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Abbreviations
ACUF
– Association des
Communautés Urbaines
de France (Association
of Urban Communities of
France)
AdCF
– Association
des Communautés de
France (Association of
Communities of France)
ADF
– Association
des Départements de
France (Association of
Departments of France)
APCMA
– Assemblée
Permanente des Chambres
de Métiers et d’Artisanat
(Permanent Assembly of
Chambers of Trades and
Crafts)
ARF
– Association des
Régions de France
(Association of Regions of
France)
CCI
– Chambre de
Commerce et d’Industrie
(Chamber of Commerce
and Industry)
CGET
– Commissariat
Général à l’Égalité des
territoires (General
Commission for Territorial
Equality)
CNER
– Conseil National
des Économies Régionales
(National Council of
Regional Economies -
national federation of
economic development
agencies)
DG REGIO
– Directorate
General for Regional and
Urban Policy
DIRECCTE
– Direction
régionale des entreprises,
de la concurrence, de la
consommation, du travail
et de l’emploi (Regional
Directorate for Businesses,
Competition policy,
Consumer Affairs, Labour
and Employment)
EURES-T
– European
Employment Services in
cross-border regions
EMFF
– European Maritime
and Fisheries Fund
ERDF
– European Regional
Development Fund
ESF
– European Social
Fund
ETC
– European Territorial
Cooperation
GPEC
– Gestion
Prévisionnelle des Emplois
et des Compétences
(Strategic Workforce
Planning)
JTS
– Joint Technical
Secretariat
SME
– Small and medium-
sized companies
POCTEFA
– Programme
Opérationnel
de Coopération
Transfrontalière Espagne-
France-Andorre (Spain-
France-Andorra Cross-
Border Cooperation
Operational Programme)
SGAR
– Secrétariat
Général aux Affaires
Régionales (General
Secretariat for Regional
Affairs)
SUDOE
– Programme de
Coopération Territoriale
de l’Espace Sud-Ouest
Européen (South-
West Europe Territorial
Cooperation Programme)
VAT
– Value Added Tax