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There are many abbreviations used in both sustainability and community work. This list brings them together
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AAP Area Action Plan
ABCD Achieving Better Community Development
ABI Area Based Initiative
ACD Active Communities Directorate
ACEVO Association for Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations
ACP African, Caribbean and Pacific nations
ACR+ Association of Cities and Regions for Recycling and Sustainable Resource Management
ACRE Action with Communities in Rural England
ACTOR Aalborg Commitments Tools and Resources
ACU Active Communities Unit
AD Avoided Deforestation
ALGE Association of Local Government Ecologists
ALMO Arms Length Management Organisation
AMICA Adoption and Migration – an Integrated Climate Policy Approach
AMR Annual Monitoring Report
ANPED Northern Alliance for Sustainability (formerly known as the Alliance of Northern People for Environment and Development)
AOIS Alliance of Small Island States
APA Annual Performance Assessment
AR4 UN IPCC Fourth Assessment Report
ASC Academy for Sustainable Communities
ATT Arms Trade Treaty
bassac British Association of Settlements and Social Action Centres
BAP Biodiversity Action Plan
BASIS Building and Sustaining Infrastructure Services
BIG Big Lottery Fund
BME Black, Minority Ethnic
BRN Black Regeneration Network
BRT Bus Rapid Transit (regional express)
BTCV British Trust for Conservation Volunteers
BTEG Black Training and Enterprise Group
BWEA British Wind Energy Association
CAAT Campaign Against Arms Trade
C&C Contract and Convergence
CAFOD Catholic Action for Overseas Development
CAP EU Common Agricultural Policy
CASH Consensus Action on Salt and Health
CBI Confederation of British Industry
CBIF Capacity Building Infrastructure Framework
CBT Campaign for Better Transport, formerly Transport 2000
CCBR Community Capacity Building Review
CCES Comprehensive Community Engagement Strategy
CCS Carbon Capture and Storage
CDCU Community Development Credit Union
CDM Clean Development Mechanism (Kyoto Protocol)
CDF Community Development Foundation
CDFE Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise - corporate climate change denial
CDM Clean Development Mechanism
CDO Collatoralised Debt Obligation
CDX Community Development Exchange
CEDC Community Education Development Council
CEMR Council of the European Municipalities and Regions
CEF Community Empowerment Fund
CEHR Commission for Equalities and Human Rights (formerly Equal Opportunities Commission, Disability Rights Commission and Commission for Racial Equality)
CEN Community Empowerment Network
CFS Community Finance Solutions
CfIT Commission for Integrated Transport
CHP Community Heating and Power
CLES Centre for Local Economic Strategy
CLG Department of Communities and Local Government
CNP Council for National Parks
CO2 Carbon Dioxide
COP Conference of the Parties to the Climate Change Convention – COP1, COP2 etc.
CORE COrporate REsponsibility
CPA Comprehensive Performance Assessment
CPP Community Participation Programme
CPRE Council for the Protection of Rural England
CREATES Creative Recycling Enviro-Arts Training and Education Service
CRED Community Recycling and Economic Development Programme
CRN Community Recycling Network
CS Core Strategy
CSA Community Supported Agriculture
CSC Community Sector Coalition
CSD Commission on Sustainable Development
CSR Corporate Social Responsibility
CSR Competitive Spending Review
CTC Cyclists Touring Club
CVS Council for Voluntary Service
DAB Digital Audio Broadcasting
DBERR Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
DCLG Department for Communities and Local Government (formerly ODPM)
DE Decentralised Energy
Defra Department of Farming and Rural Affairs
DETR Department of Environment, Transport and Regions (Now defunct. It became Defra and DTLR. DTLR first became ODPM – now it’s DCLG.)
DEMOCS Deliberative Meetings of Citizens
DESO Defence Export Services Organisation
DfID Department for International Development
DfT Department for Transport
DoE Department of the Environment (Now defunct. It merged with the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food to become two new Government departments.)
