To view the contact details and a brief overview of objectives and areas of activity for a number of the organisations listed below, please visit our Organisations Directory.
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| AAP | Africa Action Plan |
| ACPP | Africa Conflict Prevention Pool |
| ACU | Africa Conflict Unit |
| AGHD | Africa and Greater Horn Department |
| AU | African Union |
| BMATT | British Military Assistance Training Teams |
| CEE | Central and Eastern Europe |
| CFSP | Common Foreign and Security Policy |
| CHAD | Conflict and Humanitarian Affairs Department (now known as CHASE) |
| CHASE | Conflict, Humanitarian and Security Department (DFID) |
| CIG | Conflict Issues Group (FCO) |
| CIMIC | Civil Military Cooperation |
| CoE | Council of Europe |
| CPDC-DAC |
Network on Conflict, Peace and Development |
| CPI | Conflict Prevention Index |
| CPN | Conflict Prevention Network |
| CPPs | Conflict Prevention Pools |
| CPPB | Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding |
| CPU | Conflict Prevention Unit |
| CSCE | Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe |
| DAC | Development Assistance Committee |
| DCAF | Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces |
| DDR | Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration |
| DERA | Defence Evaluation and Research Agency |
| DFID | Department for International Development |
| DIS | Defence Intelligence Staff |
| DOP | Defence and Overseas Policy Committee |
| DOP (A) | Defence and Overseas Policy Committee (Sub-Committee for Sub-Saharan Africa) |
| DOP (OA) | Defence and Overseas Policy Committee (Sub-Committee for Outside Sub-Saharan Africa) |
| DPKO | Department of Peacekeeping Operations |
| DRC | Democratic Republic of Congo |
| DSTL | Defence Science and Technology Laboratory |
| EBRD | European Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
| ECHO | European Community Humanitarian Affairs Office |
| ECOWAS | Economic Community of West African States |
| EMC | Evaluation Management Committee |
| ESDP | European Security and Defence Policy |
| EU | European Union |
| FCO | Foreign and Commonwealth Office |
| FSU | Former Soviet Union |
| GCHQ | Government Communications Headquarters |
| GCPP | Global Conflict Prevention Pool |
| GFN | Global Facilitation Network |
| GOF | Global Opportunities Fund |
| GTZ | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit |
| HMG | Her Majesty’s Government |
| HMT | Her Majesty’s Treasury |
| HRW | Human Rights Watch |
| ICISS | International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty |
| IDPs | Internally Displaced Persons |
| IFIs | International Financial Institutions |
| IF-SSR | Implementation Framework for SSR |
| IGAD | Inter-Governmental Authority on Development |
| IISS | International Institute for Strategic Studies |
| IMATT | International Military Advisory and Training Team |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| IPU | Iraq Policy Unit (FCO) |
| ISSRG | Informal SSR Group (HMG) |
| IWPR | Institute for War and Peace Reporting |
| JIC | Joint Intelligence Committee |
| JMC | Joint Military Commission |
| MENA | Middle East and North Africa |
| MOD | Ministry of Defence |
| NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organisation |
| NEPAD | New Partnership for African Development |
| NGO | Non-Governmental Organisation |
| oda | Official Development Assistance |
| ODA | Overseas Development Administration |
| ODM | Ministry of Overseas Development |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| OSCE | Organisations for Security and Cooperation in Europe |
| PCRU | Post Conflict Reconstruction Unit |
| PRIO | International Peace Research Institute |
| PRSP | Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper |
| PSA | Public Service Agreement |
| PSOs | Peace Support Operations |
| QIP | Quality Improvement Programme |
| RUF | Revolutionary United Front |
| SAA | Stabilisation and Association Agreements |
| SALW | Small Arms/Light Weapons |
| SAM | Strategic Assessment Methodology |
| SCA | Strategic Conflict Assessment |
| SDA | Service Delivery Agreement |
| SEATO | South East Asia Treaty Organisation |
| SEESAC | South Eastern European Clearing-house for control of Small-arms and Light Weapons |
| SIDDR | Stockholm Initiative on Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration |
| SIPRI | Stockholm International Peace Research Institute |
| SIS | Secret Intelligence Service |
| SITCEN | Joint Situation Centre |
| SJSR | Security and Justice Sector Reform |
| SSDAT | Security Sector Development Advisory Team |
| SSR | Security Sector Reform / Security System Reform |
| SSAJ | Safety, Security and Access to Justice |
| ToRs | Terms of Reference |
| TRC | Truth and Reconciliation Commission |
| UK | United Kingdom |
| UN | United Nations |
| UNAMSIL | United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone |
| UNDP | United Nations Development Programme |
| UNDPKO | United Nations Department of Peace Keeping Operations |
| UNESCO | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation |
| UNHCR | United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |
| UNICEF | United Nations Children’s Fund |
| UNICRI | United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute |
| UNIDER | United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research |
| UNIFEM | United Nations Development Fund for Women |
| UNODC | United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime |
| UNSC | United Nations Security Council |
| US | United States |
| USA | United States of America |
| USAID | US Agency for International Development |
| USCR | United States Committee for Refugees |
| USSR | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |
| VfM | Value for Money |
| VMT | Verification Monitoring Team |
| WB | World Bank |
| WHO | World Health Organisation |
| WMD | Weapons of Mass Destruction |