| AIR | Annual implementation report |
| APC | Association of Polish Cities |
| ASI | Areas of strategic intervention |
| ATI | Access to information |
| BIP | Public Information Bulletin (Biuletyn Informacji Publicznej) |
| BZP | Public Procurement Bulletin (Biuletyn Zamowien Publicznych) |
| CBA | Central Budget Authority |
| CoG | Centre of government |
| CoR | European Committee of the Regions |
| CPR | Common provisions regulation |
| CSO | Civil society organisation |
| EC | European Commission |
| EFTA | European Free Trade Association |
| EIB | European Investment Bank |
| EIU | Economist Intelligence Unit |
| ESIF | European Structural and Investment Funds |
| EU | European Union |
| FDS | Polish Local Roads Fund |
| FFM | Fact-finding mission |
| FUA | Functional urban area |
| GDP | Gross domestic product |
| GZM | Metropolitan Association of Upper Silesia and Zagłębie (Gornoslasko-Zaglebiowska Metropolia) |
| HRM | Human resource management |
| ICT | Information and communication technology |
| IT | Information technology |
| ITI | Integrated territorial investments |
| KTS | Polish System of Coding of Territorial and Statistical Units |
| LAG | Local action group |
| LDS | Local development strategy |
| LGBTI | Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people |
| LSGU | Local self-government unit |
| M&E | Monitoring and evaluation |
| MA | Managing authority |
| MDFRP | Polish Ministry of Development Funds and Regional Policy |
| MFF | Multiannual financial forecast |
| MFiPR | Polish Ministry of Development Funds and Regional Policy (Ministerstwo Funduszy i Polityki Regionalnej) |
| MoU | Memorandum of understanding |
| MTEF | Medium-term expenditure framework |
| NCRSO | National Centre for Civil Society Development (Narodowe Centrum Rozwoju Spoleczenstwa Obywatelskiego) |
| NGO | Non-governmental organisation |
| NOP | National operational programmes |
| NSRD | National Regional Development Strategy |
| NTO | National Territorial Observatories |
| NUP | National Urban Policy |
| OGD | Open Government Data |
| OGP | Open Government Partnership |
| PA | Partnership Agreement |
| PCI | Partnership City Initiative |
| PFA | Public Finance Act |
| PMR | Product market regulation |
| PPO | Public Procurement Office |
| R&D | Research and development |
| RAC | Regional audit chamber (Regionalne izby obrachunkowe) |
| RDS | Regional development strategy |
| RIA | Regulatory impact assessment |
| ROP | Regional operational programme |
| RPO | Office of the Ombudsman (Rzecznik Praw Obywatelskich) |
| RTO | Regional Territorial Observatory |
| SME | Small- and medium-sized enterprise |
| SRD | Polish Strategy for Responsible Development for the Period up to 2020 |
| SWOT | Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats Analysis |
| TERYT | Poland’s National Official Register of the Territorial Division of the Country |
| ZMP | Association of Polish Cities (Związek Miast Polskich) |
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