| ABC | Annual Business Climate Scan |
| ACS | Landen in Afrika, in het Caraïbisch gebied en in de Stille Oceaan |
| AfDB | African Development Bank |
| ALA | Azië en Latijns-Amerika |
| ARTF | Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund |
| AsDB | Asian Development Bank |
| ASEM | Asia-Europe Meeting |
| ASP | Academisch Samenwerkingsprogramma |
| AVVN | Algemene Vergadering der Verenigde Naties |
| BNP | Bruto Nationaal Product |
| BNPP | Bank Netherlands Partnership Program |
| BSO | Bedrijfsondersteunende Organisatie |
| CARDS | Community Assistance Programme for Reconstruction, Development and Stabilisation |
| CBI | Centrum voor de Bevordering van Import uit ontwikkelingslanden |
| CDM | Clean Development Mechanism |
| CFC | Common Fund for Commodities |
| CIMIC | Civil and Military Co-operation |
| CSD | Commission on Sustainable Development |
| CSE | Verdrag inzake Conventionele Strijdkrachten in Europa |
| CSP | Country Strategy Paper |
| CTBTO | Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (Organisation) |
| CWV | Conventionele Wapensverdrag |
| DAC | Development Assistance Committee |
| DDR | Demobilisation Disarmament Reintegration |
| DGIS | Directoraat Generaal Internationale Samenwerking |
| EBRD | European Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
| ECA | Economic Commission for Africa |
| ECDPM | European Centre for Development Policy Management |
| ECER | Expertise Centrum Europees Recht |
| ECLAC | Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean |
| ECOWAS | Economic Community of West African States |
| EFA | Education for All |
| EHRM | Europees Hof voor de Rechten van de Mens |
| EOF | Europees Ontwikkelingsfonds |
| ESCAP | Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific |
| EU | Europese Unie |
| EVD | Economische Voorlichtingsdienst |
| EVDB | Europese Veiligheids- en Defensiebeleid |
| EVRM | Europees Verdrag voor de Rechten van de Mens |
| FAO | Food and Agricultural Organisation |
| FMO | Financieringsmaatschappij Ontwikkelingslanden |
| FSA | Strategische Faciliteit voor Mensenrechten en Goed Bestuur |
| GBVB | Gemeenschappelijk Buitenlands en Veiligheidsbeleid |
| GEF | Global Environment Facility |
| GFATM | Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria |
| HGIS | Homogene Groep Internationale Samenwerking |
| HIPC | Heavily Indebted Poor Countries |
| HIS | Handels Informatie Systeem |
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| IAEA | International Atomic Energy Agency |
| ICB | Internationaal Cultuurbeleid |
| ICER | Interdepartementale Commissie Europees Recht |
| ICRC | Internationaal Comité van het Rode Kruis |
| ICT | Informatie- en communicatietechnologie |
| IDA | International Development Association |
| IDEA | Institute for Support of Democracy and Electoral Assistance |
| IFAD | International Fund for Agricultural Development |
| IFC | International Finance Corporation |
| IFI | Internationale Financiële Instellingen |
| IGAD | Intergovernmental Authority on Development |
| IGC | Intergouvernementele Conferentie |
| ILO | International Labour Organisation |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| IMO | Internationale Maritieme Organisatie |
| INSTRAW | International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Woman |
| IO | Internationaal Onderwijs |
| IOB | Inspectie Ontwikkelingssamenwerking en Beleidsevaluatie |
| ISAF | International Security Assistance Force |
| ISPS | International Ship and Port Facility Security |
| ITC | International Trade Centre |
| JI | Joint Implementation |
| KIT | Koninklijk Instituut voor de Tropen |
| KPA | Kleine Plaatselijke Activiteiten |
| LPI | Loket Plaatselijke Initiatieven |
| M&O | Misbruik en oneigenlijk gebruik |
| MATRA | (Programma) Maatschappelijke Transformatie |
| MDG | Millennium Development Goals |
| MEDA | Euro-Mediterraan Partnerschapprogramma |
