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HDI – Human Development Index HLPF – High-Level Political Forum
PCD – Plan Communal de Développement (Communal Development Plan, Benin)
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ICSD – Inter-Departmental Commission for Sustainable Development (Belgium)
REFELA – Réseau des Femmes Elues Locales d’Afrique (Network for Locally Elected Women of Africa)
ICT – Information and communication technology IMA-Stadt – Interministerieller Arbeitskreis Nachhaltige Stadtentwicklung (Inter-Ministerial Working Group on Sustainable Urban Development, Germany) IPO – Interprovinciaal Overleg (Association of Provinces of the Netherlands) IULA – International Union of Local Authorities
RICD – Rede Intermunicipal de Cooperação para o Desenvolvimento (Inter-Municipal Network of Cooperation and Development, Portugal) RPJMD – Rencana Pembangunan Jangka Menengah Daerah (Regional Medium-Term Development Plan, Indonesia)
S SALGA – South African Local Government Association
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SDGs – Sustainable Development Goals
KIMO – Kommunenes Internasjonale Miljøorganisasjon (Local Authorities International Environmental Organization)
SKEW – Servicestelle Kommunen in der Einen Welt (Service Agency Communities in One World, Germany)
KL – Kommunernes Landsforening (Local Government Association of Denmark)
SKL – Sveriges Kommuner och Landsting (Municipalities and County Councils of Sweden)
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LAG 21 NRW – Landesarbeitsgemeinschaft Agenda 21 Nordrhein-Westfalen (State Work Community on Agenda 21 for North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany)
UCCI – Unión de Ciudades Capitales Iberoamericanas (Union of Ibero-American Capital Cities)
LCP – League of Cities of the Philippines
UCLG ASPAC – United Cities and Local Governments of Asia Pacific
LCSD – Local Councils for Sustainable Development (Republic of Korea) LGAs – Local and regional government associations LGD – Local Government Division (Bangladesh) LMP – League of Municipalities of the Philippines
UCLGA – United Cities and Local Governments of Africa
UCLG Eurasia – United Cities and Local Governments of Eurasia UCLG-MEWA – United Cities and Local Governments of Middle East and West Asia
LPP – League of Provinces of the Philippines
UCT – Union des Communes du Togo (Union of Municipalities of Togo)
LRGs – Local and Regional Governments
ULAP – Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines
LSAK – Local Sustainability Alliance of Korea
UNCDF – United Nations Capital Development Fund
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UNDESA – United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
MDGs – Millennium Development Goals
UNDP – United Nations Development Programme
MPA – Maritime Protected Area
UNGL – Unión Nacional de Gobiernos Locales (National Union of Local Governments, Costa Rica)
MuAN – Municipal Association of Nepal
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UN-Habitat – United Nations Human Settlements Programme UPGP – Union Parishad Governance Project (Bangladesh)
NALAG – National Association of Local Authorities of Ghana
UVCW – Union des Villes et Communes de Wallonie (Union of Cities and Municipalities of Walloon)
NEDA – National Economic and Development Authority (Indonesia)
UvW – Unie van Waterschappen (Dutch Water Authorities)
NGOs – Non-Governmental Organizations NITI Aayog – National Institution for Transforming India Nrg4SD – Network of Regional Governments for Sustainable Development
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UZGP – Upazila Governance Project (Bangladesh)
V VNG – Vereniging van Nederlandse Gemeenten (Association of Dutch Municipalities) VNR – Voluntary National Review
ODA – Official Development Assistance
VVSG – Vereniging van Vlaamse Steden en Gemeenten (Association of Flemish Cities and Towns)
ORU-Fogar – Organisation des Régions Unies-Forum Global des Associations Régionales (Organization of United Regions – Global Forum of Regional Associations)
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OSSAP-SDGs – Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on the SDGs (Nigeria)
WICI – Women in Cities International
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