Abbreviations

AICCRE Associazione italiana per il Consiglio dei Comuni e delle Regioni d’Europa / Italian Association for the Council of European Municipalities and Regions CCRE/CEMR Conseil des Communes et Régions d’Europe / Council of European Municipalities and Regions CLGF Commonwealth Local Government Forum

CUF Cités Unies France (United Cities France) ECLAC Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean ESCAP Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific ESCWA Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia ESOF EuroScience Open Forum FAMSI Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies

G20

premier forum for international economic cooperation GIS Geographic Information System HLPF High Level Political Forum in New York HLRS High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart ISM Municipal Sustainable Development Index

ITU

International Telecommunication Union

MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology PNDES Plan National de Développement Économique et Social / National Economic and Social Development Plan PPSU Penang Platform for Sustainable Urbanisation SDGs Sustainable Development Goals SFM State Municipal Financing System UCLG United Cities and Local Governments UN75 75th Anniversary of the United Nations UNCDF UN Capital Development Fund UNDP United Nations Development Programme UN/ECA United Nations Economic Commission for Africa UN/ECE United Nations Economic Commission for Europe UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change VLR Voluntary Local Review VNR National Voluntary Review VVSG Vereniging van Vlaamse Steden en Gemeenten / Association of Flemish Towns and Municipalities