| AD&C | Development and Cohesion Agency |
| AICEP | Portugal Global - Trade and Investment Agency |
| ANI | National Innovation Agency |
| ARI | Residence Permit for Investment (ARI) scheme |
| B2B | Business-to-business |
| BPF | National Promotional Bank |
| CO2 | Carbon-dioxide |
| CCDR | Regional Coordination and Development Commission |
| CEIE | Strategic Council for the Internationalisation of the Economy |
| CIC | Inter-ministerial Coordination Commission for Portugal 2020 |
| CIMs/IMCs | Inter-Municipal Councils |
| CITs | Technological Interface Centres |
| CNEI | National Council on Entrepreneurship and Innovation |
| CoLabs | Collaborative Laboratories |
| COMPETE 2020 | Operational Programme for Competitiveness and Internationalisation |
| CPAI | Permanent Commission for Investor Support |
| DESI | EU Digital Economy and Society Index |
| EAFRD | European agricultural fund for rural development |
| EC | European Commission |
| EDRF | European Regional Development Fund |
| EMCE | Task Force for the Capitalisation of Companies |
| ESF | European Social Fund |
| ESPON | European Spatial Planning Observation Network |
| EU | European Union |
| FATS | Foreign Affiliates Statistics |
| FDI | Foreign direct investment |
| FUA | Functional Urban Area |
| GDP | Gross domestic product |
| GPEARI | Office for Economic Policy and International Affairs of the Ministry of Finance |
| GVCs | Global value chains |
| GVA | Gross value added |
| IAPMEI | Competitiveness and Innovation Agency |
| ICT | Information & Communication Technology |
| INE | National Statistics Institution |
| INPI | National Industrial Property Institute |
| IPA | Investment Promotion Agency |
| IPVC | Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo |
| KIS | Knowledge-intensive services |
| M&E | Monitoring and evaluation |
| MNE | Multinational Enterprise |
| NEET | People not in education, employment or training |
| NUTS | Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| OLI | Ownership-Location-Internationalisation |
| OMF | Output Monitoring Framework |
| PCT | Patent cooperation treaty |
| PDR | Rural Development Programme |
| PGA | Portugal Global Evaluation Plan |
| PNAID | National Diaspora Investment Support Programme |
| PNPOT | National Spatial Planning Policy Programme |
| QUAR | Evaluation and Accountability Framework |
| R&D | Research and development |
| R&D&I | Research and development and innovation |
| RFAI | Tax regime for investment support |
| S2B | Science-to-business |
| SDEA | Azores Business Development Society |
| SIFIDE | System of Fiscal Incentives for Business Research and Innovation |
| SI I&DT | Portugal 2020 Incentives System for Research and Technological Development |
| SMEs | Small and medium sized enterprises |
| SNG | Subnational governments |
| TL2/TL3 | Territorial Level 2/3 |
| TRNC | Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC |
| USD | United States Dollars |
| VET | Vocational education and training |
| WIPO | World Intellectual Property Organisation |
Strengthening FDI and SME Linkages in Portugal
