Frequently Used Abbreviations
U.S. Government Assistance to Eastern Europe under the Support for East European Democracy (SEED) Act
Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs
January 2005
| ATA | Anti-Terrorism Assistance Program | |
| CEE | Central and Eastern Europe | |
| CSH | Child Survival and Health Programs Fund | |
| CW | chemical weapons | |
| CY | calendar year | |
| DoD | U.S. Department of Defense | |
| DOTS | Directly Observed Therapy, Short Course | |
| E&E | USAID Bureau for Europe and Eurasia | |
| EBRD | European Bank for Reconstruction and Development | |
| EDA | Excess Defense Articles | |
| EPA | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | |
| EU | European Union | |
| EUCOM | U.S. European Command | |
| EUR/ACE | Office of the Coordinator of U.S. Assistance to Europe and Eurasia | |
| Eximbank | U.S. Export-Import Bank | |
| EXBS | Export Control and Related Border Security Assistance Program | |
| FDI | foreign direct investment | |
| FMF | Foreign Military Financing | |
| FY | fiscal year | |
| GDP | gross domestic product | |
| GO... | Government of... | |
| HIV/AIDS | Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome | |
| IAS | International Accounting Standards | |
| IDP | internally displaced person | |
| IFIs | international financial institutions | |
| IMET | International Military Education and Training | |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund | |
| IOM | International Organization for Migration | |
| IPR | intellectual property rights | |
| IV | International Visitor (Program) | |
| m | million | |
| MDR-TB | multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis | |
| MoD | Ministry of Defense | |
| MOU | memorandum of understanding | |
| MPC&A | material protection, control and accounting | |
| MT | metric ton | |
| MVD | Ministry of Internal Affairs | |
| NADR | Non-Proliferation, Anti-Terrorism, Demining and Related Programs Account | |
| NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization | |
| NGO | non-governmental organization | |
| NPP | nuclear power plant | |
| OPIC | Overseas Private Investment Corporation | |
| OSCE | Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe | |
| PAS | Public Affairs Section | |
| PCV | Peace Corps volunteer | |
| PfP | Partnership for Peace | |
| PKO | Peacekeeping Operations Account | |
| P.L. | Public Law | |
| PPP | purchasing-power parity | |
| PSA | production-sharing agreement | |
| PVO | private voluntary organization | |
| SEE | Southeast Europe | |
| SEED | Support for East European Democracy Act | |
| SMEs | small to medium-sized enterprises | |
| TB | tuberculosis | |
| TIP | trafficking in persons | |
| UNHCR | United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | |
| UNICEF | United Nations Children's Fund | |
| UNODC | United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime | |
| USAID | U.S. Agency for International Development | |
| USDA | U.S. Department of Agriculture | |
| USG | U.S. Government | |
| USTDA | U.S. Trade and Development Agency | |
| WFP | United Nations World Food Program | |
| WHO | World Health Organization | |
| WMD | weapons of mass destruction | |
| WTO | World Trade Organization | |
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