| ALMP | Active Labour Market Policies |
| AMS | Arbeitsmarktservice (Austrian PES) |
| BAS | Bulgarian Academy of Sciences |
| BGN | Bulgarian Lev |
| BIA | Bulgarian Industrial Association |
| CEEC | Central and Eastern European Countries |
| CESA | Centres for Employment and Social Assistance |
| COVID‑19 | Coronavirus Disease 2019 |
| DG-Reform | The European Commission’s Directorate‑General for Structural Reform Support |
| DMI | Differential Minimal Income |
| EC | European Commission |
| ECEC | Early Childhood Education and Care |
| EEA | European Economic Area |
| EPA | Employment Promotion Act |
| ESF | European Social Fund |
| ESS | European Statistical System |
| ESS | Employment Service of Slovenia |
| ESSPROS | European System of integrated Social Protection Statistics |
| EU | European Union |
| EU-FRA | European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights |
| EU-LFS | European Union Labour Force Survey |
| EU-MIDIS | European Union Minorities and Discrimination Survey |
| EUR | Euro |
| EU-SILC | European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions |
| EVS | European Values Study |
| FLC | Family Labour Consultants |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| GFC | Global Financial Crisis |
| GMI | Guaranteed Minimum Income |
| HRD OP | Human Resource Development Operational Programme |
| IAP | Individual Action Plan |
| ICT | Information and Communications Technology |
| ILO | International Labour Organization |
| ISCED | The International Standard Classification of Education |
| ISCO | International Standard Classification of Occupations |
| IT | Information Technology |
| KLIPS | Training and Apprenticeships for Vulnerable Groups |
| LFS | Labour Force Survey |
| LMP | Labour Market Programmes |
| LOD | Labour Office Directorate |
| LTU | Long-term Unemployment |
| MLO | Mobile Labour Offices |
| MLOW | Mobile Labour Office Workplaces |
| MLSP | Ministry of Labour and Social Policy |
| NEA | National Employment Agency |
| NEAP | National Employment Action Plan |
| NEET | Not in Education, Employment, or Training |
| NGO | Non-governmental Organisation |
| NRIS | National Roma Integration Strategy |
| NSI | Bulgarian National Statistical Institute |
| NSSI | National Social Security Institute |
| NUTS | Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co‑operation and Development |
| PES | Public Employment Service |
| PTR | Participation Tax Rate |
| RegiX | Bulgaria’s Inter-institutional Registry Information Exchange System |
| SA | Social Assistance |
| SAA | Social Assistance Agency |
| SEGA | State e‑Government Agency |
| SILC | European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions |
| SME | Small and Medium-sized enterprises |
| SOCR | OECD Social Benefits Recipients Database |
| UI | Unemployment insurance |
| VDAB | Vlaamse Dienst voor Arbeidsbemiddeling en Beroepsopleiding (PES for the Flanders region of Belgium) |
| VET | Vocational Education and Training |
| YEI | Youth Employment Initiative |
Reaching Out and Activating Inactive and Unemployed Persons in Bulgaria
