SOME COMMON ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS

Bureau for Latin American & the Caribbean

ACDI/VOCA - Agricultural Cooperative Development International/Volunteers in Overseas Cooperative Assistance
ADEX - Exporters' Association (Peru)
ADOPLAFAM - Dominican Family Planning Association
ADR - Alternative Dispute Resolution
ADRA - Adventist Development and Relief Agency
AED - Academy for Educational Development
AIDS - Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
AIDSCAP - Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Control and Prevention Project
AIFLD - American Institute for Free Labor Development
AMUNIC - Association of Nicaraguan Municipalities
ANACAFE - Guatemala's National Coffee Association
ANEEL - Brazilian Energy Regulatory Agency
ANPDH - Nicaraguan Association for Human Rights
APENN - Nicaraguan Association of Producers & Exporters on Non-traditional Products
APROFE - Pro Family Association (Ecuador)
ARI - Acute Respiratory Infection
- Interoceanic Regional Authority (Panama)
ASHONPLAFA - Honduran Family Planning Association
ASSET - Agriculturally Sustainable Systems and Environmental Transformation
AVSC - Access to Voluntary and Safe Contraception

BEP - Brazil Energy Program

CACM - Central American Common Market
CAPAS - Central American Protected Areas System
CAPEL - Center for the Promotion of Electoral AssistanceB CARE - Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere, Inc.
CARICOM - Caribbean Community
CASS - Cooperative Association of States for Scholarships
CBO - Community - based Organization
CCAD - Central American Commission for Environment and Development
CCC - Commodity Credit Corporation (Dominican Republic)
CCH - Community and Child Health
CCJS - Coordinating Commission for the Justice Sector (El Salvador)
CCP - Criminal Procedures (Bolivia)
CCT - Constitutional Court (Bolivia)
CDC - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CDO - Cooperative Development Organization
CED - Center for the Education for Democracy
CEDEL - Legislative Development Center
CEDRO - Center for Drug Education and Information (Peru)
CEEN - Nicaraguan Strategic Studies Center
CEMOPLAF - Medical Center for Family Planning (Ecuador)
CEN - Caribbean Environmental Network project
CENDEL - Nicaraguan Center for Labor Studies
CEPAL - Center of Electoral Assistance and Promotion
CEPPRO - Paraguayan Center for Economic Liberty and Social Justice
CFC - Chlorofluorocarbon
CG - Consultative Group
CIAM - Women's Center for Research and Action (Nicaragua)
CICON - Congressional Research Center (Bolivia)
CIDA - Canadian International Development Agency
CIES - Center for Information, Education and Services
CIRD - Information and Resources Center for Development
CLUSA - Cooperative League of the United States of America
CO₂ - Carbon Dioxide
COFIDE - Financial Development Corporation (Peru)
CONAM - National Council for Modernization (Ecuador)
- National Environmental Council (Peru)
CONASIDA - National AIDS Prevention Council (Mexico)
CONCAUSA - Conjunta Central America-USA
CONFIEP - Businessmen's Association (Peru)
CP - Congressional Presentation
CPDH - Permanent Commission for Human Rights (Nicaragua)
CPR - Contraceptive Prevalence Rate
CRP - Caribbean Regional Program
CRS - Catholic Relief Services
CS - Child Survival
CSD - Child Survival and Disease
CSE - Supreme Electoral Council
CSO - Civil Society Organization
CYP - Couple Years Protection
CZM - Coastal Zone Management

DA - Development Assistance
DAC - Development Assistance Committee
DAI - Development Alternatives Inc.
DCA - Development Credit Authority
DG - Democracy and Governance
DHS - Demographic Health Survey
DNPW - Directorship of National Parks and Wildlife
DPT - Diptheria, Pertussis and Tetanus
DOE - Department of Energy
- Department of Education

EAI - Enterprises for the Americas Initiative
EC - European Community
- European Commission
ECLAC - Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
EEAF - Environmental Enterprises Assistance Fund
EIA - Environmental Initiative for the Americas
ENCORE - Environment and Coastal Resource Project
ENR - Environment and Natural Resources
ENV - Environment
EPA - Environmental Protection Agency
ESAF - Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility (IMF)
ESF - Economic Support Fund
ESOP - Employee Share Ownership Plan (Jamaica)
ET - Ethics and Transparency (Nicaragua)
EU - European Union

FA&H - Armed Forces of Haiti
FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization
FFP - Food for Peace
FFS - Health Promotion Foundation (Honduras)
FIAES - Initiative for the Americas Debt Reduction Fund
FINCA - Foundation for International Community Assistance
FUNDE - Foundation for Economic Development (El Salvador)
FMCN - Mexico Conservation Fund
FONAMA - National Environment Fund (Bolivia)
FONHEP - Haitian Private School Foundation
FP - Family Planning
FTAA - Free Trade Area of the Americas
FUNBIO - Brazilian Fund for Biodiversity

G-7 - Group of Seven (leading industrialized nations consisting of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States)
GATT - General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
GCC - Global Climate Change
GDP - Gross Domestic Product
GEF - Global Environmental Facility
GIS - Geographic Information System
GNP - Gross National Product
GTZ - German Development Agency

HA - Hectare
HCD - Human Capacity Development
HIV - Human Immunodeficiency Virus
HFTE - Hemispheric Free Trade Expansion
HPZ - High Potential Zones (Haiti)

