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Index of Phrases
  Title / Dates / Brief Origin
AGGI
Ad-hoc Group on Gender Integration 		2007/10/5
UNSIGI
UN Statistical Division Inventory of Gender Indicators (2006) 		2007/9/17
UNRISD
United Nations Research Institute for Social Developmentwww.unrisd.org/ 		2007/9/17
UNDESA
United Nations - Department of Economic and Social Affairswww.un.org/esa/desa/ 		2007/9/17
RBB
Results Based Budgeting 		2007/9/17
PRSPs
Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers, prepared by IMF and WorldBank member countries with staff of the Bank and the Fund.www.imf.org/external/np/prsp/prsp.asp 		2007/9/17
PD
Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness 		2007/9/17
OECD-DAC
Development Assistance Committee of the Organization forEconomic Co-operation and Development 		2007/9/17
ODA
Overseas Development Assistance 		2007/9/17
MDGs
The eight UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) which rangefrom halving extreme poverty to halting the spread of HIV/AIDS andproviding universal primary education, all by the target date of ... 		2007/9/17
MDG3
UN Millennium Development Goal number 3; to eliminate genderdisparity in primary and secondary education preferably by 2005,and at all levels by 2015. http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/ 		2007/9/17
INSTRAW
United Nations International Research andTraining Institute for the Advancement of Women 		2007/9/17
IFFGE
International Finance Facility for Gender Equality 		2007/9/17
IDA
International Development Association of the World Bankestablished 1960 to focus on poorest countries; complementsWorld Bank’s other lending arm, International Bank forReconstruction and Development ... 		2007/9/17
IANWGE
UN Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender EqualityGender and Financing for Development Taskforce 		2007/9/17
GRB
 Gender Responsive Budgeting 		2007/9/17
FDI
Foreign Direct Investment 		2007/9/17
DAC
OECD Development Assistance Committee 		2007/9/17
CRS
OECD Credit Reporting System on bilateral aid http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/25/10/31743730.htm 		2007/9/17
CIDA
Canadian International Development Agency 		2007/9/17
CEDAW
The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), adopted in 1979 by the UN General Assembly, often described as an international bill of rights for women. 		2007/9/17
CBMS
Community Based Monitoring System 		2007/9/17
C8
Meeting of 8 Commonwealth Women’s Affairs Ministers’ June 2007 		2007/9/17
BRIDGE
A specialized gender and development research and informationservice within the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), SussexUniversity, United Kingdom (UK). It was created by theOECD/DAC Working ... 		2007/9/17
B+ 10
Beijing + 10 Global Review 		2007/9/17
AWID
Association of Women in Development 		2007/9/17
WTO
World Trade Organization 		2006/12/22
WGTP
Working Group on Trade Promotion   The Working Group on Trade Promotion (WGTP) first met in Seoul in 1990. Its objective is to contribute to sustained economic development and improved ... 		2006/12/22
WG
Working Group   A Working Group (WG) is made up of participants from the 21 APEC Member Economies and focuses on particular areas or projects relating to economic cooperation. There are 11 ... 		2006/12/22
WCBG
WTO Capacity Building Group   The WTO Capacity Building Group (WCBG) was first established as the Implementation of WTO (earlier UR) Obligations Group in May 1999. In 2001 after adoption of ... 		2006/12/22
WB
World Bank 		2006/12/22
TPTWG
Transportation Working Group   The Transportation Working Group (TPTWG) fosters economic development in the Asia-Pacific region through recommendations to increase the efficiency, ... 		2006/12/22
TWG
Tourism Working Group   The Tourism Working Group (TWG) was formed in 1991 based on the recognition that the tourism industry is of growing importance in promoting economic growth and social ... 		2006/12/22
TILF
Trade and Investment Liberalization and Facilitation   Trade and Investment Liberalization and Facilitation (TILF) is one of the three pillars of APEC activity. The other two pillars are ... 		2006/12/22
Theme
These are the six priority areas of economic and technical cooperation identified by APEC Leaders. The Themes are: Developing human capital; fostering safe and efficient capital markets; ... 		2006/12/22
TEL
Telecommunications and Information Working Group   The Telecommunications and Information Working Group (TEL) was formed in 1990. It is committed to improving the telecommunications and ... 		2006/12/22
