategy on Green Public Procurement 2020 |
| ENIND | National Strategy for Equality and Non-Discrimination 2018-2030 “Portugal+Igual” |
| ENSD | National Strategy for Sustainable Development |
| ESC | Economic and Social Council |
| EU | European Union |
| FCID | Federation of Canadian Municipalities |
| FFM | Fact-finding mission |
| FSO | Federal Statistical Office |
| FSDS | Federal Sustainable Development Strategy |
| GIA | Gender impact assessment |
| GO | Lei das Grandes Opções (GOs) (Law of Major Options in English) |
| GPEARI | Office of Planning, Strategy, Evaluation and International Relations |
| HEIs | Higher education institutions |
| HLPF | High-Level Political Forum |
| HLSC | High-Level Monitoring Committee (Monitoring Committee) |
| INA | National Institute of Administration |
| INE | Statistics Portugal |
| KPIs | Key performance indicators |
| MDGs | Millennium Development Goals |
| MNE | Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| NECP | National Energy and Climate Plan |
| NGDOs | Non-governmental development organisations |
| NGOs | Non-governmental organisations |
| NSDS | National Sustainable Development Strategy |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| PA | Public administration |
| PACE | Platform for Accelerating the Circular Economy |
| PAIMH | Action Plan for Equality between Women and Men |
| PAOIEC | Action Plan for Combating Discrimination on Grounds of Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression, and Sexual Characteristics |
| PAVMVD | Action Plan for the Prevention and Combating of Violence against Women and Domestic Violence |
| PCSD | Policy coherence for sustainable development |
| PDCS | Portuguese Development Co-operation Strategy |
| PE | Stability Programme |
| PISCAP | Integrated Training Programme for Sustainability in Public Administration |
| PLANAPP | Centre for Planning and Evaluation of Public Policies |
| PNR/NRP | National Reform Programme |
| POENMP | National Medium-Term Budgetary-Structural Plan |
| PRR/RPP | Recovery and Resilience Plan |
| REDS | Portuguese Network for Sustainable Development |
| REPLAN | Rede de Serviços de Planeamento e Prospetiva da Administração Pública (Network of Planning and Foresight Services of Public Administration) |
| RIA | Regulatory impact assessment |
| RNDS 2030 | Roteiro Nacional para o Desenvolvimento Sustentável 2030 (National Roadmap for Sustainable Development 2030) |
| SDGs | Sustainable Development Goals |
| SEA | Strategic environmental assessment |
| SGPCM | General Secretariat of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers |
| SIA | Social impact assessment |
| SMART | Specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time-bound objectives |
| STEAM | Science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics |
| TSI | Technical Support Instrument |
| VLR | Voluntary Local Review |
| VNR | Voluntary National Review |
| WOG | Whole-of-government |
OECD Policy Coherence Scan of Portugal
Strengthening Institutional Mechanisms for Sustainable Development