| ADG | Public employment service of the German-speaking community (Arbeitsamt der Deutschsprachigen Gemeinschaft) |
| AFT | Employment training centre (Ateliers de Formation par le travail) |
| ALE | Local Employment Agencies (Agences Locales pour l’Emploi) |
| ALMPs | Active Labour Market Policies |
| AMU | Vocational training centres in Denmark (Arbejdsmarkedsuddannelser) |
| ASBL | Not-for-profit organisations or associations (Associations sans but lucratif) |
| BA | German public employment service (Bundesagentur für Arbeit) |
| BCR | Brussels-Capital Region |
| BEE | Bruxelles Economie et Emploi |
| CAPAC | Auxiliary fund for the payment of unemployment insurance benefits (Caisse auxiliaire de paiement des allocations de chômage) |
| CDO | Vocational school dispensing teaching in Dutch (Centrum voor Deeltijds Onderwijs) |
| CE2D | Certificate of upper secondary education (Certificat d’enseignement secondaire du deuxième degré) |
| CEB | Basic education certificate (Certificat d'études de base) |
| CEFA | Education and dual learning centres (Centres d'Éducation et de Formation en Alternance) |
| CESS | Secondary school diplomas (Certificat d'enseignement secondaire supérieur) |
| CESS | Certificate of upper secondary education (Certificat d’enseignement secondaire supérieur) |
| CGSLB | General Confederation of Liberal Trade Unions of Belgium (Centrale générale des syndicats libéraux de Belgique) |
| COCOF | French Community Commission (Commission Communautaire Française) |
| COCOM | Common Community Commission (Commission Communautaire Commune) |
| CPAS | Social assistance centre (Centres publiques d’action sociale) |
| CQ | Qualification certificate (Certificats de qualification) |
| CSC | Confederation of Christian Trade Unions (Confédération des Syndicats chrétiens) |
| CV | Curriculum vitae |
| CVO | Adult education centres dispensing teaching in Dutch (Centrum voor Volwassenenonderwijs) |
| EPS | Vocational adult education dispensing teaching in French (Enseignement de promotion sociale) |
| ETA | Adapted work enterprise (Entreprises de Travail Adapté) |
| EU | European Union |
| EUR | Euros |
| FGTB | General Labour Federation of Belgium (Fédération générale du travail de Belgique) |
| HOVO | Higher Education for The Elderly (Hoger Onderwijs Voor Ouderen) |
| IAP | Individual Action Plan |
| IBSA | Brussels Institute for Statistics and Analysis (Institut Bruxellois de Statistique et d'Analyse) |
| ICT | Information and communication technology |
| IRE | Regional labour inspectorate (Inspection Régionale de l’Emploi) |
| ISCED | International Standard Classification of Education |
| ISCO | International Standard Classification of Occupations |
| JVS | Job Vacancy Survey |
| LFS | Labour Force Survey |
| LPM | Linear probability model |
| NACE | Statistical Classification of Economic Activities in the European Community |
| NAICS | North American Industry Classification System |
| NEET | Youth neither in employment nor in education and training |
| NUTS | Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics |
| OISP | Not-for-profit associations providing training and labour market services (Organismes d’insertion socio-professionnelle) |
| ONEM | National Employment Office (Office National de l’Emploi) |
| PES | Public employment service |
| PFE | Sector-focused training centres (Pôles Formation Emploi) |
| PPP | Public Private Partnership |
| PTP | Programme for professional transition (Programme de transition professionnelle) |
| RCT | Randomised Control Trial |
| RIS | Minimum income benefits (Revenu d’intégration sociale) |
| SFPME/EFP | Dual learning service for SMEs dispensing teaching in French (Service Formation des PME/Espace Formation) |
| SIP | Placement internship (Stage d’insertion professionnelle) |
| SME | Small- and Medium-sized enterprise |
| SPF | Federal public service (Service Public Féderal) |
| SPI | Not-for-profit associations providing training (Socioprofessionele Inschakeling) |
| StatBel | Statistics Belgium |
| TE | Finnish public employment service (Työ-ja elinkeinotoimisto) |
| TL | Territorial level |
| TZCLD | Territories with zero long-term unemployment (Territoires Zéro Chômeur de Longue Durée) |
| UI | Unemployment insurance |
| VCO | Centre providing adult vocational education in Dutch (Centrum voor Volwassenenonderwijs) |
| VDAB | Public employment service of the Flemish Region (Vlaamse Dienst voor Arbeidsbemiddeling en Beroepsopleiding) |
| VET | Vocational education and training |
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