OECD Skills Strategy Northern Ireland (United Kingdom)

Acronyms and abbreviations

The main abbreviations and acronyms used in the report are listed below.

ACARA

Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority

ACS

Slovenian Institute for Adult Education

ALMP

Active labour market policy

ALSFS

Adult Learning Strategic Forum Scotland

BEIS

UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

CAF

Careers Advisory Forum

CAFRE

Northern Ireland College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise

CBI

Confederation of British Industry

CCEA

Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment

CIAG

Career information, advice and guidance

CIPD

Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development

CMI

Chartered Management Institute

CMO

Cluster Management Organisations

CoG

Centre of government

DAERA

Northern Ireland Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs

DE

Northern Ireland Department of Education

DEIS

Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools (Republic of Ireland Programme)

DEL

Northern Ireland Department for Employment and Learning

DESI

Digital Economy and Society Index

DETI

Northern Ireland Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment

DfC

Northern Ireland Department for Communities

DfE

Northern Ireland Department for the Economy

DoF

Northern Ireland Department of Finance

DoH

Northern Ireland Department of Health

EC

European Commission

EEA

European Economic Area

EEI

Employee Engagement Index

EHIS

Estonian Education Information System

ERC

Educational Research Centre

ESCS

Economic, social and cultural status

ESF

European Social Fund

ESIF

European Structural and Investment Funds

ESS

United Kingdom Employer Skills Survey

ESS

Enterprise Shared Services initiative

ETB

Education and Training Board (Republic of Ireland Body)

ETI

Northern Ireland Education and Training Inspectorate

EU

European Union

EUWIN

European Workplace Innovation Network

EWS

Early warning systems

EWIS

Early Warning Indicator System

FDI

Foreign direct investment

FE

Further education

FEC

Further education college

FSB

Federation of Small Businesses

FSM

Free school meals

GCSE

General Certificate of Secondary Education

GDP

Gross domestic product

GVC

Global Value Chain

HE

Higher education

HEI

Higher education institution

HESA

United Kingdom Higher Education Statistics Agency

HIPS

Holistic Industry Productivity Scorecard (Singaporean assessment too)

HPWP

High-performance workplace practices

HR

Human resources

HRM

Human resource management

ICT

Information and communications technology

ICTU

Irish Congress of Trade Unions

IES

Institute for Employment Studies

IIP

Investors in People

ILA

Individual Learning Account

ILM

Institute of Leadership and Management

ILO

International Labour Organization

IoD

Institute of Directors

IPPR

Institute for Public Policy Research

IRCs

Industry Reference Committee (Australian agency)

ISCED

International Standard Classification of Education

KPI

Key Performance Indicator

LEO

Local Enterprise Office (Republic of Ireland agency)

LFS

Labour Force Survey

LLL

Lifelong learning

LMSA

Leadership and Management Skills Assessment

MaSN

Maximum student number

MTEF

Medium-Term Expenditure Framework

NDPB

Non-Departmental Public Body

NEET

Not in Education, Employment, or Training

NGO

Non-governmental organisation

NHS

National Health Service

NI

Northern Ireland (United Kingdom)

NICICTU

Northern Ireland Committee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions

NICS

Northern Ireland Civil Service

NIO

Northern Ireland Office

NISRA

Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency

NQF

National Qualifications Framework

NSC

National Skills Council (Republic of Ireland Body)

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

ONS

United Kingdom Office for National Statistics

OSKA

Estonian Information System - Oskuste Arendamise koordinatsioonisüsteem

PARP

Polish Agency for Enterprise Development

PD

Professional development

PES

Public Employment Service

PGCE

Postgraduate Certificate in Education

PIAAC

Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (OECD Survey of Adult Skills)

PIRLS

Progress in International Reading Literacy Study

PISA

Programme for International Student Assessment

PSEP

Pre-School Education Programme

QA

Quality Assurance

R&D

Research and Development

SAA

Skills assessment and anticipation

SAF

Strategic Advisory Forum

SDS

Skills Development Scotland (Scotland public body)

SER

Dutch Social and Economic Council - Sociaal-Economische Raad

SGIs

Sustainable Governance Indicators

SKL

Swedish Municipalities and the County Councils

SMEs

Small and medium-sized enterprises

SOC

Standard Occupational Classification

SOL

Shortage Occupation List

SOLAS

Republic of Ireland Agency - An tSeirbhís Oideachais Leanúnaigh agus Scileanna

SSC

Sector Skills Council

SSVs

Skill shortage vacancies

STEM

Science, technology, engineering and mathematics

TAFE NSW

Technical and Further Education in New South Wales

TALIS

Teaching and Learning International Survey

TIMSS

Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study

UCAS

United Kingdom Universities and Colleges Admissions Service

UK

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

UKCES

UK Commission for Employment and Skills

UNESCO

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation

UUEPC

Ulster University Economic Policy Centre

VET

Vocational education and training

VVU

Danish Advanced Adult Education