EBRD European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

EMIS Education Management Information System

EU European Union

FDI Foreign direct investment

GDP Gross domestic product

Geostat National Statistics Office of Georgia

GIZ German Federal Enterprise for International Cooperation

GITA Georgia's Innovation and Technology Agency

IBRD International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

ICT Information and communications technology

IDP Internally displaced person

ILO International Labour Organization

ISCED International Standard Classification of Education

LFS Labour force survey

MoESCS Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport

MoESD Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development

NEET Young person not in employment, education or training

NGO Non-governmental organisation

OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

PIRLS Progress in International Reading Literacy Study

PISA Programme for International Student Assessment

SDC Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation

STEP “The Skills Towards Employability and Productivity” skills measurement survey

TIMSS Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study

UNDP United Nations Development Programme

VET Vocational education and training

WEF World Economic Forum

wiiw Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies