| AI | Artificial intelligence |
| ANOFM | Agenția Națională pentru Ocuparea Forței de Muncă [National Employment Agency] |
| ANRCETI | National Regulatory Agency for Electronic Communications and Information Technology of the Republic of Moldova |
| ATIC | Moldovan Association of ICT Companies |
| BEEPS | Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Survey |
| CERT | Computer Emergency Response Team |
| CIS | Commonwealth of Independent States |
| COVID-19 | Coronavirus disease 2019 |
| CRM | Customer Relationship Management |
| DigComp | Digital Competence Framework for Citizens |
| EaP | Eastern Partnership |
| EBRD | European Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
| eIDAS | Electronic identification and trust services |
| ERP | Enterprise Resource Planning |
| ETF | European Training Foundation |
| EU | European Union |
| FDI | Foreign Direct Investment |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| GIZ | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit [German Corporation for International Co‑operation] |
| GNI | Gross national income |
| HR | Human Resources |
| IBM | International Business Machines Corporation |
| ICT | Information and Communication Technology |
| ILO | International Labour Organisation |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| IoT | Internet of Things |
| IT | Information Technology |
| ITU | International Telecommunication Union |
| KPI | Key Performance Indicator |
| LMO | Labour Market Observatory |
| MOOC | Massive Open Online Course |
| NBS | National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova |
| NDS | National Digital Strategy |
| ODA | Organizația pentru Dezvoltarea Antreprenoriatului [Moldova’s Organisation for Entrepreneurship Development] – formerly ODIMM |
| ODIMM | Organizația pentru Dezvoltarea Sectorului Întreprinderilor Mici și Mijlocii [Moldova’s Organisation for the Development of Small and Medium Enterprises Sector] – reorganised as ODA in July 2022 |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| PAS | Action and Solidarity Party |
| PISA | Programme for International Student Assessment |
| SME | Small and Medium-sized Enterprises |
| SMEPI | SME Policy Index |
| STEM | Science, technology, engineering and mathematics |
| UNDP | United Nations Development Programme |
| US | United States |
| USAID | US Agency for International Development |
| USD | United States Dollars |
| VET | Vocational Education and Training |