Acronyms and abbreviations

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Acronyms and abbreviations

ACSG Asylum Capacity Support Group

AVRR Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration Programme

AWAS Agency for the Welfare of Asylum Seekers

AZC A     N (asielzoekerscentrum)

BBU Federal Agency for Care and Assistance Services in Austria (Bundesagentur für

Betreuungs- und Unterstützungsleistungen)

BVMN Border Violence Monitoring Network

CALL Council for Alien Law Litigation in Belgium

CAT UN Committee against Torture

CEAS Common European Asylum System

CEDAW United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women

CEF Episcopal Conference of France

CEPOL EU Agency for Law Enforcement Training

CGRS Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons in Belgium

CIR Republican Integration Contract in France

CJEU Court of Justice of the European Union

COA Central Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers in the Netherlands (Centraal Orgaan

opvang asielzoekers)

COI Country of origin information

CPH Temporary accommodation centres in France

CPT European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment

or Punishment

DPAR Measures assisted returns in France (dispositifs de pré    

DT&V Repatriation and Departure Service in the Netherlands

EASO European Asylum Support Office

ECHR European Convention on Human Rights

ECtHR European Court of Human Rights

ECRE European Council on Refugees and Exiles

EDAL European Database of Asylum Law

EEAS European External Action Service

EIGE European Institute for Gender Equality

EMCDDA European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction

EMN European Migration Network

ENS European Network on Statelessness

EPS EA“O E W  P “ 

EQPR European Qualifications Passport for Refugees

ETCC Employer Tailored Chain Cooperation

EU+ E uropean Union Member States, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland

eu-LISA European Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area

of Freedom, Security and Justice

EUAA EU Asylum Agency

Eurojust EU Judicial Cooperation Agency

Europol European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation

Fedasil Federal Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers in Belgium

FEP Protestant Federation of Mutual Aid

FGM Female genital mutilation

FRA European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights