| ARMSTANDARD | National Body for Standards and Metrology (Armenia) |
| ASAN | Azerbaijani Service and Assessment Network |
| BDS | business development services |
| CA | conformity assessment |
| CAERC | Center for the Analysis of Economic Reforms and Communications |
| CM | comparable methodology |
| DigComp | EU Digital Competence Framework |
| EaP | Eastern Partnership |
| EBRD | European Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
| EEPO | Entrepreneurship and Export Promotion Office (Ukraine) |
| EIF | Enterprise Incubator Foundation |
| FDI | foreign direct investment |
| GNI | gross national income |
| GVC | global value chain |
| HEI | higher education institution |
| HPSU | high-potential start-up (Ireland) |
| IAF | International Accreditation Forum |
| ICA | Investment Council of Armenia |
| ICT | information and communications technology |
| IDDA | Innovation and Digital Development Agency |
| ILAC | International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation |
| KOBIA | Kiçik və Orta Biznesin İnkişafı Agentliyinə, or SME Development Agency (Azerbaijan) |
| KPI | key performance indicator |
| M&E | monitoring and evaluation |
| MoHTI | Ministry of High-Tech Industry (Armenia) |
| MoJ | Ministry of Justice |
| MoU | memorandum of understanding |
| MSMEs | micro, small and medium-sized enterprises |
| ODA | Organisation for the Development of Entrepreneurship (Moldova) |
| PPD | public-private dialogue |
| PPL | Public Procurement Law |
| R&D | research and development |
| RIA | regulatory impact assessment |
| SEDS | Socio-economic Development Strategy of the Republic of Azerbaijan 2022-2026 |
| SMEs | small and medium-size enterprises |
| STEM | science, technology, engineering and mathematics |
| VET | vocational education and training |
| y-on-y | year on year |
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