Some acronyms widely used in the Black Sea Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis are listed
below in alphabetical order.
| AC |
Activity Centre |
| AD |
Anno Dominae |
| BOD |
Biological Oxygen Demand |
| BS |
Black Sea |
| BSAP |
Black Sea Action Plan |
| BSEP |
Black Sea Environmental Programme |
| COD |
Chemical Oxygen Demand |
| DO |
Dissolved Oxygen |
| EDA |
Environmental Domage Assessment |
| EIA |
Environmental Impact Assessment |
| EP |
Environmental Protection |
| EROS |
European River-Ocean System |
| EU |
European Union |
| FAO |
Food & Agriculture Organization |
| GEF |
Global Environment Facility |
| GIS |
Geographic Information System |
| GRID |
Global Resourse Information Database |
| IAEA |
International Atomic Energy Agency |
| IBSC |
International Black Sea Club |
| ICZM |
Integrated Coastal Zone Management |
| IFL |
International Financing Institution |
| IMO |
International Maritime Organization |
| IOC |
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission |
| IUCN |
International Union for Conservation of Nature |
| LUP |
Land Use Plan |
| MARDOS |
Marine Dosimetry |
| MARPOL |
International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution
from Ships |
| MoE |
Ministry of Environment |
| NGO |
Non Governmental Organization |
| NWS |
North-Western Shelf |
| O&M |
Operation and Maintenance |
| ODA |
Other Donor Agency |
| PAH |
Poly Aromatic Hydrocarbon |
| PCB |
Poly Chlorinated Bifenils |
| PM |
Pollution Monitoring |
| POP |
Persistent Organic Pollutant |
| PSU |
Programme Coordination Unit |
| QA |
Quality Assurance |
| REC |
Regional Environment Center |
| SWD |
Solid Waste Disposal |
| TDA |
Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis |
| TIN |
Total Inorganic Nitrogen |
| TN |
Total Nitrogen |
| TOC |
Total Organic Carbon |
| TP |
Total Phosphorus |
| TSS |
Total Suspended Solids |
| UNDP |
United Nations Development Programme |
| UNEP |
United Nations Environment Programme |
| WB |
World Bank |
| WDC |
World Data Center |
| WHO |
World Health Organization |
| WS&SS |
Water Supply and Sewage System |
| WWF |
World Wide Fund |
| WWTP |
Waste Water Treatment Plant |
