Youth at the Centre of Government Action

Abbreviations and acronyms

AED	United Arab Emirates Dirham
ANAPEC	Agence Nationale de Promotion de l'Emploi et des Compétences (National Agency for Promotion of Employment and Skills, in Morocco)
APS	Australian Public Service
ATI	Access to information
CAD	Canadian Dollar
CCJAA	Conseil Consultatif de la Jeunesse et de l'Action Associative (Consultative Council for Youth and Associative Action, in Morocco)
CE-BSG	Centre d'Excellence pour la Budgétisation Sensible au Genre (Centre of Excellence for Gender Responsive Budgeting, in Morocco)
CESE	Conseil Économique Social et Environnemental (Economic, Social and Environmental Council, in France and in Morocco)
CGJL – de Jugendrot	Conférence Générale de la Jeunesse du Luxembourg (National Youth Council of Luxembourg)
CoG	Centre of government
CRC	(United Nations) Convention on the Rights of a Child
CRÉDOC	Centre de Recherche pour l'Étude et l'Observation des Conditions de Vie (Research Centre for the Study and Observation of Living Conditions, in France)
CSO	Civil society organisation
CSSS	Cultural Enrichment and Sports Excellence Strategy (in Qatar)
DJEPVA	Direction de la Jeunesse, de l’Éducation Populaire et de la Vie Associative (Youth, Non-Formal Education and Voluntary Organisation Directorate, in France)
EU	European Union
EUR	Euro
EYC	Emirates Youth Council (in the United Arab Emirates)
FAMSI	Fondo Andaluz de Municipios para la Solidaridad Internacional (Andalusian Fund of Municipalities for International Solidarity)
FAO	(United Nations) Food and Agriculture Organization
GBO	Gestion du Budget par Objectifs (Budget Management by Objectives, in Tunisia)
GCC	Gulf Cooperation Council
GDP	Gross domestic product
GRB	Gender-responsive budgeting
GTZ	Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (German Corporation for International Cooperation)
GYC	Global Youth Council (in the United Arab Emirates)
HR	Human resources
ICCPR	(United Nations) International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
ILO	(United Nations) International Labour Organisation
IMJUVE	Instituto Mexicano de la Juventud (Mexican Institute of Youth)
IPU	Inter-Parliamentary Union
JOD	Jordanian Dinar
KPI	Key performance indicator
MAD	Moroccan Dirham
MENA	Middle East and North Africa
MENA FN	Middle East North Africa Financial Network
MoU	Memorandum of understanding
MP	Member of parliament
MTEF	Medium-term expenditure framework
MUCF	Myndigheten för ungdoms- och civilsamhällesfrågor (Swedish Agency for Youth and Civil Society)
NATO	North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NDI	National Democratic Institute (in the United States of America)
NEET	Not in employment, education or training
NGO	Non-governmental organisation
NYC	National Youth Council
NYS	National Youth Strategy
OECD	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
OGP	Open Government Partnership
OHCRH	(United Nations) Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
ONJ	Observatoire Nationale de la Jeunesse (National Observatory for Youth, in Tunisia)
PNIJ	Politique Nationale Intégrée de la Jeunesse (National Integrated Policy on Youth, in Morocco)
RIA	Regulatory impact assessment
RMM	Mediterranean Network of Medinas (in Morocco)
RTI	Right to information
SDG	(United Nations) Sustainable Development Goal
SER	Sociaal-Economische Raad (Social and Economic Council, in the Netherlands)
SIGMA	Support for Improvement in Governance and Management
SNIJ	Stratégie Nationale Intégrée de la Jeunesse (National Integrated Strategy on Youth, in Morocco)
SWOT	(Analysis of) Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats
TND	Tunisian Dinar
UDHR	(United Nations) Universal Declaration of Human Rights
UN	United Nations
UN ESCWA	United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia
UNCRC	United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child
UNDESA	United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
UNDP	United Nations Development Programme
UNESCO	United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation
UNFPA	United Nations Population Fund
UNGA	United Nations General Assembly
UNHCR	United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
UNICEF	United Nations Children's Fund
UNSC	United Nations Security Council
URSM	Urad Republike Slovenije za mladino (Council of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia for Youth)
USD	United States Dollar
WPAY	(United Nations) World Programme of Action for Youth
YO	Youth organisation

 

Codes for OECD countries
AUS Australia	ESP Spain	JPN Japan	PRT Portugal
AUT Austria	EST Estonia	KOR Korea	SVK Slovak Republic
BEL Belgium	FIN Finland	LTU Lithuania	SVN Slovenia
CAN Canada	FRA France	LUX Luxembourg	SWE Sweden
CHE Switzerland	GBR United Kingdom	LVA Latvia	TUR Turkey
CHL Chile	GRC Greece	MEX Mexico	USA United States
CZE Czech Republic	HUN Hungary	NLD Netherlands
COL Colombia	IRL Ireland	NOR Norway
CRI Costa Rica	ISL Iceland	NZL New Zealand
DEU Germany	ISR Israel	OECD OECD average
DNK Denmark	ITA Italy	POL Poland

 

Codes for MENA economies
ALG Algeria	KWT Kuwait	OMN Oman	UAE United Arab Emirates
BHR Bahrain	LBN Lebanon	PA Palestinian Authority	YEM Yemen
DJI Djibouti	LBY Libya	QAT Qatar
EGY Egypt	MRT Mauritania	KSA Saudi Arabia
IRQ Iraq	MENA MENA average	SYR Syria
JOR Jordan	MOR Morocco	TUN Tunisia