Manoli - The Dynamics of Black Sea Subregionalism

ABSAR

Association of Black Sea Area Regions

AKP

Justice and Development Party

APEC

Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation

BASPA

Black and Azov Seas Ports Association

BBCIC

Border Coordination and Information Centre

BBSRC

Balkan and Black Sea Regional Commission

BEAC

Barents Euro-Atlantic Council

BINSA

Black Sea International Shipowners Association

BlackSeaFor

Black Sea Naval Cooperation Task Group

BRASS

Black Sea Region Association of Shipbuilders and Shiprepairers

BRIC

Brazil, Russia, India, China

BSBIN

Black Sea Business Information Network

BSCA

Association of Black Sea Capitals

BSDM

Black Sea Defence Ministerial

BSEC

Black Sea Economic Cooperation

BSEC BC

Black Sea Economic Cooperation Business Council

BSEC URTA

Union of Road Transport Associations of BSEC

BSII

Black Sea Investment Initiative

BSRH

Black Sea Ring Highway

BSS

Black Sea Synergy

BSTDB

Black Sea Trade and Development Bank

BSTIPP

Black Sea Trade and Investment Promotion Programme

BSUN

Black Sea Universities Network

CARDS

Community Assistance for Association, Democratization and Stabilization

CBSN

Chiefs of the Black Sea Navies

CBSS

Council of Baltic Sea States

CEFTA

Central European Free Trade Agreement

CDC

Community of Democratic Choice

CEI

Central European Initiative

CEPS

Centre for European Policy Studies

CFE

Conventional Forces in Europe

CIS

Commonwealth of Independent States

CMEA

Council of Mutual Economic Assistance

CPMR

Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions of Europe

CSTO

Collective Security Treaty Organisation

DEIK

Foreign Economic Relations Board

EaP

Eastern Partnership

EBRD

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

EC

European Commission

ECO

Economic Cooperation Organization

EFTA

European Free Trade Association

ELIAMEP

Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy

ENP

European Neighbourhood Policy

ENPI

European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument

EP

European Parliament

EU

European Union

EUMM

European Union Monitoring Mission

FDI

Foreign Direct Investment

FTA

Free Trade Agreement

FYROM

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

GATT

General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs

GDP

Gross Domestic Product

GE

Group of Experts

GUAM

Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Moldova

GUUAM

Georgia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Moldova

HCNM

High Commissioner for National Minorities

IBSC

International Black Sea Club

ICBSS

International Center for Black Sea Studies

IFIs

International Financial Institutions

INOGATE

Interstate Oil and Gas Transport to Europe

INSME

International Network for SMEs

IPE

International Political Economy

ISS

Institute for Security Studies

ITGI

Interconnector Turkey-Greece-Italy

KNK

Confederation of Peoples of the Caucasus

MoS

Motorways of the Sea

NACC

North Atlantic Cooperation Council

NAFTA

North American Free Trade Area

NATO

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NBG

National Bank of Greece

NGOs

Non Governmental Organizations

NIF

Neighbourhood Investment Facility

NIS

Newly Independent States

OBSH

Operation Black Sea Harmony

OECD

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

OSCE

Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe

PABSEC

Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation

PERMIS

Permanent International Secretariat

PfP

Partnership for Peace

PHARE

Poland/Hungary: Assistance for Restructuring Economies

RCC

Regional Commonwealth in the Field of Communications

RIIA

Royal Institute of International Affairs

SALW

Small Arms and Light Weapons

SAPARD

Special Accession Program for Agriculture and Rural Development

SECI

Southeast European Cooperative Initiative

SME

Small and Medium Sized Enterprises

TACIS

Technical Assistance for the Commonwealth of Independent States

TAD

Territoires Ammnagement Dveloppement

TRACECA

Transport Corridor Europe Caucasus Central Asia

UBCCE

Union of Black Sea and Caspian Confederation of Enterprises

UCPTE

Union for Power Production and Transport Coordination

UN

United Nations

UNCTAD

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

UNECE

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

UNFAO

United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization

UNOMIG

United Nations Observer Mission to Georgia

USD

United States dollar

WEU

Western European Union