| ASC | Administrative Service Centre |
| AUC | Association of Ukrainian Cities |
| CabMin | Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine |
| CFE | Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities |
| CIT | Corporate Income Tax |
| COVID-19 | Coronavirus disease of 2019 |
| CSO | Civil Society Organisation |
| DEA | Data Envelopment Analysis |
| DOBRE | Decentralization Offering Better Results and Efficiency project |
| EMAC | United States Emergency Management Assistance Compact |
| EU | European Union |
| EUR | Eurozone currency |
| FONDEN | Trust Fund for Natural Disasters Fideicomiso Fondo de Desastres Naturales |
| FUA | Functional Urban Area |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| GRC | Global Relations and Co-operation Directorate |
| GRP | Gross Regional Product |
| GVA | Gross Value Added |
| IATI | International Aid Transparency Initiative |
| ICC | Inter-Departmental Co-ordination Commission for Regional Development |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| INEGI | National Institute of Statistics, Geography and Informatics Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía |
| MIM | Mutual Investment Model |
| MinFin | Ministry of Finance of Ukraine |
| MinRegion | Ministry for Communities and Territories Development of Ukraine |
| NEET | Not in Education, Employment or Training |
| NES | National Economic Strategy 2030 |
| NSDRM | National System for Disaster Risk Management |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| OHCHR | Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights |
| PIT | Personal Income Tax |
| PPP | Public-Private Partnership |
| RDA | Regional Development Agency |
| RDPC | Regional Development Policy Committee |
| SFRD | State Strategy for Regional Development |
| SFRD | State Fund for Regional Development |
| SFT | Scottish Futures Trust |
| SIGMA | Support for Improvement in Governance and Management initiative |
| SME | Small and Medium-sized Enterprise |
| SNIEG | National System of Statistical and Geographical Information Sistema Nacional de Información Estadística y Geográfica |
| SRC | Sector Reform Contract |
| SSRD | State Strategy for Regional Development |
| SSSU | State Statistics Service of Ukraine |
| TRNC | Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus |
| UAH | Ukrainian hryvnia (currency) |
| UK | United Kingdom |
| U-LEAD | Ukraine – Local Empowerment, Accountability and Development programme |
| UN | United Nations |
| UNDP | United Nations Development Programme |
| US | United States |
| USD | US dollar (currency) |
| UTC | Unified Territorial |
| VAT | Value Added Tax |