SSN CBN
Social Safety Net Capacity Building Network   To promote effective capacity building within the APEC region in the area of social safety nets, the APEC Social Safety Net Capacity Building ... 		2006/12/22
STAR
Secure Trade in the APEC Region   The Secure Trade in the APEC Region (STAR) initiative aims to secure and enhance the flow of goods and people through measures to protect cargo, ships, ... 		2006/12/22
SOM
Senior Officials' Meeting   A Senior Officials' Meeting (SOM) is held prior to every ministerial meeting. APEC senior officials make recommendations to the Ministers and carry out their ... 		2006/12/22
SPAN
Integrated Plan of Action for SME Development   The 1998 Integrated Plan of Action for SME Development (SPAN) serves as a set of broad guidelines for SME development as well as a plan for ... 		2006/12/22
SMEWG
Small and Medium Enterprises Working Group   The Small and Medium Enterprises Working Group's (SMEWG) was first set up as an Ad Hoc Policy Level Group on SMEs (PLGSME) in February 1995. The ... 		2006/12/22
SMEs
Small and Medium Enterprises. 		2006/12/22
SCSC
Sub-Committee on Standards and Conformance   The Sub-Committee on Standards and Conformance (SCCP), established in 1994, is a sub-committee of the Committee on Trade and Investment. Its main ... 		2006/12/22
SCE
SOM Steering Committee on ECOTECH (Economic and Technical Cooperation)   The SOM Steering Committee on Economic and Technical Cooperation, formerly known as ECOTECH Sub-Committee of the SOM ... 		2006/12/22
SCCP
Sub-Committee on Customs Procedures   The Sub-Committee on Customs Procedures (SCCP) is a sub-committee of the Committee of Trade and Investment. Originally, called the Customs Procedures ... 		2006/12/22
Pillar
A Pillar in the APEC context usually refers to one of the three Pillars of APEC activity: trade and investment liberalisation; business facilitation; and economic and technical cooperation. The three ... 		2006/12/22
PIF
Pacific Islands Forum   Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) is one of three organisations with APEC Official Observer status. The other two observers are: Association of South East Asian Nations ... 		2006/12/22
PECC
Pacific Economic Cooperation Council   Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC) is one of three organisations with APEC Official Observer status. The other two observers are: Association of ... 		2006/12/22
Osaka Action Agenda
APEC Economic Leaders adopted the Osaka Action Agenda in 1995 which established the three pillars of APEC activity: trade and investment liberalization, business facilitation and economic and ... 		2006/12/22
OECD
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. 		2006/12/22
NFMD
Non-Ferrous Metals Dialogue   The Non-Ferrous Metals Dialogue was initiated in 2003. Its primary goal is to bring together the representatives of the government and private sector to promote ... 		2006/12/22
NTMs
Tariff and Non-Tariff Measures   Tariff and non-tariff measures (NTMs) are two of the 15 specific areas outlined in the Osaka Action Agenda through which APEC Member Economies are working to ... 		2006/12/22
Member Economy
APEC is made up of 21 Member Economies. They are: Australia; Brunei Darussalam; Canada; Chile; People's Republic of China; Hong Kong, China; Indonesia; Japan; Republic of Korea; Malyasia; Mexico; New ... 		2006/12/22
MRC
 Marine Resource Conservation Working Group   The Marine Resource Conservation Working Group (MRC) was established in 1990. The MRC recognises that marine resources are crucial to the ... 		2006/12/22
MAG
Market Access Group   The Market Access Group (MAG) was established in 1998 by the Committee for Trade and Investment (CTI) to handle the CTI's work on tariffs and non-tariff measures.  		2006/12/22
LMI
Labour Market Information 		2006/12/22
Lead Economy
The term Lead Economy is used to describe the member economy that has the prime responsibility for coordinating and managing a project or other activity. 		2006/12/22
Keyword
A keyword is a word or a phrase that has been used to classify content. 		2006/12/22
IST
Industrial Science and Technology 		2006/12/22
Initiative
EC Leaders have progressively identified key strategic priorities and action plans as an outcome of their annual meetings. Within APEC, these are referred to as Initiatives. Information in the ... 		2006/12/22
ISTWG
Industrial Science and Technology Working Group   The Industrial Science and Technology Working Group (ISTWG) was formed as the Working Group on Expansion of Investment and Technology Transfer ... 		2006/12/22
