Glossary

A

AA
Foreign Office
AEB
General Purchase Conditions
AGG
German General Act on Equal Treatment
AIZ
Academy for International Cooperation
AMA
foreign employees
AR
Supervisory Board
ArbMedVV
German Ordinance on Preventive Occupational Health Care
ArbSchG
Occupational Health and Safety Act
ASiG
German Act on Occupational Physicians, Safety Engineers and Other Occupational Safety Specialists
AU
African Union
AVB
General Terms and Conditions of Contract

B

B.A.U.M.
German Environmental Management Association
BA
Germany’s Federal Employment Agency
BBK
Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance
BfDI
Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information
BGM
Occupational health management
BMDV
German Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport
BME
German Association for Supply Chain Management, Procurement and Logistics
BMUV
German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection
BMWK
German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action
BMZ
German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

C

CDP
Carbon Disclosure Project
CO2
carbon dioxide
CO2eq
carbon dioxide equivalent
COMIFAC
Commission des Forêts d’Afrique Centrale (Central African Forest Commission)
CoP
Communication on Progress for the UN Global Compact
Covid-19
Coronavirus disease 2019
CRS
CRS (Common Reporting Standard)
CSH
Corporate Sustainability Handprint®
CSM
Centre for Sustainability Management
CSRD
Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive 

D

DKKV
German Committee for Disaster Reduction e.V.
DLR
German Aerospace Centre
DNK
German Sustainability Code
DÖAG
German Public Sector Clients
DRK
German Red Cross
DSE
German Foundation for International Development
DSGVO
General Data Protection Regulation

E

ECHO
European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations
EFFAS
European Federation of Financial Analysts Societies
EHfG
German Development Workers Act
EIB
European Investment Bank
EMAS
Eco-Management and Audit Scheme
EMNS
Emergency Mass Notification System
EnDev
Energising Development programme
EPA
Environmental protection Agency
ESG
Environmental, Social, Governance
ESRS
European Sustainability Reporting Standards
EU
European Union

F

FAO
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
FiED
development workers

G

GBV
general works agreement 
GCF
Green Climate Fund
GD ECHO
Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations
GDP
Gross Domestic Product
GFDRR
Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery
GnB
non-profit sector
GRI
Global Reporting Initiative 

H

HDI
Human Development Index
HDP-Nexus
Humanitarian-Development-Peace
HRDF
Human Resource Development Foundation

I

IBC
International Blue Crescent
IF
integrated specialists
IHK
Chamber of Industry and Commerce
IKI
International Climate Protection Initiative
IMA
domestic employees
InS
GIZ International Services
iPCA
Integrated Peace and Conflict Assessment
IROs
Impacts, Risks, Opportunities
ISRL
Inclusive Sustainable Rice Landscapes
IT
Information technology

K

KI
Artificial Intelligence
KuF
Cooperation and Leadership

L

LkSG
German Supply Chain Act
Ltg
Management

M

MCTI
Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação (Brazilian Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation)
MED
Medical Services

N

NamRA
Namibia Revenue Agency
NAP
National Adaptation Plan
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NDC
Nationally Determined Contributions
NGO
Non-governmental organisation (Nichtregierungsorganisation)
NMA
National employees
NRO
Non-governmental organisation

P

P+R
Processes and rules
PCGK
German Government’s Public Corporate Governance Code
PRINDEX
Global Property Rights Index
PV
Photovoltaics
PVA
Committee for staff representation abroad

R

RF
Returning specialists

S

SADC
Southern African Development Community
SBTi
Science Based Targets initiative (alliance of major environmental and climate organisations)
SDGs
Sustainable Development Goals
SICA
Sistema de la Integración Centroamericana (Central American Integration System)
Sifa
Occupational safety specialist
SLF
Sustainability Leadership Forum

T

THG-Emissionen
Greenhouse gas emissions
THW
Technical Relief Agency

U

UKP
Environmental and climate assessment
UN
United Nations
UNDRR
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (Büro der Vereinten Nationen für Katastrophenvorsorge)
UNGC
United Nations Global Compact
UNHCR
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
UNICEF
United Nations Children's Fund
USSD
Unstructured Supplementary Service Data

W

WEP
Women’s Empowerment Principles
WFP
Word Food Programme
WHO
World Health Organization
WRI
World Resources Institute
WTO
World Trade Organization
WWF
World Wide Fund For Nature

Z

ZAV
Central International and Specialised Placement Services
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