Danish strategy for environmental assistance to Eastern Europe 2001-2006

Appendix 1 - List of abbreviations

GNP Gross National Product
 
CARDS Community Assistance for Reconstruction, Development and Stabilisation
 
CIS Commonwealth of Independent States
 
CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
 
DANCEE Danish Co-operation for Environment in Eastern Europe, Miljøbistand Øst
 
EAP Environmental Action Programme for Central and Eastern Europe
 
EBRD European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
 
EIA Environmental impact assessment (Procedures for evaluating the effect of certain public and private projects on the environment - Vurdering af visse offentlige og private projekters indvirkning på miljøet)
 
EIB European Investment Bank
 
EMAS European Ecomanagement and Audit Scheme
 
EU The European Union
 
IFI International Financial Institutions
 
IPPC Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control
 
IBRD International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (The World Bank)
 
IMPEL European Union Network for the Implementation and Enforcement of Environmental Law.
 
ISPA Instrument for Structural Policies for PreAccession
 
LEAP Local Environmental Action Programme
 
MARPOL International Convention on Prevention of Pollution from Ships
 
MIFRESTA The Environmental, Peace and Stability Framework (Miljø-, freds- og stabilitetsrammen)
 
MIKA The Environmental and Catastrophe Framework (Miljø- og Katastroferammen)
 
MIØ Environmental Assistance Facility for Eastern European Countries (Miljøinvesteringsfaciliteten for Østlandene)
 
MKØ Environmental Credit Programme for Eastern Europe (Miljøkreditordningen til Østeuropa)
 
NEAP National Environmental Action Programme
 
NEHAP National Environmental and Health Action Programme
 
NEFCO Nordic Environment Finance Cooperation
 
NIB Nordic Investment Bank
 
NDP National Development Plan
 
NGO Non Governmental Organisation
 
NPAA National Programme for Adoption of the Acquis
 
OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
 
PCAs Partnership and Cooperation Agreements
 
PCBs Polychlorinated biphenyls
 
PIC Prior Informed Consent
 
POP Persistent Organic Pollutants
 
PHARE Pologne-Hongrie: Actions pour la Reconversion Economique
 
REC Regional Environmental Centre
 
REAP Regional Environmental Action Plan
 
REReP Regional Environmental Reconstruction Programme for South Eastern Europe
 
SAPARD Special Accession Programme for Agriculture and Rural Development
 
SNG Sojús Nesavismajich Gosudérst (Russian language for CIS).
 
TACIS Technical Assistance to the CIS
 
UN-ECE United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
 
UNEP United Nations Environmental Programme
 
VOC Volatile Organic Compounds
 
WHO World Health Organisation