IPEG
Intellectual Property Rights Experts' Group   The Intellectual Property Rights Experts' Group (IPEG) was established as Intellectual Property Rights Get Together (IPR-GT) to address the work ... 		2006/12/22
IMF
International Monetary Fund 		2006/12/22
ILO
International Labour Organisation 		2006/12/22
IEG
Investment Experts' Group   The Investment Experts' Group (IEG) assists the Committee on Trade and Investment to encourage and facilitate free and open investment in the region. 		2006/12/22
ICC
International Chamber of Commerce 		2006/12/22
HRDWG
Human Resources Development Working Group   The Human Resources Development Working Group (HRDWG) was established in 1990 and covers a broad range of human resources development issues from ... 		2006/12/22
HRD
Human Resources Development 		2006/12/22
HLPDAB
High Level Policy Dialogue on Agricultural Biotechnology   The High Level Policy Dialogue on Agricultural Biotechnology (HLPDAB) was first convened in 2002, and is being held annually at the ... 		2006/12/22
GPEG
Government Procurement Experts Group   The Government Procurement Experts Group (GPEG) was established in 1995 to consider ways to increase transparency of government procurement markets in ... 		2006/12/22
GOS
Group on Services   APEC's Group on Services (GOS) works on trade and investment liberalisation and facilitation issues related to trade in services, and coordinates APEC's work in this area. 		2006/12/22
GFPN
Gender Focal Point Network   The Gender Focal Point Network (GFPN) was established in October 2002. Its main objective is to advance the implementation of the Framework for the Integration of ... 		2006/12/22
FMP
Finance Ministers' Process   The APEC Finance Ministers' Process (FMP) provides an annual forum for APEC Member Economies to exchange views and information on regional financial developments ... 		2006/12/22
Forum
APEC has a number of different groups working in the areas of trade and investment liberalisation and facilitation and economic and technical cooperation contributing to the achievement of APEC ... 		2006/12/22
Fora
EC has a number of different groups working in the areas of trade and investment liberalisation and facilitation and economic and technical cooperation contributing to the achievement of APEC goals. ... 		2006/12/22
FWG
Fisheries Working Group   The Fisheries Working Group (FWG) was created by the SOM in 1991. It aims to: promote the conservation and sustainable use of fisheries resources; promote sustainable ... 		2006/12/22
FEEEP
These initials are the abbreviation for Food, Energy, the Environment, Economic Growth and Population. 		2006/12/22
EVSL
Early Voluntary Sectoral Liberalisation   Early Voluntary Sectoral Liberalisation (EVSL) refers to the identification of sectors where early voluntary liberalisation would have a positive ... 		2006/12/22
ESC
SOM Committee on ECOTECH   With effect from 2006 the ESC was transformed to the SOM Steering Committee on Economic and Technical Cooperation (SCE) with an enhanced mandate to strengthen the ... 		2006/12/22
EWG
Energy Working Group   The Energy Working Group (EWG), launched in 1990, seeks to maximise the energy sector's contribution to the region's economic and social well-being, while mitigating the ... 		2006/12/22
ECOTECH Information Xchange
The ECOTECH Information Xchange was an informal public discussion forum for sharing ECOTECH related information and experience. It was opened to APEC personnel and anybody in the wider economic and ... 		2006/12/22
ECH
ECOTECH Clearing House   The ECOTECH Clearing House website provided access to a central authorative ECOTECH information resource. The Clearing House included an ECOTECH information exchange ... 		2006/12/22
ECOTECH
 Economic and Technical Cooperation   "ECOTECH" or economic and technical cooperation forms one of the three pillars of APEC activity. ECOTECH covers a variety of capacity-building and ... 		2006/12/22
ECSG
Electronic Commerce Steering Group   The Electronic Commerce Steering Group (ECSG) was established by the SOM in February 1999. It acts as a coordinating role for APEC e-commerce activities, ... 		2006/12/22
EC
Economic Committee   The Economic Committee (EC) was established by APEC members in 1994. The Committee analyses economic trends and issues in support of APEC's trade and investment ... 		2006/12/22
EAP
Ecotech Action Plan   Ecotech Action Plan. A tool to track individual and collective efforts in economic and technical cooperation. 		2006/12/22
