| AfDB | African Development Bank |
| ALGEX | Algerian Agency for the Promotion of Foreign Trade |
| AMDIE | Agency for the Development of Investment and Exports (Morocco) |
| ANDI | National Agency for Investment Development (Algeria) |
| ANDPME | National Agency for SME Development (Algeria) |
| ANGEM | National Microcredit Agency (Algeria) |
| ANSEJ | National Agency for the Support of Youth Employment (Algeria) |
| APII | Agency for the Promotion of Industry and Innovation (Tunisia) |
| BAM | Bank Al-Maghrib (the Moroccan Central Bank) |
| BDC | Business Development Centre (Jordan) |
| BDL | Central Bank of Lebanon |
| BDS | business development services |
| BFPME | Tunisian SME Bank |
| CACI | Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Algeria) |
| CAGEX | Company of Export Guarantees (Algeria) |
| CAPMAS | Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (Egypt) |
| CASNOS | Institute for Social Security for the Self-Employed and Independent Professionals (Algeria) |
| CAWTAR | Centre of Arab Women for Training and Research |
| CBE | Central Bank of Egypt |
| CCG | Credit Guarantee Agency (Morocco) |
| CGC | Credit Guarantee Company (Egypt) |
| CGEM | National Confederation of Moroccan Enterprises |
| CGGI | Fund of Guarantees for Credit Investment (Algeria) |
| CIP | Capital Investment Programme (Lebanon) |
| CNAS | National Social Security Institute (Algeria) |
| CNC | National Consultation Council for SME Development (Algeria) |
| CNRC | National Centre of the Commercial Register (Algeria) |
| CNEA | National Committee of the Business Climate (Morocco) |
| CREOL | Online System for Enterprise Creation (Morocco) |
| DGI | General Directorate for Taxes (Morocco) |
| DGPME | General Directorate for SMEs (Tunisia) |
| DGRA | General Directorate for Reform and Administrative Outlook (Tunisia) |
| DOS | Department of Statistics (Jordan) |
| EASME | Executive Agency for Small & Medium Enterprises (EU) |
| EBESM | Enhancement of the Business Environment in the Southern Mediterranean Project |
| EBI | Egyptian Banking Institute |
| EBRD | European Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
| EEN | European Enterprise Network |
| EEWC | Economic Empowerment of Women Centre Israel |
| EFSA | Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority |
| EIB | European Investment Bank |
| EIP | Entrepreneurship Indicators Programme (OECD-Eurostat) |
| ELCIM | Euro-Lebanese Centre for Industrial Modernisation |
| ENTRECOMP | European Entrepreneurship Key Competence Framework |
| EPCGF | European-Palestinian Credit Guarantee Fund |
| ERRADA | Egyptian Regulatory Reform and Development Activity |
| ETF | European Training Foundation |
| EU | European Union |
| FGAR | Algerian Credit Guarantee Fund for SMEs |
| FICC | Federation of Israeli Chambers of Commerce |
| FTA | Foreign Trade Administration (Israel) |
| GAFI | General Authority for Investment and Free Zones (Egypt) |
| GDF | Governorate Development Fund (Jordan) |
| GEM | Global Entrepreneurship Monitor |
| GIZ | German development agency |
| GPA | General Procurement Authority (Israel) |
| HCP | National Statistics Office (Morocco) |
| IBEL | Improving the Business Environment in Lebanon |
| ICE | single identification number (Morocco) |
| ICRAM | Concerted Initiative for Strengthening Moroccan Achievements (Initiative Concerée pour le renforcement des Acquis des Marocaines) |
| IDA | Industrial Development Authority (Egypt) |
| IDAL | Investment Development Agency (Lebanon) |
| IEICI | Israel Export and International Co-operation Institute |
| IFC | International Finance Corporation |
| ILO | International Labour Organization |
| IMC | Industrial Modernisation Centre (Egypt) |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| ISO | International Organisation for Standards |
| ITC | Industrial Training Centre (Egypt chapter only) |
| ITC | International Trade Centre |
| JEDCO | Jordan Enterprise Development Corporation |
| JEGP | Jordan Economic Growth Plan for 2018-2022 |
| JLGC | Jordan Loan Guarantee Corporation |
| LENS | Local Enterprise Support Project Jordan |
| LLWB | Lebanese League for Women in Business |
| MAOF | Small Business Development Centres (Israel) |
| MED | Mediterranean Middle East and North Africa |
| MSME | micro, small and medium-sized enterprises |
| MSMEDA | MSME Development Agency (Egypt) |
| M&E | monitoring and evaluation |
| NBA | National Business Agenda (Tunisia) |
| NCLW | National Commission for Lebanese Women |
| NEET | not in education, employment or training |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| OMPIC | National Office for Intellectual and Commercial Property (Morocco) |
| OMSAR | Office of the Minister of State for Administrative Reform (Lebanon) |
| ONS | National Statistics Office (Algeria) |
| P2P | peer-to-peer (lending) |
| PAD-PME | Project for the Support of SME Development (Algeria) |
| PIPA | Palestinian Investment Promotion Agency |
| PMA | Palestinian Monetary Authority |
| PPD | public-private dialogue |
| PROMEX | Office of Promotion of Foreign Trade (Algeria) |
| RIA | regulatory impact analysis |
| SBA | Small Business Act for Europe |
| SFD | Social Fund for Development (Egypt) |
| SMBA | Small and Medium Business Agency (Israel) |
| SMBF | Small and Medium Business Fund (Israel) |
| SMEs | micro, small and medium-sized enterprises |
| TAIEX | Technical Assistance and Information Exchange instrument (European Union) |
| TVET | technical and vocational education and training |
| UGTA | General Union of Algerian Workers |
| UNCITRAL | United Nations Commission on International Trade Law |
| UNIDO | United Nations Industrial Development Organisation |
| USAID | United States Agency for International Development |
| UTICA | Union of Industry, Commerce and Crafts (Tunisia) |
| VC | venture capital |
| VET | vocational education and training |
| WB | World Bank |
| WTO | World Trade Organisation |
The Mediterranean Middle East and North Africa 2018
Interim Assessment of Key SME Reforms