| MEDRC | Middle East Desalinisation Research Centre |
| MFO | Medefinancieringsorganisatie |
| MFP | Medefinancieringsprogramma |
| MILIEV | Milieuen Economische Verzelfstandiging |
| MOL | Minst Ontwikkeld Land |
| MOPAN | Multilateral Organisations Performance Association Network |
| NABSO | Netherlands Agribusiness Support Offices |
| NBSO | Netherlands Business Supoort Offices |
| NAVO | Noord-Atlantische Verdragsorganisatie |
| NCDO | Nationale Commissie voor internationale samenwerking en Duurzame Ontwikkeling |
| NFP | Netherlands Fellowships Programme |
| NGO | Niet-Gouvernementale Organisatie |
| NIMF | Nederlands Investerings Matching Fonds |
| NIO | Nederlandse Investeringsbank voor Ontwikkelingslanden |
| NOVIB | Nederlandse Organisatie voor Internationale Bijstand |
| NPT | Netherlands Programme for Institutional Strengthening ofpost-secundary education and Training Capacity |
| NRF | Nato Response Force |
| NSFSO | Nederlands Samenwerkingsverband voor Financiële Sector Ontwikkeling |
| NUFFIC | Netherlands Universities Foundation for International Cooperation |
| OCHA | Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs |
| ODA | Official Development Assistance |
| OESO | Organisatie voor Economische Samenwerking en Ontwikkeling |
| OPCW | Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons |
| ORET | Ontwikkelingsrelevante Exporttransacties |
| OVSE | Organisatie voor Veiligheid en Samenwerking in Europa (ook: OCSE: Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe) |
| PCAP | Programma Culturele Ambasade Projecten |
| PEAP | Poverty Eradication Action Plan |
| PEP | Poverty and Environment Partnership |
| PER | Public Expenditure Review |
| PICB | Programma Internationaal Cultuurbeleid |
| POBB | Programma Ondersteuning Buitenlands Beleid |
| POPM | Particuliere Ontwikkelings Participatiemaatschappijen |
| PRGF | Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility |
| PRSP | Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers |
| PSIA | Poverty and Social Impact Analyses |
| PSOM | Programma Samenwerking Opkomende Markten |
| PUM | Project Uitzending Managers |
| RAWOO | Raad van Advies voor het Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek in het kader van Ontwikkelingssamenwerking |
| RvE | Raad van Europa |
| SADC | Southern African Development Community |
| SFOR | Stabilisation Forces |
| SICA | Stichting Internationale Culturele Activiteiten |
| SII | Samenwerking Internationale Instellingen |
| SNV | Nederlandse Ontwikkelingsorganisatie |
| SOLAS | Safety of Life at Sea |
| TACIS | Technical Assistance to the Commonwealth of Independent States |
| TMF | Thematische Medefinanciering |
| TRIP | Trade Related Intellectual Property rights |
| UNAIDS | VN-Aidsprogramma |
| UNCDF | United Nations Capital Development Fund |
| UNCTAD | United Nations Conference on Trade and Development |
| UNDCP | United Nations International Drug Control Programme |
| UNDG | United Nations Development Group |
| UNDP | United Nations Development Programme |
| UNEP | United Nations Environment Programme |
| UNESCO | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation |
| UNFPA | United Nations Population Fund |
| UNHCR | United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |
| UNICEF | United Nations Children's Fund |
| UNIFEM | United Nations Development Fund for Women |
| UNRISD | United Nations Research Institute for Social Development |
| UNRWA | United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East |
| VMP | Vakbondsfinancieringsprogramma |
| VN | Verenigde Naties |
| VNG | Vereniging van Nederlandse Gemeenten |
| WEU | West-Europese Unie |
| WFP | World Food Programme |
| WHO | World Health Organisation |
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| WSSD | World Summit Sustainable Development |
| WTO | World Trade Organisation |