ABC |
Abstinence, Be faithful, or
use Condoms |
AGAII |
Guatemalan Association of Indigenous
Mayors and Authorities / Asociación Guatemalteca de Alcaldes
y Autoridades Indígenas |
AGEXPRONT |
Association of Exporters of
Non-traditional Products / Asociación Gremial de Exportadores
de Productos no Tradicionales |
AIDS |
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome |
AIDSMark |
Integrated Care of Prevalent
Childhood Illnesses and Integrated Health Care for Women
and Children at the Community Level / Atención Integral
de las Enfermedades Prevalentes de la Infancia y Atención
Integral de la Niñez y la Mujer a Nivel Comunitario |
AIEPI AINM-C |
Integrated Care of Prevalent
Childhood Illnesses and Integrated Health Care for Women
and Children at the Community Level / Atención
Integral de las Enfermedades Prevalentes de la Infancia
y Atención Integral de la Niñez y la Mujer
a Nivel Comunitario |
AMCHAM |
American Chamber of Commerce
in Guatemala |
ANACAFE |
National Coffee Producers'
Association/ Asociación Nacional del Café |
ANAM |
Mayors’ National Association
/ Asociación Nacional de Alcaldes Municipales |
APHIS |
Animal Plant Health Inspection
Service |
APROFAM |
Pro-Family Welfare Association
/ Asociación Pro-Bienestar de la Familia |
ARP |
AIDS Responsibility Project |
ARV/ART |
Antiretroviral/Antiretroviral
treatment |
ASIES |
Research and Social Studies
Association / Asociación de Investigación y Estudios Sociales |
BCC |
Behavior Change Communication |
BSS |
Behavior Surveillance Survey |
CABEI |
Central American Bank for Economic
Integration |
CCAD |
Central American Commission
for Environment and Development/Comisión Centroamericana
de Ambiente y Desarrollo |
CDC/GAP |
Centers for Disease Control/Global
AIDS Program |
CENESIDA |
Mexico’s National AIDS Program |
CERCA |
Civic Engagement for Education
Reform in Central America |
CICIACS |
Commission for the Investigation
of Illegal Bodies and Clandestine Security Apparatuses/Comisión
de Investigación de Cuerpos Ilegales y Aparatos
Clandestinos de Seguridad en Guatemala |
CIDA |
Canadian International Development
Agency |
CIEN |
National Economic Research
Center / Centro de Investigaciones Económicas Nacionales |
CONAP |
National Council for Protected
Areas / Consejo Nacional de Áreas Protegidas |
CONRED |
National Coordinator for Disaster
Reduction/Comisión Nacional para la Reducción
de Desastres |
CONTIERRA |
Presidential Office for Legal
Assistance and Conflict Resolution for Land/Comisión
Nacional de Tierra |
CSWs |
Commercial Sex Workers |
CS/MH |
Child Survival / Maternal Health |
CTO |
Cognizant Technical Officer |
CY |
Calendar Year |
CYP |
Couple-Years’ Protection |
DAP |
Development Assistance Programs |
DCA |
Development Credit Authority |
EBI |
Educación Bilingüe Intercultural |
EURO |
European Currency |
FANTA |
Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance
(Project) |
FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization
of the United Nations |
FAR |
Fixed Amount Reimbursement |
FBO |
Faith Based Organization |
FESAL |
El Salvador Maternal Child
Health Survey |
FFP |
Food for Peace |
FFP/EP |
Food for Peace Emergency Plan |
FHI/IMPACT |
Family Health International/Implementing
AIDS Prevention and Control Activities |
FONTIERRAS |
Land Fund / Fondo de Tierras |
FSN |
Foreign Service National |
FSW |
Female Sex Workers |
FTA |
Free Trade Agreement |
FTAA |
Free Trade Agreement of the
Americas |
FUNDESA |
Development Foundation / Fundación
para el Desarrollo |
FY |
Fiscal Year |
FYI |
For your information |
GDA |
Global Development Alliance |
GdG |
Gobierno de Guatemala |
GFATM |
Global Fund to Fight AIDS,
Tuberculosis and Malaria |
GHB |
Global Health Bureau |
GIISAN |
Grupo Interinstitucional de
Información sobre Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutricional |
GIS |
Geographical Information System |
GOG |
Government of Guatemala |
GTZ |
German Development Agency |
HIV |
Human Immunodeficiency Virus |
HIVOS |
A Dutch PVO |
IBRD |
International Bank for Reconstruction
and Development (World Bank) |
ICITAP |
International Criminal Investigative
Training Assistance Program |
ICT |
Information and Communication
Technology |
IDB |
Inter-American Development
Bank |
IEC |
Information, Education and
Communications |
