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ABBREVIATIONS

We aim to be as clear and transparent as possible. Here we list, in alphabetical order, the abbreviations and acronyms you may find in the KNOW programme. If you find any unknown abbreviations or acronyms on this site, please don't hesitate to contact info@urban-know.com so we can add it to the list below. 

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O

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A

ACHR| Asian Coalition for Housing Rights 

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a

b

BEIS| Dept. for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy 

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b

c

CCI| Centre for Community Initiatives, Tanzania 

Co-I| Co-Investigator 

CUJAE| Instituto Superior Politécnico José Antonio Echeverría

 

c

d

DAC| Development Assistance Committee  

DAC-list| A list of countries that are eligible for Official Development Assistance according to the OECD Development Assistance Committee

DPU| The Bartlett Development Planning Unit, UCL 

DFID| Department for International Development, UK Government 

 

d

e

ESRC| Economic and Social Research Council

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e

f

FLACSO| Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales

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F

g

GCRF| Global Challenges Research Fund 

GROW| 'Growing research capacity to meet the challenges facing developing countries' call 

GIAG| Global Impact Advisory Group

 

G

H

HIC| Habitat International Coalition 

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H

I

IAB | International Advisory Board 

IGP| Institute for Global Prosperity, UCL

IIED| International Institute for Environment and Development

IIHS| Indian Institute for Human Settlements  

IPCC| United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 

IRDR| UCL Institute for Disaster Risk Reduction

 

 

 

I
J

k

KNOW| Knowledge in Action for Urban Equality 

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K

l

LIAG| Local Impact Advisory Group 
LSE| London School of Economics

LT| Local Term

LTI| Local Term Impact

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L
M

m

MSD| Melbourne School of Design, the University of Melbourne 

 

n

NSA| National Steering Committee 

NUA| New Urban Agenda, UN-Habitat 

 

 

N

0

ODA| Official Development Assistance 

OECD| Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 

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O

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PMG| Primary Management Group

PI| Principal Investigator 

PUCP| Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú

 

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Q

r

RA| Research Associate 

RC&B| Research and Capacity-Building

RCUK| Research Councils UK 

 

R

s

SDGs| Sustainable Development Goals, UN-Habitat 

SGP| Small Grants Program

SLURC| Sierra Leone Urban Research Centre 

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T

u

UCL| University College London

UCT| University of Cape Town 

ULH| Urban Learning Hub

UNDP| United Nations Development Programme 

UNISDR| United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction

UoM| The University of Melbourne 

URBACT| Urban Action Europe 

U
V

w

WP| Work Package 

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