List of Abbreviations

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UNDER CONSTRUCTION

ADB :

Asian Development Bank

ASBP-1 :

Aral Sea Basin Program, Phase 1

ASBP-2 :

Aral Sea Basin Program, Phase 2

ASBCDP :

Aral Sea Basin Capacity Development Project (UNDP)

BEEPS :

Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Survey

BCPR :

UNDP Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery

BVOs  :

Basin Water Management Organizations

BRC :

Bratislava Regional Center

CACO  :

Central Asian Cooperation Organization

CA-REC  :

Central Asia Regional Environment Center

CAREC  :

Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation forum (ADB and others)

CIS  :

Commonwealth of Independent States

CO(s) :

Country Office(s)

EBRD  :

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

EC-IFAS :

Executive Committee of IFAS

EEC :

Eurasian Economic Community

ESCAP :

UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

EU :

European Union

GEF  :

Global Environment Facility

HDR  :

Human Development Report (UNDP)

ICAS  :

Interstate Council for the Aral Sea

ICSD  :

Interstate Commission for Sustainable Development

ICWC  :

Interstate Commission for Water Coordination

IFAS  :

International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea

IsDB  :

Islamic Development Bank

OSCE  :

Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe

MDGs :

Millennium Development Goals

MOU :

Memorandum of Understanding

NGO  :

Non-governmental Organization

RBEC  :

UNDP Regional Bureau for Europe and the CIS

RCF  :

Regional Co-operation Framework (UNDP)

RSC  :

UNDP Regional Service Centre in Bratislava

Has been renamed into -> BRC (Bratislava Regional Centre)

REAP  :

Regional Environmental Action Programme

SCO  :

Shanghai Cooperation Organization

SDC  :

* Sustainable Development Commission

SIC  :

Scientific Information Center

SPECA  :

ESCAP/UNECE Special Programme for the Economies of Central Asia

TACIS  :

EU Technical Assistance Programme for the CIS

UN  :

United Nations

UNDP  :

United Nations Development Programme

UNECE  :

UN Economic Commission for Europe

UNEP  :

United Nations Environment Programme

UNICEF  :

United Nations Children’s Fund

USAID  :

United States Agency for International Development


BNSR Bukhar National Soviet Republic

BOMCA Border Management for Central Asia Programme

CACM Central Asian Common Market

CACO Central Asian Cooperation Organization

CADAP Central Asia Drug Action Programme

CAEU Central Asian Economic Union

CAREC Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Programme

CEDAW UN Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women

CIS Commonwealth of Independent States

CSTO Collective Security Treaty Organization

DFID Department for Foreign and International Development

DOTS Directly Observed Treatment Short Curse

EBRD European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

ECO Economic Cooperation Organization

EEC/EAEC/EURASEC Eurasian Economic Community

ESI Environmental Sustainability Index

EU European Union

EU-8 European Union 8 (2004 new EU member states excluding Cyprus and Malta)

EU-15 European Union 15 (EU member states prior to 2004 enlargement)

FDI Foreign direct investment

GDP Gross domestic product

GEF Global Environment Facility

GNI Gross national income

GUUAM Georgia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Moldova

GWh Gigawatt hours

HDI Human development index

HIV/AIDS Human immunodeficiency virus/Acquired immune deficiency syndrome

IMF International Monetary Fund

IOM International Organization for Migration

IRIN Integrated Regional Information Networks

KhNSR Khorezm National Soviet Republic

MDG Millennium Development Goal

MTOE Million tons oil equivalent

NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NGO Non-governmental organization

OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

OPEC Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries

OSCE Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

PDR People’s Democratic Republic

PPP Purchasing power parity

Bringing down barriers: Regional cooperation for human development and human security

R&D Research and development

RSFSR Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic

SARS Severe acute respiratory syndrome

SCO Shanghai Cooperation Organization

SES Single Economic Space

SPECA Special Programme for the Economies of Central Asia

SSR Soviet Socialist Republic

TADAZ Tajik Aluminum Plant

TASSR Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic

TB Tuberculosis

TIR Transports Internationaux Routiers/International Transport Road

TRACECA Transport Corridor Europe Caucasus Asia

UN United Nations

UNAIDS Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS

UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

UNDP United Nations Development Programme

UNECE United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

UNEP United Nations Environment Programme

UNESCAP United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund

UNIFEM United Nations Development Fund for Women

UNODC United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

USAID United States Agency for International Development

USSR Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

WHO World Health Organization

WTO World Trade Organization



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