DPD Development Plan Document
DPE Decriminalised Parking Enforcement
DTI Department of Trade and Industry – since 2007 this has become DBERR
DTLR Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions (now defunct)
EAC Every Action Counts
EAUC Environmental Association for Universities and Colleges
EC European Commission
ECCR Ecumenical Council for Corporate Responsibility
EcIA Ecological Impact Assessment
ECOWAS Economic Communities of West African States
EDM Early Day Motion (Parliamentary lobbying tool)
EEA European Environment Agency
EfE Environment for Europe
EFSA European Food Safety Authority
eg journal for sustainability workers
EIA Environmental Impact Assessment
EIRIS Ethical Investment Research Services
EMA Or EMAS Eco Management and Audit Schemes
EO Employers Organisation
EPAs Economic Partnership Agreements
ERDF European Regional Development Fund
ERIC Environment Resource and Information Centre
ESD Education for Sustainable Development
ESF Education for Sustainability Forum
ESF European Social Fund
ESRC Economic and Social Research Council
EST Energy Saving Trust
ES2 Earth Summit 2
ETS Emissions Trading Scheme
EU European Union
EWEA European Wind Energy Association
FAO Food and Agriculture Organisation
FCDL Federation of Community Development Learning
FCFCG Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens
FCR Full Cost Recovery
FOE Friends of the Earth
FSA Food Standards Agency
FSC Forest Stewardship Council
GAP Global Action Plan
GATS General Agreement on Trade in Services
GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
GDA Guideline Daily Amount
GDP Gross Domestic Product
GEF Global Environment Faculty
GHG greenhouse gas
GM genetically modified
GMO Genetically modified organism
GO Government Office for the Regions
GPI General Progress Index
GRASP Great Apes Survival Project
GWP Global Warming Potential
HCFCs / HFCs hydrochlorofluro carbons
HIPC Highly Indebted Poor Country
H2SO4 Sulphuric acid (acid rain)
IAASTD International Assessment of Agricultural Science and Technology for Development
ICAO International Civil Aviation Organisation
ICC International Chamber of Commerce
ICLEI International Council for Local Environment Initiatives
IDeA Improvement and Development Agency
IEA International Energy Agency
IEEM Institute of Ecology and Environment Management
IETA International Emission Trading Association
IFAT International Fair Trade Association
IIED International Institute for Environment and Development
IMD Index of Multiple Deprivation
IMF International Monetary Fund
IMO International Maritime Organisation
INSA International Network on Small Arms
IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
IPP Integrated product policy
IPPR Institute for Public Policy Research
IRS Integrated Regional Strategy
ISA Independent Safeguarding Authority (continually updated replacement of the CRB)
ISEE International Society for Ecological Economics
ITDG Intermediate Technology Development Group
IUCN International Union for Conservation of Nature / World Conservation Union
JAR Joint Area Review
JDC Jubilee Debt Campaign
JRF Joseph Rowntree Foundation
LA Local Authority
LA21 Local Agenda 21
LAA Local Area Agreement
LAB Local Action for Biodiversity
LBAP Local Biodiversity Action Plans
LCT Life cycle thinking
LDD Local Development Document
LDF Local Development Framework
LDO Local Development Order
LDS Local Development Scheme
LEA Local Education Authority
LEAD Livestock, Environment and Development Initiative
LEAP Learning Evaluating and Planning
LEGI Local Enterprise Growth Initiative
LETS Local Exchange and Trading System
LGA Local Government Association
LGIB Local Government International Bureau
LGIU Local Government Information Unit
LGMB Local Government Management Board – replaced in 1999 by the EO and IDA’s Sustainable Development Unit
LGN Local Government Network
LGPF Local Government Performance Framework
LINk Local Involvement Network
LIO Local Infrastructure Organisation
LM3 Local Multiplier 3
LNRS Local Neighbourhood Renewal Strategy
LP Local Plan
LPA Local Planning Authority
LPSA2 Local Public Service Agreement
LRT Light Rapid Transit (light rail system)
LSDA Learning and Skills Development Agency
LSP Local Strategic Partnership
LSR Local Spending Report (required under the SCA)
LTA Local Transport Authority
LTCS Landfill Tax Credit Scheme
LTP Local Transport Plan
MAA Multi Area Agreement
MAI Multilateral Agreement on Investment
MBI Market based instruments
MDG Millennium Development Goals
NACUW National Association of Credit Union Workers
NACVS National Association of Councils for Voluntary Service (now NAVCA)
NAEE National Association for Environmental Education
NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement
NAMA Non Agricultural Market Access
NAO National Audit Office
NAVCA National Association for Voluntary and Community Action (was NACVS)
NCVO National Council for Voluntary Organisations
NDC New Deal for Communities
NEETS Not in Education, Employment or Training
NEF New Economics Foundation
NEP National Empowerment Partnership
NERC National Environment Research Council
