OECD Regional Outlook 2019

Acronyms and abbreviations

ADAC	Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club General German Automobile Club
AI	Artificial intelligence
AR	Augmented reality
AV	Autonomous vehicle
CHF	Swiss franc
COP21	21st Conference of the Parties (within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change)
DLT	Distributed ledger technology
EC	European Commission
ESPON	European Observation Network for Territorial Development and Cohesion
EU	European Union
EUR	Euro
GBP	British pound
GDP	Gross domestic product
GHG	Greenhouse gas
GHSL	Global Human Settlement Layer (produced by the European Commission)
GIH	Global Infrastructure Hub
GIS	Geographic Information System
GPS	Global positioning system
GVC	Global value chain
ICT	Information and communications technologies
IoT	Internet of Things
JRC	Joint Research Centre (European Commission)
LAC	Latin America and the Caribbean
LIDAR	Light detection and ranging
MENA	Middle East and North Africa
MW	Megawatt
NDC	Nationally determined contribution (within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change)
NGO	Non-government organisation
NUTS	Nomenclature of units for territorial statistics
OECD	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
PIAAC	Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (OECD)
PIT	Personal income tax
PPP	Purchasing power parity / public-private partnership
R&D	Research and development
RCP	Representative Concentration Pathway (adopted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change)
RDPC	Regional Development Policy Committee (OECD)
SDG	Sustainable Development Goals (of the United Nations)
SISA	Sistema de Incentivos por Serviços Ambientais Acre's State System of Incentives for Environmental Services (Brazil)
SME	Small and medium-sized enterprise
SPFM	Subnational pooled finance mechanism
SWOT	Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats
TL2	Territorial Level 2
TL3	Territorial Level 3
USD	US dollar
VAT	Value added tax
VR	Virtual reality