| AGIS | Automated geographic information system |
| AI | Artificial intelligence |
| BTOP | Broadband Technology Opportunities Program |
| CAGR | Compound annual growth rate |
| CCTTs | College Centres for the Transfer of Technologies and Innovative Social Practices |
| CCUS | Carbon capture, utilisation and storage |
| CDC | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| CENRED | Centre for Rural Economic Development |
| CERRA | Center for Educator Recruitment, Retention, and Advancement |
| CLLD | Community-led local development |
| COVID-19 | Coronavirus disease of 2019 |
| CSR | Corporate social responsibility |
| DCN | Dakota Carrier Network |
| DEGURBA | Degree of urbanisation |
| DRT | Demand-responsive transport |
| EAFRD | European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development |
| EC | European Commission |
| EMFF | European Maritime and Fisheries Fund |
| ERDF | European Regional Development Fund |
| ESF | European Social Fund |
| ESG | Environmental, social and governance |
| ESPON | European Spatial Planning Observation Network |
| EU | European Union |
| EU-LFS | EU Labour Force Survey |
| FDI | Foreign direct investment |
| FPIC | Free, prior and informed consent |
| FRA | Functional rural area |
| FUA | Functional urban area |
| GAK | Joint Task for the “Improvement of Agricultural Structures and Coastal Protection” (Gemeinschaftsaufgabe "Verbesserung der Agrarstruktur und des Küstenschutzes”) |
| GAP | Southeastern Anatolia Project |
| GDP | Gross domestic product |
| GHG | Greenhouse gas |
| GRW | Joint Task of Improving Regional Economic Structure (Gemeinschaftsaufgabe) |
| GVA | Gross value added |
| GVC | Global value chains |
| ICCA | Indigenous and community conserved area |
| ICT | Information and communication technology |
| IISD-ELA | International Institute for Sustainable Development-Experimental Lakes Area |
| LEADER | Links between actions for the development of rural economy (Liaison entre actions de développement de l'économie rurale) |
| LGFA | Local government financing agency |
| LPG | Liquefied petroleum gas |
| MFA | Mobility functional areas |
| MLG | Multi-level governance |
| MR | Metropolitan TL3 region |
| MUNIFI | Municipal government finance database |
| NACE | Statistical classification of economic activities in the European Community |
| NIEPS | Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions |
| NMR | Non-metropolitan TL3 region |
| OADR | Old-age dependency ratio |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| PBIP | Place-based industrial policies |
| PFM | Public financial management |
| PGF | Provincial Growth Fund |
| PISA | Programme for International Student Assessment |
| PPP | Public-private partnership |
| RACA | Rural Agenda for Climate Action |
| RDA | Regional Development Australia |
| RDPC | OECD Regional Development Policy Committee |
| RE | Renewable energy |
| SME | Small and medium-sized enterprises |
| STAR | Specific assets of rural places, tradeable specialization, access to urban markets and rural-urban linkages, and resources (natural resources) |
| TFP | Total factor productivity |
| TL | Territorial level |
| TL2 | Territorial level 2 |
| TL3 | Territorial level 3 |
| TIA | Territorial impact assessment |
| TSA | Towns and semi-dense areas |
| UNDRIP | United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples |
| UNESCO | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
| WPRUR | Working Party on Rural Policy |
| WPTI | Working Party on Territorial Indicators |
| WPURB | Working Party on Urban Policy |
Reinforcing Rural Resilience
