ALPARC - Alpine Network of Protected Areas
ANPAA - Association of Natural Protected Areas Administration
ASP – Associated Strategic Partner
CBD – Convention on Biological Diversity
CCIBIS - Carpathian Integrated Biodiversity Information System
CCIC - Carpathian Convention Implementation Committee
CIC - International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation
CMS - Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals
CNPA - Carpathian Network of Protected Areas
CNPA Unit - Carpathian Network of Protected Areas Unit
COP - Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Carpathian Convention
CSTP - Carpathian Sustainable Tourism Platform
CWI - Carpathian Wetland Initiative
DANUBEPARKS - Network of Protected Areas along the Danube River
DG REGIO - Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy
DCP - Danube-Carpathian Programme
DTP - Danube Transnational Programme
EEA - European Environment Agency

EIONET - European Environment Information and Observation Network
ERDF – European Regional Development Fund
ESD - Education for Sustainable Development
ETC - European Territorial Cooperation
ETE - Ecological Tourism in Europe
EU – European Union
EUROMONTANA - European Association of Mountain Areas

EUSDR - EU Strategy for the Danube Region
FAO – Food and Agriculture Organisation
Forest Protocol - Protocol on Sustainable Forest Management to the Carpathian Convention
ICPDR – International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River
IUCN - International Union for Conservation of Nature
LIFE – the EU's Funding Programme for the Environment and Climate Action
MUNESD - Model United Nations Conference on Environment and Sustainable Development
PA – Priority Area
PSC – Programme Support Cost
Ramsar Convention - Convention on Wetlands of International Importance
RAUN - Regional Academy on the United Nations
REC – Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe
SDC – Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
TAF- DRP – Technical Assistance Facility for Danube Region Projects
Tourism Protocol - Protocol on Sustainable Tourism to the Carpathian Convention
Transport Protocol - Protocol on Sustainable Transport to the Carpathian Convention
UBA - Federal Environment Agency of Austria

UNDP- United Nations Development Programme
UNECE – United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
UNFCCC – United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
WG Biodiversity - Carpathian Convention Working Group on Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biological and Landscape Diversity
WG Climate Change - Carpathian Convention Working Group on Adaptation to Climate Change
WG Forest - Carpathian Convention Working Group on Sustainable Forest Management
WG SARD - Carpathian Convention Working Group on Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development

WG Spatial Development - Carpathian Convention Working Group on Spatial Development

WG Tourism - Carpathian Convention Working Group on Tourism
WWF - World Wide Fund for Nature