Abbreviations
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SAB
supplementary and amending
budget (EU)
SAC Structural
Adjustment Credit (World Bank)
SACU
Southern African Customs Union (Botswana,
Lesotho,
Swaziland,
Namibia)
SADCC South
African Development Coordination Conference
SADUC
Southern African Development Community
SAF
Structural Adjustment Facility (IMF/EU:
development)
SAFARI Système
automatisé pour les fichiers administratifs et le
répertoire
des individus (FR)
SAFE
Safety Action for Europe (EU:
proposed initiative)
SAMEN (Wet) Stimulering
Arbeidsdeelname Minderheden (NL) (suggest)
Promotion of Employment for Ethnic
Minorities (Act)
SAP
i. Social
Action Programme (EU)
SAP
ii.
Structural Adjustment Programme (development)
SAR
synthetic aperture radar (carried
by ERS-1 satellite,
provides images of earth's surface, e.g. ice caps, and can penetrate
cloud)
sb
stilb
SBA
Small Business Act for Europe (EU,
other
languages seem to use the EN acronym & title)
sbe standaard bedrijfseenheid =
(manpower)
SBI Standaard Bedrijfsindeling
(NL-CBS)
(suggest)
Standard Classification of Economic Activity
SBT
segregated ballast tank (shipping)
SCERA
Standing Committee on European Rural
Areas (CoE)
SCIC Joint
Interpreting and Conference Service (EU:
use FR acronym)
SCI Standing
Committee on Information Technology (part
of WIPO,
q.v.)
SCN Système de
compatabilité nationale
(UN)
= SNA
q.v.
SCOD
Société Coopérative
Oecuménique de Développement
= EDCS
q.v.
SCP
société civile professionnelle
(partnership
of e.g. doctors, lawyers) (FR)
SCR Service commun RELEX
(relations extérieures) "the
Common
Service" (EU
jargon:
development)
SD
standard deviation (stat.)
SDF sans domicile fixe
= the homeless
SDGs Sustainable Development Goals (UN)
SDI
Strategic Defense Initiative (USA)
SDIM Système de
Documentation et d'Information Métallurgique =
System of
Documentation and Information on Metallurgy
SDR
special drawing rights (international
trade)
SEACOC
the "California Code" (building
code, earthquakes)
SEBC Système
européen de Banques centrales
= ESCB
q.v.
SEC i.
sport,
educatie en cultuur (Amsterdam
city dept.)
SEC ii.
Système
européen de comptes économiques
intégrés =
ESA
iii.
q.v.
SEE= standard error of estimate (stat.)
SEM
sound economic management (e.g.
the EU
initiative SEM 2000)
SER Sociaal Economisch Raad (NL)
=
(suggest)
Social and Economic Affairs Council
SESI System
Europäischer Sozialindikatoren (EU)
= System
of European Social Indicators
SESPROS Système
européen de statistiques intégrées de
la protection
sociale
= ESSPROS
q.v.
SFFT
state flow of funds table
(IMF)
SG Schutzgas:
Schutzgasschweißen =
gas-shielded arc welding
SGHWR
steam generating heavy water reactor (nucl.)
SGPOE Syndicat
général du personnel des organismes
européens =
General
Union of Personnel of European Organisations
SH Système douanier
de
classement international harmonisé
see
HS
SHO
see SHOB
SHOB surface hors oeuvre brute
= gross area, gross internal and
external
built area (FR:
building,
for
definitions see my General
Glossary)
SHON surface hors oeuvre nette
= net area, net occupiable area (FR:
building, for definitions see
my General
Glossary)
SHR Stichting Hout Research (NL)
= (suggest)
Wood Research Foundation
SI Système
International = International
System (of Units)
SIGC Système
intégré de gestion et de contrôle
= IACS
q.v.
SIP stage
d'intégration professionnelle (B)
= (suggest)
period of pre-employment training
SIPRI
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
SIS
i. Schengen
Information System (EU)
SIS
ii. small
island states (trade, e.g.)
SIT système
intelligent de transport = ITS
q.v.