IBAMA - Brazilian environmental agency
IBRD - International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)
ICITAP - International Criminal Investigation and Training Assistance Program
ICMA - International City Managers Association
IDB - Inter-American Development Bank
IESC - International Executive Service Corps
IFAD - International Fund for Agriculture Development
IFES - International Foundation for Electoral Systems
IIC - Inter-Institutional Commission (Panama)
IICA - Inter-American Institute for Agricultural Cooperation
IIDH - Inter-American Institute for Human Rights
IMAZON - The Institute of Man and the Amazon Environment (Brazil)
IMCI - Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses
IMF - International Monetary Fund
IMR - Infant Mortality Rate
INADE - National Development Institute (Peru)
INC - International Narcotics Control (State Department)
INL - International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (State Department)
INRENARE - Institute for the Management of Renewable Natural Resources
INSALUD - National Health Institute (Dominican Republic)
IOM - International Organization for Migration
IPAM - Amazon Environmental Research Institute (Brazil)
IPR - Intellectual Property Rights
IPPF - International Planned Parenthood Federation
IR - Intermediate Result
IRI - International Republican Institute
IUCN - International Union for the Conservation of Nature
IULA - International Union of Local Authorities

JC - Judicial Council (Bolivia)
JUST - Justice Sector Support (Peru)

LAC - Latin America and the Caribbean
LGD - Local Government Development (Peru)

MAGA - Guatemalan Ministries of Agriculture, Food and Livestock
MCD - Citizens' Movement for Democracy (Mexico)
MCH - Maternal and Child Health
MDB - Multilateral Development Bank
MED - Ministry of Education
MENJS - Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (Haiti)
MIF - Multilateral Investment Fund (IDB)
MINUGUA - United Nations Verification Mission for Guatemala
MOF - Ministry of Finance
MOH - Ministry of Health
MSH - Management Sciences for Health
MUDE - Women in Development (Dominican Republic)

NACP - National AIDS Control Program
NAFTA - North American Free Trade Agreement
NAMRID - Naval Medical Research Institute Detachment
NAS - Narcotic Affairs Section (State Department)
NCBA - National Cooperative Business Association
NCSC - National Center for State Courts
NDI - National Democratic Institute
NEAP - National Environmental Action Plan
NGO - Nongovernmental Organization
NRCA - Natural Resources Conservation Authority (Jamaica)
NRMU - Natural Resource Management Unit
NRM - Natural Resource Management

OAS - Organization of American States
ODA - Official Development Assistance
OECD - Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
OECS - Organization of Eastern Caribbean States
OHRO - Office of the Human Rights Ombudsman
OPDAT - Office of Professional Development and Training
ORT - Oral Rehydration Therapy

PADCO - Planning Associates Development Collaborative
PAHO - Pan American Health Organization
PARDEM - Participatory Democracy (Peru)
PASA - Participating Agency Service Agreement
PCA - Panama Canal Authority
PCC - Panama Canal Commission
PCTC - Panama Canal Transition Commission
PCW - Panama Canal Watershed
PERA - Partnership for Educational Revitalization in the Americas
PHN - Population, Health and Nutrition
PIP - Parks in Peril
PPG-7 - G-7 Pilot Program to Conserve the Brazilian Rain Forest
PRET - Program for the Recovery of the Economy in Transition
PRISMA - Salvadoran Development and Natural Resources Research Program
PROALCA - Central American Participation in the Free Trade Area of the Americas
PROCEL - Brazilian government agency
PRODEEM - National Energy Development Program for States and Municipalities (Brazil)
PRODIM - Program for the Development of Women and Children (Honduras)
PROFAMILIA - Dominican Association for Family Well-Being
PVO - Private Voluntary Organization

RECC - Cotacachi-Cayapas Ecological Reserve (Ecuador)
RECAY - Cayambe-Coca Ecological Reserve (Ecuador)
REPSO - Renewable Energy Project Support Office (Brazil)
ROL - Rule of Law
RTI - Research Triangle Institute

SABE - Strengthening Achievement in Basic Education
SAP - Structural Adjustment Program
SDAF - Special Development Fund
SEGEPLAN - Economic Planning Secretariat
SENREM - Sustainable Environment and Natural Resources Management activity (Peru)
SEPAZ - Secretariat for Peace (Guatemala)
SIECA - Permanent Secretariat for Central American Economic Integration
SMSE - Sustainable Markets for Sustainable Energy (Brazil)
SO - Strategic Objective
SSU - Sanitation Support Unit (Jamaica)
STD - Sexually Transmitted Disease
STI - Sexually Transmitted Infection
STRI - Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (Panama)
SUNY - State University of New York

TFF - Tropical Forest Foundation (Brazil)
TNC - The Nature Conservancy

UDAPE - Government Economic and Social Policy Analysis Unit (Honduras)
UN - United Nations
UNAG - National Union of Farmers and Cattle Owners (Nicaragua)
UNAIDS - United Nations Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
UNDCP - United Nations Drug Control Program
UNDP - United Nation Development Program
UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund
UPANIC - Nicaraguan Union of Agricultural Producers
URNG - Guatemalan National Revolutionary Union
UPAT - Legislative Technical Assistance Unit within Guatemalan Congress
USDA - United States Department of Agriculture
US/ECRE - U.S. Export Council for Renewable Energy
USG - U.S. Government
USTR - Office of the U.S. Trade Representative

WHO - World Health Organization
WTO - World Trade Organization
WWF - World Wildlife Fund

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