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1 List of Acronyms ACLF ACLF-IN ADS ADRA AFRICOM AIDCO ALNAP APR BRAVVE BRWF CA CAMI CAP CAR CARE CAS CCR CEPREDENAC CERF CFSP CHAP CHF CIMIC CIVCOM CivMil Cell CMC CMCO CMO CNDP COLOPRED Action Contre la Faim Action Contre la Faim International Network Development Agency Automated Directives Service Adventist Development and Relief Agency African Command EuropeAid Co-operation Office Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian Action Annual Performance Report (WFP) Bhutanese Refugees Aiding for Victims of Violence Bhutanese Refugee Women s Forum Civil Affairs (US) Central American Mitigation Initiative Common Appeal Process Central African Republic Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Civil Affairs Section (UN) Central Contracting Registry Coordination Centre for Natural Disaster Prevention in Central America Central Emergency Response Fund Common Foreign and Security Policy Common Humanitarian Action Plan Common Humanitarian Fund Civil-Military Cooperation (EU) Committee for Civilian Aspects of Crisis Management (EU) Civil-Military Cell (EU) Camp Management Committee Civil-Military Coordination (EU) Civil-Military Operations (EU) Congres National pour la Défense du Peuple Local Emergency Committees 451

2 452 List of Acronyms CONRED COPECO CPIA CRS CNAR CONAFIT CSR CIDA CWT DAC DDR DC DCHA DDRRR DEC DFID DG DG ECHO DIPECHO DIS DP DPA DPKO DOD DOS DRC DRR DSRSG EB EC ECW EMOP EQAS EU ESDP EUFOR EUFOR EUMS EUMC The national coordinator for disaster reduction (Guatemala) Permanent contingency committee (Honduras) Provincial Inter Agency Committee Catholic Relief Services Commission Nationale d Assistance aux Réfugiés Commission Nationale d Appui au Déploiement de la Force Internationale au Tchad (National Commission of Support to the Deployment of the International Force in Chad) Corporate Social Responsibility Canadian International Development Agency Community Watch Team Development Assistance Committee Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration District of Columbia (Washington) USAID Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance Disarmament, Demobilization, Repatriation, Reintegration and Resettlement Disaster Emergency Committee (UK) Department for International Development (UK) Directorate General Directorate General for Humanitarian Aid European Commission Disaster Preparedness Program of ECHO Détachement Intégré de Sécurité Disaster Preparedness Darfur Peace Agreement Disaster Preparedness Department of Peacekeeping Operations (UN) Department of Defense (US) Department of State (US) Democratic Republic of Congo Disaster Risk Reduction Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General (UN) Executive Board (WFP) European Commission Enhanced Commitments to Women (WFP) Emergency Operation (WFP) Evaluation Quality Assurance System European Union European Security and Defense Policy (EU) European Union Force in Chad European Union Force in Democratic Republic of Congo (EU) European Union Military Staff (EU) European Union Military Committee (EU)

3 List of Acronyms 453 EUPM EUPOL EUSEC EWS FAO FAT FPA FAR FARDC FDLR FFP FHA FMF FOG FSLN FTS GAO GBV GDA GDI GDO GEI GHDI GPOI GoS HAG HC HIPC HQ IASC IDPs IASC ICC ICRC ICRP IDP IFPRI IFRC IGOs ILO EU Police Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (EU) EU Police Mission in Democratic Republic of Congo (EU) European Union Security Sector Reform mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (EU) Early Warning Systems Food and Agriculture Organization (UN) Forces Armées Tchadiennes Framework Partnership Agreement Federal Acquisition Regulations Forces Armées de la République Démocratique du Congo Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda Food For Peace (USAID) Foreign Humanitarian Assistance (US) Foreign Military Financing (US) Field Operations Guide The Sandinista National Liberation Front Financial Tracking Service Government Accountability Office Gender-Based Violence Global Development Alliances Gender-related Development Index (UNDP) General Development Office (USAID) Gender Equity Index Good Humanitarian Donor ship Initiative Global Peace Operations Initiative (EU) Government of Sudan Humanitarian Advocacy Group (UN) Humanitarian Coordinator (UN) Health Insurance Purchasing Cooperative Headquarters Inter-Agency Standing Committee Internally Displaced Persons Inter-agency Standing Committee on Humanitarian Affairs International Criminal Court International Committee of the Red Cross Instability, Crisis and Recovery Program Internally Displaced Person International Food Policy Research Institute International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Inter-Governmental Organizations International Labor Organization

4 454 List of Acronyms IMET INETER INTERFAIS IO IQC IRC IRG IT ITC JIACG LRRD MCDA MDG M&E MFA MINURCAT MONUC MOU MSF NATO NFIs NGO OCHA ODA OHA opt O&M Oxfam OEDE OECD OFDA ODI OSCE OTI OU PA PAHO International Military Education Training (US) National Institute For Territorial Studies International Food Aid Information System International organization Indefinite Quantity Contract International Rescue Committee International Resources Group Information Technology International Trade Centre Joint Interagency Coordination Group (US) Linking Relief, Rehabilitation and Development Military and Civil Defense Assets (UN) Millennium Development Goals Monitoring and Evaluation Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mission des Nations Unies en République Centrafricaine et au Tchad (United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad) United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo Memorandum of Understanding Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) North Atlantic Treaty Organization Non-Food Items Non-Governmental Organization Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN) Official Development Assistance Official Humanitarian Assistance occupied Palestinian Territories Operation and Maintenance Oxford Committee for Famine Relief Office of Evaluation (WFP) Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID) Overseas Development Institute (UK) Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Office of Transition Initiatives (USAID) Operating Unit (USAID) Palestinian Authority Pan American Health Organization

5 List of Acronyms 455 PAS PDM PLC PNUD PKO POC PPA PPP PREVDA PRM PSC PRRO RBM RC RCIW SGBV SINAPRED SOUTHCOM SPR SRSG TA TFC TOR USG UK UN UNAMID UN-CMCoord UNFPA UNDP UNHCR UNICEF UNISDR UNJLC UNMIS UNSCR UNWRA U.S. Program d Accompagnement à la Stabilisation (Stabilization Program) Post-Distribution Monitoring Participatory Learning and Action Classes Program des Nations Unies pour le Développement Peacekeeping Operations Protection of Civilians Public-private alliance Public-private partnership Programa Regional de Reducción de la Vulnerabilidad y Degradación Ambiental Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (US Department of State) Political and Security Committee (EU) Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation (WFP) Results-Based Management Resident Coordinator (UN) Rural Community Infrastructure Works Programme (Nepal) Sexual Gender based Violence National System for Disaster Prevention, Mitigation and Assistance The United States Southern Command Standard Project Report (WFP) Special Representative of the Secretary General (UN) Technical Assistant Therapeutic Feeding Centre Terms of reference United States Government United Kingdom United Nations United Nations African Union Mission In Darfur United Nations Humanitarian Civil-Military Coordination United Nations Population Fund United Nations Development Programme United Nations High Commission for Refugees United Nations Children s Fund United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction United Nations Joint Logistics Center United Nations Mission In Sudan United Nations Security Council Resolution United Nations Works and Relief Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East United States

6 456 List of Acronyms USAID USDOS VAM WEF WEU WFP WID United States Agency for International Development U.S. Department of State Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping (WFP) World Economic Forum West European Union (EU) World Food Programme (UN) Women in Development

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