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Glossary of acronyms

ADRIL

- Association for Integrated Rural Development in the Lima Valley (Portugal)

ALP

- Activating Local Potential (Slovenia)

ANIMAR

- Association for Local Rural Development (Portugal)

ARVAL

-The United Artisan Cooperative of the Lisma River Valley (Portugal)

BSC

- Business Support Center (Slovenia)

CAP

- Common Agricultural Policy

CCRA

- Regional Co-ordination Centre for Alentejo (Portugal)

CSFs

- Community Support Frameworks

EAGGF

- European Agricultural Guarantee and Guidance Fund

EC

- European Community

ECTs

- European Countries of Transition

ERDF

- European Regional Development Fund

ESDIME

- Southwest Alentejo Local Development Agency (Portugal)

ESF

- European Social Fund

EU

- European Union

GDP

- Gross Domestic Product

HDRC

- Human Resource Development Center (Slovenia)

IRA

- Irish Republican Army (Northern Ireland)

IRD

- Integrated Resource Development

ILE

- Local Employment Initiatives (Portugal)

LAGs

- Local Action Groups

NEO

- National Employment Office (Slovenia)

NGO

- Non-Governmental Organization

NSBC

- National Small Business Center (Slovenia)

NUTS

- Nomenclature of Statistical Territorial Units

PORA

- Operational Programme for the Region of Alentejo (Portugal)

PTE

- Portuguese escudo

RDP

- Regional Development

RDIG

- Rural Development Initiative Group (Slovenia)

RDTS

- Rural Tourism Development Strategy (Slovenia)

RIME

- Incentive Programme for Micro-enterprises (Portugal)

SIR

- System of Regional Incentives (Portugal)

SOP

- Student Operations Programme (Slovenia)

SMEs

- Small and Medium Size Enterprises

SPDs

- Single Programming Documents

TERN

-Trans-European Rural Network

TIC

-Tourism Information Center (Slovenia)

WTO

- World Trade Organisation


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