OECD Skills Strategy Implementation Guidance for Latvia

Abbreviations and acronyms

The following are the main acronyms cited in the report.

AIC	Academic Information Centre
AL	Adult learning
CET	Continuing education and training
COVID-19	Coronavirus
CSB	Central Statistical Bureau
ECEC	Early childhood education and care
EDG	Education Development Guidelines
EDI	Early development index
EHIS	Estonian Education Information System
ESF	European Structural Fund
GE	General education
GDP	Gross domestic product
GPI	Gender parity index
GVC	Global value chain
HE	Higher education
HPWP	High performance work practices
ICT	Information communication technology
ILO	International Labour Organisation
IMF	International Monetary Fund
INES	OECD Indicators of Education Systems Programme
ISCED	International Standard Classification of Education
LFS	Labour Force Survey
LPI	Location parity index
MTEF	Medium-Term Expenditure Framework
NACE	Economic Activities in the European Community
NCE	National Centre for Education
NESLI	Network for the Collection and Adjudication of System-Level Descriptive Information on Educational Structures, Policies and Practices
NRA	National risk assessment
OECD	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
PD	Professional development
PIAAC	Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (Survey of Adult Skills)
PIRLS	Progress in International Reading Literacy Study
PISA	Programme for International Student Assessment
PPP	Purchasing power parity
RSA	Resilience systems analysis
SDG	Sustainable Development Goals
SEC	Sector expert councils
SEDA	State Education Development Agency
SEIS	State Education Information System
SEQS	State Education Quality Service
SES	State Examinations System
SMART	Specific, measurable, attributable/actionable, relevant,and timely
SME	Small and medium enterprises
STEAM	Science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics
STEM	Science, technology, engineering and mathematics
TALIS	Teaching and Learning International Survey
TIMMS	Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study
TOEFL	Test of English as a Foreign Language
UID	Unique identification
UNESCO	United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation
VECC	Vocational education competence centres
VET	Vocational education and training
VID	State Revenue Service
WBL	Work-based learning
WPI	Wealth parity index