Policy Pathways Beyond the Shoreline

Abbreviations and acronyms

CAGR	Compound Annual Growth Rate.
CF	Cohesion Fund (EU Cohesion Policy fund).
CLLD	Community-Led Local Development.
CoE	Council of Europe.
CoR	European Committee of the Regions.
CPMR	Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions of Europe.
DAFNI	Sustainable Greek Islands Network.
EESC	European Economic and Social Committee.
EPRS	European Parliamentary Research Service.
ERDF	European Regional Development Fund (EU Cohesion Policy fund).
ESF+	European Social Fund Plus (EU Cohesion Policy fund).
ESIN	European Small Islands Federation.
ESPON	European Spatial Planning Observation Network.
FUA	Functional Urban Area.
GDP	Gross Domestic Product.
GVA	Gross Value Added.
ICIA	Island Communities Impact Assessments.
ICT	Information and Communication Technology.
IDI	Island Development Indicators (Croatia).
IPC	Island Policy Council (Greece)
ITI	Integrated Territorial Investments.
ITP	Integrated Territorial Programme.
NEETs	Young people not in employment, education or training.
NUTS	Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (EU territorial classification).
OTIE	Observatory on Tourism for Islands Economy.
PO5	Policy Objective 5 of EU Cohesion Policy (“A Europe closer to citizens”).
PPP	Purchasing Power Parity.
PSO	Public Service Obligation (transport scheme).
RUS	Regional Development Strategies (Sweden).
TIA	Territorial Impact Assessment.
TL3	Territorial Level 3 (OECD territorial nomenclature).
VET	Vocational education and training.