| Abbreviation/acronym | Full description |
| ABET | Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology |
| AI | Artificial intelligence |
| ALMPs | Active labour market policies |
| AQRF | ASEAN Qualifications Reference Framework |
| BEC | Basic Education Committee |
| BIBB | Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training |
| BMAS | Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs |
| CGP | Career guidance programmes |
| CLCs | Community learning centres |
| CSOs | Civil society organisations |
| CVET | Continuing vocational education and training |
| CVT | Continuing vocational training |
| CWIE | Cooperative and work integrated education programme |
| DASTA | Designated Areas for Sustainable Tourism Administration |
| DFHERIS | Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science |
| DLA | Department of Local Administration |
| DSD | Department of Skills Development |
| DSP | Department of Social Protection |
| ECEC | Early childhood education and care |
| EDG | Education development guidelines |
| EDUFI | Finnish National Agency for Education |
| EEF | Equitable Education Fund |
| EFA | Education For All |
| EQA | External Quality Assurance |
| ESA | Educational service areas |
| FDI | Foreign direct investment |
| FINEEC | Finnish Education Evaluation Centre |
| GDP | Gross domestic product |
| GNI | Gross national income |
| GVCs | Global value chains |
| HE | Higher education |
| HEIs | Higher education institutions |
| HELP | Higher education loan programme |
| HLSIG | High-level skills implementation group |
| HPWPs | High-performance work practices |
| ICT | Information and communications technology |
| ILAs | Individual learning accounts |
| IQA | Internal quality assurance |
| ISCED | International Standard Classification for Education |
| ISCO | International Standard Classification of Occupations |
| IT | Information technology |
| JPPSCC | Joint Public and Private Sector Consultative Committee |
| JSA | Jobs and skills Australia |
| K-10 | Kindergarten to Grade 10 |
| KERIS | Korea Education and Research Information Service |
| KIM | Ministry of Culture and Innovation |
| KOSEN | Japan’s National Institute of Technology |
| KPIs | Key performance indicators |
| LAOs | Local administration organisations |
| LFS | Labour Force Survey |
| LMAC | Labour Market Advisory Council |
| LMI | Labour market information |
| MAB | Hungarian Accreditation Committee |
| MHESI | Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation |
| MNEs | Multinational enterprises |
| MOE | Ministry of Education |
| MOI | Ministry of Interior |
| MOL | Ministry of Labour |
| MOOC | Thailand Massive Online Open Courses |
| MOST | Ministry of Science and Technology |
| MoUs | Memoranda of understanding |
| MSMEs | Micro, small and medium sized enterprises |
| MyCOL | Malaysia’s Critical Occupations List |
| MyGDX | Malaysia's Government Central Data Exchange |
| MyNSR | Malaysia National Skills Registry |
| NACE | Statistical classification of economic activities in the European Community |
| NCBS | National Credit Bank System |
| NCVO | National Council for Voluntary Organisations |
| NEET | Not in education, employment and training |
| NESDB | National Economic and Social Development Board |
| NESDC | Office of the National Economic and Social Development Council |
| NESDP | National Economic and Social Development Plan |
| NFEs | Non-formal and informal education centres |
| NFQ | National Framework of Qualifications |
| NGO | Non-governmental organisation |
| NRCT | National Research Council of Thailand |
| NSO | National Statistic Office |
| NXPO | Office of National Higher Education Science Research and Innovation Policy Council |
| O-LMS | Virtual learning environment or Learning Management System |
| O-NET | Ordinary National Educational Test |
| OBEC | Office of the Basic Education Commission |
| OEQA | Office for National Education Standards and Quality Assessment |
| OERs | Open education resources |
| OHEC | Office of the Higher Education Commission |
| ONESQA | Office for National Education Standards and Quality Assessment |
| ONIE | Office of Non-Formal and Informal Education |
| OQEA | Offering Quality Education to Adults |
| OVEC | Office of the Vocational Education Commission |
| PATA | Pacific Asian Travel Association |
| PDP | Philippine Development Plan |
| PES | Public employment services |
| PIAAC | Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies |
| PISA | Programme for International Student Assessment |
| PSD | Public Service Division |
| PWM | Progressive wage model |
| RCF | Regional competence fora |
| R&D | Research and development |
| R&I | Research and innovation |
| RoRRs | Recognition of rural and remove service |
| RPEL | Recognition of prior experiential learning |
| RPL | Recognition of prior learning |
| SAA | Skills assessment and anticipation |
| SGI | Sustainable Governance Indicators |
| SME | Small and medium-sized enterprise |
| SSCs | Sectoral skills Councils |
| SSG | SkillsFuture Singapore |
| STEM | Science, technology, engineering and mathematics |
| TAT | Tourism authority of Thailand |
| TCEB | Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau |
| TDGA | Thailand Digital Governance Academy |
| TESDA | Technical Education and Skills Development Authority |
| ToR | Terms of Reference |
| TPQI | Thailand Professional Qualification Institute |
| TRF | Thailand Research Fund |
| TVET | Technical vocational education and training |
| VLE/LMS | Virtual learning environment or learning management system |
| WBL | Work-based learning |