Dialogues
There a few industry-business dialogues in APEC. They serve as a forum for government officials and senior industry representatives to work together in their respective areas. These dialogues ... 		2006/12/22
CFPN
Cultural Focal Point Network   The APEC Cultural Focal Point Network (CFPN) seeks to promote cultural exchanges between APEC economies thereby helping to foster mutual understanding, to ... 		2006/12/22
CTTF
Counter Terrorism Task Force   The Counter Terrorism Task Force (CTTF) was set up by Senior Officials in February 2003. It assists economies to identify and assess counter-terrorism needs, ... 		2006/12/22
CTI
Committee on Trade and Investment   The Committee on Trade and Investment (CTI) was established in 1993 as a result of a Declaration on a Trade and Investment Framework to increase economic ... 		2006/12/22
Clearing House
A website that provides fast and direct access to information about a general subject area and links to a selection of related websites. 		2006/12/22
BMC
Budget and Management Committee   The Budget and Management Committee (BMC) advises the Senior Officials? Meeting (SOM) on budgetary, administrative and managerial issues. Its key ... 		2006/12/22
ASEAN
Association of South East Asian Nations   Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) is one of three organisations with APEC Official Observer status. The other two observers are: Pacific ... 		2006/12/22
ASC
APEC Study Centers   APEC Study Centers (ASC) were established in 1993 as part of the APEC Leaders' Education Initiative. Currently there are ASCs in 19 APEC Member Economies, made up of some ... 		2006/12/22
APEC Secretariat
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Secretariat is based at 35 Heng Mui Keng Terrace, Singapore 119616 Tel: (65) 6775-6012 Fax: (65) 6775-6013 Website: www.apec.org 		2006/12/22
APEC Forum
APEC has a number of different groups working in the areas of trade and investment liberalisation and facilitation and economic and technical cooperation contributing to the achievement of APEC ... 		2006/12/22
APEC Fora
APEC has a number of different groups working in the areas of trade and investment liberalisation and facilitation and economic and technical cooperation contributing to the achievement of APEC ... 		2006/12/22
APEC
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation   These initials stand for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation. APEC was established in 1989 and is the primary vehicle for promoting open trade and practical ... 		2006/12/22
ATCWG
Agricultural Technical Cooperation Working Group   Agricultural Technical Cooperation Working Group (ATCWG) was established in 1996 as a formal APEC body. Two prior meetings agreed on a work ... 		2006/12/22
AFS
APEC Food System   The APEC Food System (AFS) was established in February 1999 as a ad hoc task force. It is a joint and cross-cutting action being implemented by all APEC Member Economies and ... 		2006/12/22
AFTA
 ASEAN Free Trade Area 		2006/12/22
ABTC
APEC Business Travel Card   The APEC Business Travel Card scheme provides bona fide frequent business travellers with visa-free travel and expedited airport processing when visiting ... 		2006/12/22
ADB
Asian Development Bank 		2006/12/22
ABAC
 APEC Business Advisory Council APEC Business Advisory Council. Established in 1995, this is a permanent council composed of up to three senior business people from each member economy to ... 		2006/12/22
sex-disaggregated data
Sex-disaggregated data means every data that is cross-classified by sex, presenting information separately for women and men, boys and girls.  Sex-disaggregated data reflect roles, real ... 		2006/11/10
UNIFEM
United Nations Development Foud for Women 		2006/11/2
BPfA
Beijing Platform for Action, the main outcome document of the Fouth World Conference held in Beijing in 1995 		2006/11/2
CONGO
Conference of NGOs in Consultative Status with the UN 		2006/11/2
CSW
UN Commission on the Status of Women 		2006/11/2
NGO-CSW
NGO Committee on the Status of Women 		2006/11/2
Gender Awareness
Sensitivity to perceived gender differences: sensitivity to the perceived differences between men and women or boys and girls in environments such as the workplace and the classroom 		2006/7/11
Gender
1. somebody's sex: the sex of a person or organism, or of a whole category of people or organisms ( often euphemistic to avoid the word "sex" ) 2. grammar categorization of nouns: the classification ... 		2006/7/11