| AES | Adult Education Survey |
| AI | Artificial intelligence |
| AIKOS | Open Information, Counselling and Guidance System (Atvira profesinio informavimo ir konsultavimo sistema) |
| ALMPs | Active labour market policies |
| CPD | Continuing professional development |
| CVT | Continuous vocational training |
| DIH | Digital Innovation Hubs |
| EC | European Commission |
| EIM | Ministry of the Economy and Innovation (Ekonomikos ir inovacijų Ministerija) |
| ESF | European Social Fund |
| ESIF | European Structural and Investment Funds |
| EU | European Union |
| EWCS | European Working Conditions Survey |
| FDI | Foreign direct investment |
| FINMIN | Ministry of Finance (Finansų ministerija) |
| GDP | Gross domestic product |
| HE | Higher education |
| HEI | Higher education institution |
| HPWP | High-performance workplace practices |
| HR | Human resources |
| HRM | Human resource management |
| ICT | Information and communications technology |
| IIP | Investors in People |
| ILA | Individual Learning Account |
| ISCED | International Standard Classification of Education |
| ITE | Initial teacher education |
| JAL | Junior Achievement Lithuania (Lietuvos Junior Achievement) |
| JRA | Job requirements approach |
| KPMPC | Qualifications and Vocational Education and Training Development Centre (Kvalifikacijų ir profesinio mokymo plėtros centras) |
| LAAE | The Lithuanian Association of Adult Education |
| LAMA BPO | Association of Lithuanian Higher Education Institutions to organise general admissions (Lietuvos aukštųjų mokyklų asociaciją bendram priėmimui organizuoti) |
| LDK | Lithuanian Employers’ Confederation (Lietuvos darbdavių konfederacija) |
| LFS | Labour Force Survey |
| LIC | Lithuanian Innovation Centre |
| LPK | Lithuania Confederation of Industrialists (Lietuvos pramonininkų konfederacija) |
| LPSK | Lithuanian Trade Union Confederation (Lietuvos profesinių sąjungų konfederacija) |
| LRV | Lithuanian Business Confederation (Lietuvos verslo konfederacija) |
| LVK | Agency for Science, Innovation and Technology (Mokslo, inovacijų ir technologijų agentūra) |
| MITA | Lithuanian Employers’ Confederation (Lietuvos darbdavių konfederacija) |
| MOOC | Massive open online course |
| NEC | National Examination Centre |
| NEET | Not in employment, education or training |
| NICS | Northern Ireland Civil Service People |
| NGO | Non-governmental organisation |
| NPP | National Plan for Progress 2021-2030 (Nacionalinis pažangos planas) |
| NŽISK | National Commission for the Co-ordination of Human Resources Monitoring (Lietuvos Respublikos Vyriausybės komisija nacionalinei žmogiškųjų išteklių stebėsenai koordinuoti) |
| PARP | Polish Agency for Enterprise Development (Polska Agencja Rozwoju Przedsiębiorczości) |
| PES | Public employment services |
| PIAAC | Survey of Adult Skills (Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies) |
| PISA | Programme for International Student Assessment |
| R&D | Research and development |
| RPL | Recognition of prior learning |
| SAA | Skills assessment and anticipation |
| SADM | Ministry of Social Security and Labour (Socialinės apsaugos ir darbo ministerija) |
| SGI | Sustainable Governance Indicators |
| SKVC | Centre for Quality Assessment in Higher Education (Studijų kokybės vertinimo centras) |
| SME | Small and medium-sized enterprise |
| SMSM | Ministry of Education, Science and Sport of the Republic of Lithuania (Švietimo, mokslo ir sporto Ministerija) |
| STEAM | Science, technology, engineering, art (creative activities) and mathematics |
| STEM | Science, technology, engineering and mathematics |
| STRATA | Government Strategic Analysis Center (Vyriausybės strateginės analizės centras) |
| TALIS | Teaching and Learning International Survey |
| VET | Vocational education and training |
| WBL | Work-based learning |
| VDI | State Labour Inspectorate (Valstybinė darbo inspekcija) |
