| AIMI | Additional Municipal Property Tax (Adicional ao Imposto Municipal sobre Imóveis) |
| AMIP | Intermunicipal Association of Pico |
| AMISM | Intermunicipal Association of São Miguel |
| AMRAA | Association of Municipalities of the Autonomous Region of the Azores |
| ANRU | National Agency for Urban Regeneration |
| ARAAL | Regional Autonomous Administration and Local Administration contracts |
| CATL | Leisure Activities Centres (Centro de Atividades de Tempos Livres) |
| CCDR | Regional Coordination and Development Commissions |
| CDIJ | Centres for Youth Development and Inclusion |
| CESA | Economic and Social Council of the Azores |
| CFP | Portuguese Public Finance Council |
| CIM | Inter-municipal Communities (Comunidades Intermunicipais) |
| CPR | Regional Planning Commissions |
| CRTE | Recovery and Ecological Transition Contracts |
| DREAE | Regional Directorate for Education and Educational Administration |
| DREM | Madeira Regional Statistics Office |
| DRQPE | Regional Directorate for Vocational Training and Employment |
| EAFRD | European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development |
| EMFAF | European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund |
| EPARAA | Political-Administrative Status of the Autonomous Regions of the Azores |
| EPF | Public Land Establishment (Établissement public foncier) |
| ERDF | European Regional Development Fund |
| ESIN | European Small Islands Federation |
| ESF+ | European Social Fund Plus |
| EU | European Union |
| EURYO | European Rural Youth Observatory |
| FAP | Portuguese Air Force |
| FEF | Financial Equilibrium Fund (Fundo de Equilíbrio Financeiro) |
| FSM | Municipal Social Fund (Fundo Social Municipal) |
| FUA | Functional Urban Area |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| GIS | Geographic Information System |
| GRATER | Association for Terceira and Graciosa |
| GVA | Gross Value Added |
| HIA | Hospital Internacional dos Açores |
| HyDIME | Hydrogen Diesel Injection in a Marine Environment |
| IFICI+ | Tax incentive for qualified professionals in research and innovation |
| IMI | Municipal Property Tax (Imposto Municipal sobre Imóveis) |
| IMCA | Inter-Municipal Contractual Agreements |
| IMT | Municipal Tax on Onerous Transfers of Real Estate |
| INE | National Statistics Office |
| IRC | Corporate Income Tax (Imposto sobre o Rendimento das Pessoas Coletivas) |
| IRS | Personal Income Tax (Imposto sobre o Rendimento das Pessoas Singulares) |
| ISCED | International Standard Classification of Education |
| ITI | Integrated Territorial Investments |
| LFRA | Autonomous Regions Finance Law |
| LFL | Local Finance Law |
| LVC | Land Value Capture |
| MAC | Madeira-Azores-Canary Islands |
| MTR | Mid-term review |
| NALAS | Network of Associations of Local Authorities of South-East Europe |
| NPF4 | National Planning Framework 4 |
| NPNRU | New National Programme for Urban Renewal |
| NSCL | National Conference of State Legislatures |
| NUTS | Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| OR | Outermost Region |
| ORAA | Regional Budget of the Autonomous Region of the Azores |
| OU | Organic Units |
| PBF | Tax Benefit Budgets |
| PDI | Inter-Municipal Director Plans |
| PDM | Municipal Master Plan (Plano Diretor Municipal) |
| PE | Special Programmes |
| PEMTA | Strategic and Marketing Plan for Tourism in the Azores |
| PNPOT | National Programme of Spatial Planning |
| PNRQAD | National Programme for the Requalification of Old Degraded Neighbourhoods |
| PNRU | National Urban Regeneration Plan |
| POSEI | Programmes of Options Specifically Relating to Remoteness and Insularity |
| POTRAA | Tourism Spatial Plan for the Autonomous Region of the Azores |
| PP | Local Detailed Plans |
| PRFRAM | Financial Recovery Programme of the Autonomous Region of Madeira |
| PROT-A | Regional Spatial Plan of the Azores |
| PSO | Public Services Obligations |
| PU | Urban Development Plans |
| RFL | Regional Finance Law |
| RIAC | Agency for the Modernization and Quality of Citizen Service |
| RIAE | Integrated Entrepreneur Support Network |
| ROP | Regional Operational Programme |
| RRP | Recovery and Resilience Plan |
| SATA | Azores regional airline company |
| SREA | Statistics Office of the Azores |
| SRS-A | Regional Health Service of the Azores |
| STEP | Urban Development Plan |
| TFUE | Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union |
| TL2/TL3 | Territorial Level 2/Territorial Level 3 |
| UNESCO | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
| USI | Island Health Units |
| VAT | Value Added Tax |
Preparing for Demographic Change in the Azores, Portugal
