European Social Watch Report 2009
List_of_Acronyms.pdf

List of Acronyms

AHC: Albanian Helsinki Committee

AME: Association Malienne des Expulsés

ASGI: Association for Law Studies on Immigration

ASM: Academy of Sciences Moldova

BCP: border crossing points

BiH: Bosnia and Herzegovina

CARDET: Centre for the Advancement of Research and Development in Educational Technology

CEAR: Spanish Commission for Refugee Aid

CICID: Committee for International Cooperation Development

CIGEM: Migration Information and Management Centre

CIRE: Coordination et Initiatives pour Réfugiés et Etrangères

CLC: Croatian Law Centre

COATNET: Christian Organisations Against Trafficking NETwork

EC: European Commission

ECHR: European Court of Human Rights

EEA: European Economic Area

EESC: European Economic and Social Committee

ENAR: European Network Against Racism

ENoMW: European Network of Migrant Women

EPAC: VAW European Policy Action Centre on Violence against Women

ESCS: Index of economic, social and cultural status

EU: European Union

EWL: European Women’s Lobby

EYF: European Youth Forum

FBiH: Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

FDI: Foreign Direct Investment

GDP: Gross Domestic Product

IDP: internally displaced person

ILO: International Labour Organization

IMF: International Monetary Fund

IOM: International Organization for Migration

JRS: Jesuit Refugee Service

LMSAA: Law on the Movement and Stay of Aliens and Asylum

LoA: Law on Asylum

MDG: Millennium Development Goal

MFA: Ministry of Foreign Affairs

MIIIDS: Ministère de l’immigration, de l’intégration, de l’identité nationale et du développement solidaire

MoI: Ministry of Interior (RoC)

MSF: Médecins sans Frontières

NEWW: Network of East-West Women

NGO: non-governmental organisation

ODA: Official Development Assistance

OECD: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

OFSE: Österreichische Forschungsstiftung für Entwicklungshilfe

OR.C.A: Organisation for Undocumented Workers

PCD: Policy Coherence for Development

PICUM: Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants

PISA: Programme for International Students Assessment

RoC: Republic of Croatia

RS: Republic Srpska

TCN: third-country national

UK: United Kingdom

UN: United Nations

UNDP: United Nations Development Programme

UNESCO: United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization

UNFPA: United Nations Population Fund

UNHCR: United Nations High Commission for Refugees

UNODC: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

US: United States

USA: United States of America

WTO: World Trade Organization

ZEP: Zone of Education Priority