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ANNEX: GLOSSARY OF ACRONYMS
CPP - Community Planning Partnership
DWP - Department for Work & Pensions
DP - Development Partnership
ESOL - English for Speakers of Other Languages
EAFRD - European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development
EFF - European Fisheries Fund
ERDF - European Regional Development Fund
ESF - European Social Fund
EU-15 - 15 Member States of the pre-May 2004 European Union
EU-25 - 25 Member States of the current European Union
FEDS - Framework for Economic Development in Scotland
FE - further education
GROS - General Register Office for Scotland
GDP - gross domestic product
GVA - gross value added
HE - higher education
HIE - Highlands & Islands Enterprise
ICT - information and communication technologies
ISDN - Integrated Services Digital Network
IAB - Intermediate Administration Body
IDB - Intermediate Delivery Body
IALS - International Adult Literacy Survey
ISCED - International Standard Classification of Education
JSA - Jobseekers Allowance
NRP - National Reform Programme
NUTS - Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics
NEET - 'not in employment, education or training'
ONS - Office of National Statistics
OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
PMC - Programme Monitoring Committee
RTD - research and technological development
SIMD - Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation
SRDP - Scottish Rural Development Programme
SVQ - Scottish Vocational Qualifications
SME - small and medium-sized enterprise
SEA - Strategic Environmental Assessment
UHI - University of the Highlands & Islands Millennium Institute
VAT - Value Added Tax
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