Living beyond the Pale: Environmental Justice and the Roma Minority

List of Abbreviations and Acronyms

List of Abbreviations and Acronyms Acquis (Acquis Communautaire)—The body of common rights and obligations , that binds all member states together within the European Union. Applicant countries have to accept the community acquis before they can join the union. CEE —Central and Eastern Europe CEU —Central European University EC —European Commission ECRI —European Commission against Racism and Intolerance EPA —Environmental Protection Agency ERRC —European Roma Rights Center EU —European Union FoE —Friends of the Earth FDI —Foreign Direct Investment GDP —Gross Domestic Product IPC —Integrated Pollution Control LA 21 —Local Agenda 21 LEAP —Local Environmental Action Program MoE SR —Ministry of the Environment of the Slovak Republic NUTS —Nomenclature des Unites Territoriales Statistiques or subnational administrative areas within the European Community OECD —Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development PES —Payment for environmental services PHARE —Pre-accession fund of the EU supporting implementation of the EU acquis and approximation with the union PRSP —Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper REC —Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe RRA —Rapid Rural Appraisal SPACE —Social Policy Analysis Center Foundation UK —United Kingdom UN —United Nations UNDP —United Nations Development Programme USA —United States of America WB —World Bank WCED —World Commission on Environment and Development WFD —Water Framework Directive WRI —World Research Institute WSSD —World Summit on Sustainable Development (Johannesburg 2002) WWF —World Wide Fund WWII —World War II. ...