COMMUNICATION
LIST OF ACRONYMS
Most of the time, an acronym is a word formed from the first letters of longer words. It is an abbreviation that is pronounced like a word itself.
They are frequently used in European funds, which is why we provide a list of the most common ones that may be found on this website and in technical reference documents.
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AA |
Audit Authority |
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AGE |
General State Administration |
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CA |
Certifying Authority |
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CIP |
Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme |
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CPR |
Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 laying down common and general provisions on the ERDF. |
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CPSO |
Criteria and Procedures for the Selection of Operations |
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CSF |
Common Strategic Framework |
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CSPO |
Criteria for the Selection and Prioritisation of Operations |
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DECA |
Document setting out the conditions for support |
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DGEF |
Directorate-General for European Funds (Ministry of Finance and Civil Service) |
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EAFRD |
European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development |
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EC |
European Commission |
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EEA |
European Economic Area (the 28 EU member countries plus the members of the EFTA) |
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EFTA |
European Free Trade Association (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland) |
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EMFF |
European Maritime and Fisheries Fund |
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EoI |
Expressions of Interest |
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ERDF |
European Regional Development Fund |
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ESF |
European Social Fund |
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ESIF |
European Structural and Investment Funds (in Spain: ERDF, ESF, EAFRD, and EMFF) |
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EU |
European Union |
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EU2020 |
Europe 2020 Strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth |
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ExU |
Executing Units (beneficiaries) |
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GERIP |
Spanish Group of Information and Publicity Managers |
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GRECO-AGE |
Group of Communication Managers of the General State Administration |
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H2020 |
EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020) (Horizon 2020) |
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IB |
Intermediate Body |
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IC |
Intervention Category |
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ICB |
Intermediate Certification Body |
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ICT |
Information and Communication Technologies |
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IGAE |
General Intervention Board of the State Administration |
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IMB |
Intermediate Management Body |
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IP |
Investment Priority |
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ISUDS |
Integrated Sustainable Urban Development Strategy |
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IU |
Implementation Unit |
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LA |
Line of Action |
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MA |
Managing Authority |
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MINHAFP (or MHFP) |
Ministry of Finance and Civil Service |
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MINHAP |
Ministry of Finance and Public Administrations (former name) |
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MU |
Management Unit |
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NUTS |
Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics In Spain:
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OIL |
Intermediate Organising Body (‘Organismo Intermedio Ligero’) |
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OJEU |
Official Journal of the European Union |
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OLAF |
European Anti-Fraud Office |
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OP |
Operational Programme |
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OP SG |
Smart Growth Operational Programme |
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OP SustG |
Sustainable Growth Operational Programme |
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OSF |
Fund Management Body (‘Organismo con Senda Financiera’) |
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PA |
Priority Axis |
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PA12 |
Priority Axis 12 of the Sustainable Growth Operational Programme: Urban Axis |
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POPE |
Multiregional Operational Programme for Spain (new name of the programme that brings together the Sustainable Growth and the Smart Growth Operational Programmes since December 2018). |
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R&D&I |
Research, Development and Innovation |
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RIU |
Network of Urban Initiatives (Red de Iniciativas Urbanas – RIU), a sectoral network under the Spanish National Strategic Reference Framework (NSRF) 2007-2013 acting as a coordination mechanism for urban development and EU funds. |
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SO |
Specific Objective |
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SWOT |
Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats in a field or sector |
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TA |
Technical Assistance |
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TFEU |
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union |
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TO |
Thematic Objective [as defined in Art. 9 of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 - CPR] |
