CONCORD Aidwatch Report 2016

ANNEX II: ABBREVIATIONS AAAA

Addis Ababa Action Agenda

Africa-Caribbean-Pacific

ACP

COP21

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) 21st annual Conference of the Parties (COP) in Paris from November to December 2015

CPDE

CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness

CRS

Creditor reporting system

CSOs

Civil society organisations

DAC

Development Assistance Committee of the OECD

DCF

Development Cooperation Forum

OECD DCD-DAC

Development Co­operation Directorate (DCD­DAC)

DG DevCo

European Commission Directorate­General for Development Cooperation

DG NEAR

European Commission Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations

DFI

Development finance institution

DFID

UK development ministry

EDF

European Development Fund

EC

European Commission

EU

European Union

EU CAR

European Union Bekou Trust Fund for the Central African Republic (“Bekou Trust Fund” – 2014)

EU MSs

European Union member states

EU-13

The 13 relatively recent EU member states

EU-15

The 15 longer­standing EU member states

EU-28

All EU member states

EUTFs

EU trust funds

EYD

European Year for Development

FfD

Financing for development

FTT

Financial transaction tax

FONPRODE

Spain’s development promotion fund

GDP

Gross domestic product

GNI

Gross national income

GPEDC

Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation

HLM

High­Level Meeting of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Co­operation (GPEDC)

IATI

International Aid Transparency Initiative

IDC

International development cooperation

LDCs

Least developed countries

LIC

Low­income country

MFA

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

MICs

Middle­income country

MSs

Member States

NP

CONCORD national platform

ODA

Official development assistance

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