SME Policy Index: Eastern Partner Countries 2020

Abbreviations and acronyms

AA	Association Agreement (EU)
ABCA	Annual Business Climate Assessment
ACAA	Agreement on Conformity Assessment and Acceptance of Industrial Products
ACN	Anti-Corruption Network for Eastern Europe and Central Asia
ADR	alternative dispute resolution
AGEPI	State Agency on Intellectual Property of the Republic of Moldova
AMCU	Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine
AMD	Armenian dram (currency)
ARDA	Agricultural and Rural Development Agency of Georgia
ARMA	Agency for Recovery and Management of Assets of Ukraine
ArmStatA	State Statistical Committee of Armenia
ASK	National Confederation of Entrepreneurs (Employers) Organizations of the Republic of Azerbaijan
ATM	automated teller machine
AzAK	Azerbaijan Accreditation Centre
AZPROMO	Azerbaijan Export and Investment Promotion Agency
B2B	business to business
BBTC	Baku Business Training Centre
BDS	business development services
BEEPS	Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Survey
Belstat	National Statistical Committee of the Republic of Belarus
BEROC	Belarusian Economic Research and Outreach Center
BFFSE	Belarusian Fund for Financial Support of Entrepreneurs
BLA	bilateral agreement
BO	business ombudsman
BSCA	Belarusian State Centre for Accreditation
BSI	Business Support Infrastructure
BSO	Business support organisation
BYR	Belarusian ruble (currency)
CA	conformity assessment
CAERC	Centre of Analysis of Economic Reforms and Communication of Azerbaijan
CAS	Centres for Administrative Services of Ukraine
CC	Competition Council of Moldova
CCAA	Business Consultancy and Business Support Centre of Moldova
CCI	Chambers of Commerce and Industry
CEDA	Center for Entrepreneurial Education and Business Support
CEN	European Committee for Standardization
CENELEC	European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
CEPA	Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement
CETA	Centralised Exchange Trading in Azerbaijan
CGS	credit guarantee scheme
COSME	Competitiveness of Enterprises and Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
CPI	corruption perception index
CU	credit union
CUTIS	Canada-Ukraine Trade & Investment Support Project
DCFTA	Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area
DfID	Department for International Development of the UK
DG GROW	Director-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
DG NEAR	Director-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations
DigComp	European Digital Competence Framework
EA	European co-operation for Accreditation
EAC	Eurasian Conformity
EAEU	Eurasian Economic Union
EaP	Eastern Partner
EBRD	European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
EC	European Commission
EEAS	European External Action Service
EEN	Enterprise Europe Network
EIA	environmental impact assessment
EIB	European Investment Bank
EIC	European Innovation Council
EIF	Enterprise Incubator Foundation, Georgia
EIU	Economist Intelligence Unit
EMS	environmental management system
EntreComp	European Entrepreneurship Competence Framework
EPO	Export Promotion Office of Ukraine
EQF	European Qualifications Framework
ETF	European Training Foundation
ETSI	European Telecommunications Standards Institute
EU	European Union
EUR	euro (currency)
EuroMed	Euro-Mediterranean Partnership
FDI	foreign direct investment
FX	foreign exchange
GAF	German-Armenian Fund
GAP	Green Action Plan
GCA	Competition Agency of Georgia
GCI	Global Competitiveness Index (WEF)
GDP	Gross domestic product
GEL	Georgian lari (currency)
GENIE	Georgia National Innovation Ecosystem Project
Geostat	National Statistics Office of Georgia
GEOSTM	Georgia’s National Agency for Standards and Metrology
GITA	Georgia’s Innovation and Technology Agency
GIZ	Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit
GNI	Gross national income
GOST	State Union Standard
GVC	global value chain
HHI	Hirschman Herfindahl Index
HTP	High Technology Park in Belarus
IAF	International Accreditation Forum
ICT	information and communications technology
IDP	internally displaced persons
IEC	International Electrotechnical Commission
IFC	International Finance Corporation
IFI	International Finance Institution
IFRS	International Financial Reporting Standards
ILAC	International Laboratory Accreditation Co-operation
ILO	International Labour Organisation