NGO Non-Governmental Organisation
NIF Neighbourhood Initiatives Foundation
NLGN New Local Government Network
NRWF National Resource and Waste Forum
NRA Neighbourhood Renewal Advisor
NRF Neighbourhood Renewal Fund
NRU Neighbourhood Renewal Unit
NSF Neighbourhood Support Fund
NSIDC US National Snow and Ice Data Centre
NSNR National Strategy for Neighbourhood Renewal
ODA Overseas Development Aid
ODS Ozone Depleting Substances
ODPM Office of the Deputy Prime Minister now the DCLG
OECD Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
OFR Operating and Financial Reviews
PACT Partners and Communities Together
PB Participatory Budgeting
PFI Private Finance Initiative
PMF Performance Management Framework
PGS Planning Gain Supplement
PHVA Population and Habitat Viability Assessment
PI Performance Indicator
PPG Pump Priming Grant
PPP Public Private Partnership
PQASSO Practical Quality Assurance System for Small Organisations
PSA Public Service Agreement
PV Photovoltaic
QOLs(s) Quality of Life (indicators)
R&D Research and Development
RCAW Rural Community Action Network
RCC Rural Community Council
RDA Regional Development Agency
REDD Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (see Glossary)
RFA Regional Funding Allocation
RICS Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors
RING Regional and International Networking Group
Rio Earth Summit 1
RPB Regional Planning Body
RPG Regional Planning Guidance
RSPB Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
RSS Regional Spatial Strategy
R2O Routes to Opportunity
RTA Regional Trade Agreement
RTFO Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation
RTS Regional Transport Strategy
RVSN Regional Voluntary Sector Network
S&P Sustainability and Participation / Strategies and Partnerships
SCA Sustainable Communities Act
SCI Statement of Community Involvement
SCP Single Community Programme
SCP Sustainable Consumption and Production
SCS Sustainable Community Strategy
SDC UK Sustainable Development Commission (not to be confused with UNCSD)
SEA Strategic Environment Assessment
SEAL Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning
SEU Social Exclusion Unit
SIRF Social Inclusion Revenue Funding
SIV Special Investment Vehicle
SLA Service Level Agreement
SLAA Strategic Land Availability Assessment
SME Small and Medium Size Enterprises
SNR Sub National Economic Development and Regeneration
SOA Super Output Area
SPC Shadow Price of Carbon
SPD Supplementary Planning Document
SPG Supplementary Planning Guidance
SUV Sports Utility Vehicle
SRA Strategic Rail Authority
SRB Single Regeneration Budget
SROI Social Return on Investment
SSCF Safer and Stronger Communities Fund
SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest
SWOT Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats
T2000 Transport 2000 – now Campaign for Better Transport
TAR UN IPCC Third Assessment Report
TEQ Tradable Energy Quota
TIC Tourist Information Centre
TNC Transnational corporation
TRIPs Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights
TSA Third Sector Assembly
UKCIP UK Climate Impacts Programme
UKOWLA UK One World Linking Association
UNACLA United Nations Advisory Committee on Local Authorities
UNA-UK United Nations Association of the UK
UNCBD United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity
UNCCD United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
UNCED United Nations Conference on Environment and Development – more commonly known as the 1992 Rio Earth Summit
UNCHR United Nations Commission on Human Rights
UNCHS United Nations Commission on Human Settlements
UNCSD United Nations Commission for Sustainable Development
UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
UNECE United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
UNED-UK United Nations Environment and Development UK Committee (now called Stakeholder Forum)
UNEP United Nations Environment Programme
UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation
UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
UNGASS United Nations General Assembly Special Session also referred to as UNSSGA
UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund
UNIPCC United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
UNWIN UK Without Incineration Network
VCOs Voluntary and Community Organisations
VCS Voluntary and Community Sector
VED Vehicle Excise Duty (road tax)
VFM Value for Money
VIO Volunteer Involving Organisation
VSC Voluntary Sector Council
WACLAC World Association of Cities and Local Authorities Coordination
WBCSD World Business Council for Sustainable Development
WCED World Commission on Environment and Development
WCP World Court Project
WDM World Development Movement
WEEE Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment directive
WEF World Economic Forum
WEN Women’s Environment Network
WOW War on Want
WRAP Waste and Resources Action Programme
WREN Waste Recycling Environmental
WSSD World Summit on Sustainable Development 2002
WTO World Trade Organisation
WWF World Wide Fund for Nature
YAT Youth Action Team
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