SITC
Standard International Trade
Classification (UN)
SKE Steinkohleneinheit =
tonne of coal equivalent
SKO Stichting voor de
certificatie van vakbekwaamheid (NL)
= Foundation for the
Certification of Professional
Competence (their confirmed
title)
SKON Stichting Kinderopvang
Nederland (NL)
(suggest)
Dutch Childcare Foundation
SKU stock-keeping
unit (commerce)
SLF
secondary liquid fuel; substitute liquid fuel (in
cement
kilns
e.g.)
SLIME
"subsurface lithoautotrophic microbial ecosystem" (geol.,
type of subterranean bacteria. Source: NS)
SME
i.
small- and medium-sized
enterprises
(syn. SMU: small- and
medium-sized undertakings, EU
jargon for "small businesses")
SME ii.
Système
monétaire européen
= EMS
q.v.
SMI
small- and medium-sized industries
SMILE
smart, intelligent, light and efficient (automotive:
Greenpeace's "green" car, an adapted adapted Renault Twingo)
SMP
system marginal price (energy
pricing)
SMRE
Safety in Mines Research Establishment (UK)
SMU
see SME
SNA
System of national accounts (joint
UN,
IMF, European Commission, OECD, World Bank)
SNRA Systèmes
Nationaux de Recherche Agricole
= NARS
q.v.
SOFA Status of Forces Agreement (NATO)
SOLAS
Convention (marine)
SoZaWe Sociale Zaken en
Werkgelegenheid (NL)
= Social Affairs and Employment (Ministry,
e.g.)
SPA i.
Special Programme of Assistance for Africa (EU:
development)
SPA
ii.
special protection area (EU:
environment)
SPA iii.
standard
de pouvoir
d'achat = PPS
q.v.
SPC i.
Service
Protection des Consommateurs = CPS
q.v.
SPC ii.
Statistical Programme Committee (Eurostat)
SPD
= single programming document (EU:
aid)
SPG = Système
Généralisé de
Préférences
= GSP
q.v.
SPP Service Porte-Parole =
Spokesmen's Service (ECOM:
NB not
abbreviated
to SS! - use
FR acronym)
SPVA sociale positie en
voorziening verbruik allochthonen
(NL)
= (suggest)
social
position and
consumption patterns of ethnic minorities
SPW Sociaal Pedagogisch Werk (NL)
(suggest)
social education methods
SR
synchrotron radiation (sources)
SRC
Science Research Council (UK)
SRD
shipper-receiver difference (comm.)
SSI
site of special scientific interest (UK)
SST
supersonic transport
S&T
science and technology
STABEX Système de
stabilisation des recettes des exportations
STAR
Committee
(EU)
=
Committee on Agricultural Structures and Rural Development
Stb Staatsblad (NL)
= statute
book
STC subregionale
tewerkstellingscomité (B)
= (suggest)
subregional employment committee
STCELA
Standing Technological Conference of European Local
Authorities
STCW
Standards of Training,
Certification and Watchkeeping for
Seafarers (IMO
Convention, 1978)
Stdabw Standardabweichung
= SD
q.v.
STEP
Strategies and Tools against Social Exclusion and Poverty (ILO
programme)
STER
Stichting Ether Reclame =
Foundation for TV and Radio
Advertising (NL)
STI Service de traitement de
l'information (?FR)
STID
Scientific and Technical Information and
Documentation; the STID Committee (EU)
STOA
scientific and technological options assessment
STREAMLINE
STaff REsources And Management on-LINE (EU;
European Parliament)
STRP
scientific and technical research policy
SUP
Societas Unius Personae = single-member company (proposed legal form
for SMEs)
SUVA Schweizerische
Unfallversicherungsgesellschaft
SVG System der
Volkswirtschaftlichen Gesamtrechnungen =
SNA
q.v.
SWOT
(analysis)
strengths, weaknesses, opportunities
and
threats
SWP
standard work procedures; standard working procedures
SWU
separate work unit (nucl.)
SZW
Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid
Created
by Alison Gaunt
Last
updated: 5 March 2018