IMF	International Monetary Fund
IP	Intellectual property
IPR	Intellectual property rights
ISIC	International Standard Industrial Classification
ISO	International Organisation for Standardisation
IT	Information technology
ITC	International Trade Center
KfW	Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau
KPI	key performance indicator
LED	local economic development
LLL	life-long learning
M&E	monitoring and evaluation
MAF	Ministry of Agriculture and Food of Ukraine
MART	Ministry of Antimonopoly Regulation and Trade of Belarus
MDETA	Ministry for Development of Economy, Trade and Agriculture of Ukraine
MFI	microfinance institution
MIEPO	Moldova Investment and Export Promotion Organisation
MLA	multilateral agreement
MDL	Moldovan leu (currency)
MNE	multinational enterprises
MoESD	Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia
MOLDAC	National Accreditation Centre of the Republic of Moldova
MoU	Memorandum of Understanding
MRA	Multilateral Recognition Agreement
MSME	micro, small and medium enterprises
NABU	National Anti-corruption Bureau of Ukraine
NAC	National Anti-corruption Centre of Moldova
NACP	National Agency on Corruption Prevention of Ukraine
NAPR	National Agency of Public Registry of Georgia
NARD	National Agency for Research and Development of Moldova
NAUU	National Accreditation Agency of Ukraine
NBG	National Bank of Georgia
NBU	National Bank of Ukraine
NEAP	National Environmental Action Programme of Georgia
NGO	Non-governmental organisation
NIS	Newly Independent States
NPL	non-performing loan
NQI	national quality infrastructure
NSB	national standardisation bodies
ODIMM	Organisation for SME Sector Development of Moldova
OECD	Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
OSCE	Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe
PES	Public Employment Services
PPC	public-private consultation
PPD	public private dialogue
PPJRAI	Public-Private Joint Regulation Advancement Initiative
PPL	Public Procurement Law
PPP	purchasing power parity
QI	quality infrastructure
R&D	research and development
RIA	regulatory impact analysis
SAPO	Specialised Anticorruption Prosecutor Office of Ukraine
SARAS	Service for Accounting, Reporting and Auditing Supervision of Georgia
SBA	Small Business Act for Europe
SBDA	Small Business Development Agency of Azerbaijan
SCPEC	State Commission for Protection of the Economic Competition of Armenia
SDG	Sustainable Development Goals
SES	State Employment Service of Ukraine
SIGMA	Support for Improvement in Governance and Management
SMBDA	Small and Medium Business Development Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan
SME	small and medium-sized enterprises
SME DNC	SME Development National Center of Armenia
SMEDA	Support for SME Development in Armenia
SMEDO	SME Development Office of Ukraine
SMEPI	Small and Medium Enterprise Policy Index
SOE	state-owned enterprise
SPA	State Procurement Agency of Georgia
SRS	State Regulatory Service of Ukraine
SSAPCRP	State Service for Antimonopoly Policy and Consumer Rights Protection of Azerbaijan
STAREP	Strengthening Auditing and Reporting in the Countries of the Eastern Partnership
TBT	Technical Barriers to Trade
TC	technical committees
TFIs	Trade Facilitation Indicators
TNA	training needs analysis
TR	technical regulation
TTO	technology transfer office
TÜRKAK	Turkish Accreditation Agency
UAE	United Arab Emirates
UAH	Ukrainian hryvnia (currency)
UkrNDNC	Ukrainian scientific-research and training center of issues of standardization, certification and quality
Ukrstat	State Statistics Service of Ukraine
UN	United Nations
UNCITRAL	United Nations Commission on International Trade Law
UNCTAD	United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
UNDP	United Nations Development Programme
UNESCO	United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
UNIC	Ukraine Network for Compliance and Integrity
UNIDO	United Nations Industrial Development Organization
UNODC	United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
USAID	United States Agency for International Development
USD	United States dollar (currency)
VAT	value-added tax
VC	venture capital
VET	vocational education and training
WB	World Bank
WB DB	World Bank's Doing Business
WB GENIE	World Bank Georgia National Innovation Ecosystem Project
WBT	Western Balkans and Turkey
WEF	World Economic Forum
WTO	World Trade Organisation
y-o-y	year-on-year