ACRE |
Action with Communities in Rural England |
ADM |
Area Development Management |
AONB |
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty |
ASSI |
Area of Special Scientific Interest |
BSE |
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy |
BSP |
Building Sustainable Prosperity |
CAFRE |
College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise |
CAP |
Common Agricultural Policy |
CDSU |
Community Development Support Unit |
CENI |
Community Evaluation Northern Ireland |
CFNI |
Community Foundation for Northern Ireland |
CJD |
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease |
CMS |
Countryside Management Scheme |
COSTA |
Community Organisations of South Tyrone and Areas |
CPA |
Combat Poverty Agency |
CR |
Community Relations |
CRC |
Community Relations Council |
CSR |
Comprehensive Spending Review |
CTA |
Community Transport Association |
CVNI |
Conservation Volunteers Northern Ireland |
CWSAN |
Cookstown & Western Shores Area Network |
DARD |
Department of Agriculture and Rural Development |
DCAL |
Department of Culture, Arts & Leisure |
DED |
Department of Economic Development |
DENI |
Department of Education Northern Ireland |
DETI |
Department of Enterprise, Trade & Investment |
DFP |
Department of Finance and Personnel |
DHSSPS |
Department of Health Social Services and Public Safety |
DoE |
Department of Environment |
DRD |
Department for Regional Development |
DSD |
Department for Social Development |
EAGGF |
European Agricultural Guidance & Guarantee Fund |
ECU |
European Currency Unit |
EDI |
Equity, Diversity and Interdependence |
EDRCN |
East Down Rural Community Network |
EGSA |
Educational Guidance Service for Adults |
EPF |
Executive Programme Funds |
ERDF |
European Regional Development Fund |
ESA |
Environmentally Sensitive Area |
ESF |
European Social Fund |
EU |
European Union |
FDS |
Farm Diversification Scheme |
FIFG |
Fisheries Instrument for Fisheries Guidance |
FMD |
Foot and Mouth Disease |
FRCN |
Fermanagh Rural Community Network |
HAZ |
Health Action Zone |
ICT |
Information Communication Technology |
IFB |
Intermediary Funding Body |
IFI |
International Fund for Ireland |
IRL |
Irish Rural Link |
JRCT |
Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust |
JRF |
Joseph Rowntree Foundation |
LAG |
Local Action Group |
LCI |
Low Community Infrastructure |
LEADER |
Liaison Enter Actions Developments Enterprises Rurales |
LEDU |
Local Enterprise and Development Unit |
LEI |
Local Enterprise Initiative |
LFA |
Less Favoured Area |
LLLUK |
Life Long Learning UK |
LSP |
Local Strategy Partnership |
MCRC |
Multi Cultural Resource Centre |
MLA |
Member of Local Assembly |
NACN |
North Antrim Community Network |
NAPS |
National Anti Poverty Strategy |
NGO |
Non Government Organisation |
NIACRO |
Northern Ireland Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders |
NIAPA |
Northern Ireland Agricultural Producers’ Association |
NICS |
Northern Ireland Civil Service |
NICVA |
Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action |
NIEL |
Northern Ireland Environment Link |
NIHE |
Northern Ireland Housing Executive |
NILGA |
Northern Ireland Local Government Association |
NIO |
Northern Ireland Office |
NIPPA |
Northern Ireland Pre-school Playgroup Association |
NIRWN |
Northern Ireland Rural Women’s Network |
NISRA |
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency |
NITAP |
Northern Ireland Tenants Action Project |
NITB |
Northern Ireland Tourist Board |
NIVDA |
Northern Ireland Volunteer Development Agency |
NIVT |
Northern Ireland Voluntary Trust (now CFNI) |
NOF |
New Opportunities Fund |
NOW |
New Opportunities for Women |
OFM/DFM |
Office of First Minister and Deputy First Minister |
PBNI |
Probation Board Northern Ireland |
PE |
Public Expenditure |
PfG |
Programme for Government |
PPP |
Public Private Partnership |
PPS14 |
Planning Policy Statement 14 - Sustainable Development in the Countryside |
PSI |
Promoting Social Inclusion |
QUB |
Queen’s University Belfast |
R&D |
Research & Development |
RAP |
Rural Action Project |
RCN |
Rural Community Network |
RDC |
Rural Development Council |
RDD |
Rural Development Division |
RDP |
Rural Development Programme |
RDR |
Rural Development Regulation |
ROMAL |
Regeneration of Mournes Area Limited |
RoSA |
Regeneration of South Armagh |
RPA |
Review of Public Administration |
RSN |
Rural Support Network |
RSPB |
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds |
SARN |
South Antrim Rural Network |
SDCN |
Strabane and District Community Network |
SEUPB |
Special European Union Programmes Body |
SNIP |
Sustainable Northern Ireland Programme |
SOLACE |
Society of Local Authorities Chief Executives |
SPAMT |
Strategic Planning Action Monitoring Team |
SPAN |
Strategic Planning Action Network |
SSPPR |
Special Support Programme for Peace and Reconciliation |
TADA |
The Antrim, Down and Armagh Network |
TSN |
Targeting Social Need |
TWN |
Training for Women Network |
UAHS |
Ulster Architectural Heritage Society |
UAOS |
Ulster Agricultural Organisation Society |
UFU |
Ulster Farmers’ Union |
UU |
University of Ulster |
UUC |
University of Ulster, Coleraine |
UUJ |
University of Ulster, Jordanstown |
UWT |
Ulster Wildlife Trust |
VCU |
Voluntary Community Unit |
WEA |
Workers’ Educational Association |
WI |
Women’s Institute |
WRDA |
Women’s Resource & Development Agency |
WTO |
World Trade Organisation |
WWF |
World Wide Fund for Nature |
WWT |
Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust |
YFC |
Young Farmers’ Club of Ulster |