Abbreviations
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English, French,
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WAEMU = West
African Economic
and Monetary Union
WARDA
West African Rice Development
Association
WATIS
Work and Training Information System (B)
WCL
World
Confederation of Labour (based
Brussels)
WCO
World Customs Organization (NB they
prefer the 'z' spelling)
WDF
waste-derived fuel (energy:
also called refuse-derived
fuel RDF)
WDO Werelddouaneorganisatie
= WCO
q.v.
WEC
World Energy Council (based
London, now defunct)
WEP werkervaringsplaats
WEU
Western European Union (based
London)
WG
water gauge (pressure)
WHO Welthandelsorganisation;
Wereldhandelsorganisatie = WTO
q.v.
WICEM
World Industry Conference on Environmental Management
WIFI
Wirtschaftsförderungsinstitut (AU)
=
Institute for Economic Development
WIKO Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin = Institute for
Advanced Study
WIPO
World Intellectual Property
Organisation (based
Geneva)
WIS Work
Information System (B)
WKK warmte/kracht-koppeling
= CHP
q.v.
WMO
World Meteorological Organisation (based
Geneva)
WO wetenschappelijk onderwijs (NL)
=
university education; higher education
WOCCU
World
Council of Credit Unions
(based Madison, WI)
WODC Weteschappelijk Onderzoek
en Documentatiecentrum (NL)
= Research and Documentation
Centre (part
of Ministry of Justice)
WSBZ Dienst der Gemeentelijke
Was- en Schoonmaking, Bad en Zwemmeninrichtingen
(Amsterdam)
WTO
World Trade Organisation
WVO Warschauer
Verteidigungsorganisation =
Warsaw Pact
WWSSN
Worldwide Standardised Seismograph Network (1960)
WWU Wirtschafts- und
Währungsunion = EMU
q.v.
Created
by Alison Gaunt
Last
updated: 21 November 2020