IFC |
International Finance Corporation |
IGSS |
Guatemalan Social Security
Institute/Instituto Guatemalteco de Seguridad Social |
IMF |
International Monetary Fund |
INCLE |
International Crime and Law
Enforcement |
INL |
International Narcotics and
Law Enforcement Bureau |
INSIVUMEH |
Seismology, Volcanology, Meteorology,
and Hydrology Institute of Guatemala/Instituto de Sismología,
Volcanología, Meteorología e Hidrografía
de Guatemala |
IPR |
Intellectual Propoerty Rights |
IR |
Intermediate Result |
KAP |
Knowledge-Attitude-Practice
Survey |
Kfw |
German Cooperation Agency |
LL/LLR |
Lower Level / Lower Level Result |
MCH |
Maternal and Child Health |
M:F |
Male / Female |
MEDRETE |
Medical Readiness Training
Exercise |
MFEWS |
Sistema Mesoamericano de Alerta
Temprana para Seguridad Alimentaria |
MINUGUA |
United Nations Verification
Mission in Guatemala / Misión de Verificación de las Naciones
Unidas en Guatemala |
MIS |
Management Information Systems |
MOE |
Ministry of Education |
MOH |
Ministry of Health |
MOSCAMED |
Med Fly Program with APHIS/Mosca
del Mediterr´neo |
MOU |
Memo of Understanding |
MSF |
Medicos Sin Fronteras |
MSM |
Men who have sex with men |
MSPAS |
Ministerio de Salud Publica
y Asistencia Social |
MSW |
Male sex worker |
MTCT |
Mother-to-child transmission |
MYAP |
Multi Year Assistance Program |
NAFTA |
North American Free Trade Agreement |
NAS |
Narcotics Affairs Section |
NGO |
Non-Governmental Organizations |
OAS |
Organization of American States |
OFDA |
Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster
Assistance |
OPEC |
Organization of Petroleum Exporting
Countries |
OSDBU |
Office of Small and Disadvantaged
Business Utilization |
OTI |
Office of Transition Initiatives |
PAHO |
Pan-American Health Organization |
PAO |
Public Affairs Office |
PASCA |
Proyecto Acción SIDA de Centroamérica |
PASMO |
Pan American Social Marketing
Organization |
PIO |
Public International Organizations |
PL 480 |
Public Law 480 |
PLWHA |
People living with HIV/AIDS |
PMP |
Performance Monitoring Plan |
PMTCT |
Prevention of Maternal to Child
Transmission |
PNC |
Civilian National Police/Policia
Nacional Civil |
PREAL |
Partnership for Educational
Revitalization in the Americas |
PRONACOM |
National Program for Competitiveness
/ Programa Nacional para la Competitividad |
PRONADE |
National Program for Community-Managed
Education / Programa Nacional de Autogestión Educativa |
PSI |
Population Services International |
PVO |
Public Voluntary Organization |
RAAN |
Northern Atlantic Autonomous
Region |
RAAS |
Southern Atlantic Autonomous
Regions |
RFA |
Request for Application |
SEGEPLAN |
The Presidency’s Planning and
Programming Secretariat / Secretaría de Planificación
y Programación de la Presidencia |
SESAN |
Secretaria de Seguridad Alimentaria
y Nutricional |
SIAF-SAG |
Integrated Financial Administration/Sistema
Integral de Administración Financiera |
SIAS |
Integrated Health Care System
/ Sistema Integrado de Atención en Salud |
SIDA |
Síndrome de Inmunodeficiencia
Adquirida (AIDS) |
SO |
Strategic Objective |
SOW |
Scope of Work |
SPS |
Sanitary/Phyto-sanitary |
STI |
Sexually Transmitted Infections |
TASC2 |
Population, Health & Nutrition
Technical Assistance and Support Contract 2 |
TB |
Tuberculosis |
TBD |
To be determined |
TSE |
Supreme Electoral Tribunal
of Guatemala/Tribunal Supremo Electoral |
TSW |
Transvestite sex worker |
U.S. |
United States |
UNAIDS |
United Nations Joint Programme
on AIDS |
UNDP |
United Nations Development
Program |
UNF |
The United Nations Foundation |
UNFPA |
Untied Nations Fund for Population
Activities |
UNICEF |
United Nations Children’s Found |
URC |
University Research Corporation |
USAID |
United States Agency for International
Development |
USAID/G-CAP |
USAID/Guatemala-Central America
Programs |
USDA |
United States Department of
Agriculture |
USDH |
U.S. Direct Hire |
USG |
United States Government |
USGS |
U.S. Geological Survey |
UWDB |
Usual Way of Doing Business |
VCT |
Voluntary counseling and testing |
VESTEX |
Apparel and Textile Industry
/ Industria de Vestuario y Textiles |
VIH |
Virus de Inmunodeficiencia |
WHA |
Bureau of Western Hemisphere
Affairs, Department of State |
WHO |
World Health Organization |
WTO |
World Trade Organization |