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ADB : Asian Development Bank
AHSG : Ad hoc steering group
AoA : Assessment of Assessments
AR4 : Assessment Report 4
CAREC : Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia
CBD : Convention on Biological Diversity
CEP : Committee on Environmental Policy
CIA : Central Intelligence Agency
CSR : Corporate Social Responsibility
DEWA : Division of Early Warning and Assessment
DG : Directorate General
DPSIR : Driving forces-Pressures-State-Impacts-Responses
EBRD : European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
EC : European Commission
ECLAC : Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
EEA : European Environment Agency
EE-AoA : Europe' s environment: An Assessment of Assessments
EEB : European Environmental Bureau
EECCA : Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia
EfE process : Environment for Europe process
EFTA : European Free Trade Association
EIA : Environmental impact assessment
Eionet : European Information and Observation Network
ENPI : European Neighbourhood Partnership Instrument of the EU
EPR : Environment performance review
ETC : European Topic Centre
EU : European Union
EUREAU : European Federation of National Associations of Water and Wastewater Services
Eurostat : Statistical Office of the European Communities
EUWI : European Water Initiative
FAO : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
FAO-Aquastat : FAO' s global information system on water and agriculture
GDP : Gross domestic product
GEA : Greening the Economy with Agriculture
GEF : Global Environment Facility
GEI : Green Economy Initiative
GEO : Global Environment Outlook
GGGI : Global Green Growth Institute
GHG : Greenhouse gas
GIS : Geographic information system
GLAAS : Global Annual Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water
GMES : Global Monitoring for Environment and Security
GRAMED : Global and Regional Assessments of the Marine Environment Database
GRDC : Global Runoff Data Centre
GRID : Global Resource Information Database
GWP : Global Water Partnership
HELCOM : Helsinki Commission — Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission
HiTs : Health system profiles
IBNET : International Benchmarking Network for Water and Sanitation Utilities
ICSD : Interstate Commission for Sustainable Development of Central Asia
ICT : Information and Communication Technologies
ICWC : Interstate Commission for Water Coordination of Central Asia
ICZM : Integrated Coastal Zone Management
IHP : International Hydrological Programme
IISD : International Institute for Sustainable Development
ILO : International Labour Organisation
IMF : International Monetary Fund
INSPIRE : Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe
IOC-UNESCO : Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO
IPBES : International Platform of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
IPCC : Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
IRWS : International Recommendation for Water Statistics
IT : Information technology
IWRM : Integrated water resource management
JMP : WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme
JRC : Joint Research Centre
KEO : Carpathians Environment Outlook
LCA : Life-cycle analysis
MDG : Millennium Development Goal
MDIAK : Reporting chain: Monitoring — Data — Indicators — Assessments — Knowledge
NESDCA : Network of Experts for Sustainable Development of Central Asia
NFP : National focal point
NGO : Non-governmental organisation
OAS : Organisation of American States
OECD : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
OSCE : Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe
PEBLDS : Pan-European Biological and Landscape Diversity Strategy
PPP : public private partnership
RBO : River Basin Organisation
REC : Regional Environmental Centre
Reportnet : Eionet' s infrastructure for supporting and improving data and information flows
Rio 2012 : Earth Summit 2012
SCL : Saliency — Credibility — Legitimacy
SCP : Sustainable consumption and production
SEBI : Streamlining European 2010 Biodiversity Indicators
SEEAW : System of Environmental-Economic Accounting for Water
SEIS : Shared Environmental Information System
SENSE : Shared European National State of the Environment — the EEA/Eionet project for SOER 2010
SIA : Strategic impact assessment
SIWI : Stockholm International Water Institute
SNA : System of national accounts
SoE : State of the environment
SOER : Environment state and outlook report
SOER 2010 : European environment — state and outlook 2010 report
TEEB : The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity
UK : United Kingdom
UN : United Nations
UNCSD : United Nation Commission on Sustainable Development
UNDP : United Nations Development Programme
UNECE : United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
UNECE/WGEMA : UNECE' s Working Group on Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
UNEP : United Nations Environment Programme
UNEP-GEMS : United Nations Environment Programme Global Environmental Monitoring System
UNEP-WCMC : UNEP World Conversation Monitoring Centre
UNESCAP : United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
UNESCO : United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
UNFCCC : United Nation Framework Convention on Climate Change
UNGA : United Nations General Assembly
UNICEF : United Nations Children' s Fund
UNSC : United Nation Statistical Commission
UNSD : United Nations Statistical Division
USA : United States of America
USAID : United States Agency for International Development
WBCSD : World Business Council for Sustainable Development
WFD : Water Framework Directive
WHO : World Health Organisation
WISE : Water Information System for Europe
WMO : World Meteorological Organisation
WRI : World Resources Institute
WWAP : World Water Assessment Programme
WWC : World Water Council
WWDR : World Water Development Report
WWF : World Wide Fund for Nature
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