Abbreviations

APCICT Asian and Pacific Training Centre for Information and Communication Technology for Development
BAS Bureau of Agricultural Statistics
BEANS BAS Electronic Archiving and Network Services
BFAR Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources
BLES Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics
BNRS Business Name Registration System
BOT Build-Operate-Transfer
BPO Business Process Outsourcing
CCT Conditional Cash Transfer
CeC Community e-Centres
CICT Commission on ICT
CIRS Crime Incident Reporting Systems
DBM Department of Budget and Management
DFA Department of Foreign Affairs
DOLE Department of Labor and Employment
DOST Department of Science and Technology
DSWD Department of Social Welfare and Development
EDGE Empowerment, Development and Gender Equality
e-FPS Electronic Filing and Payment System
EGDI E-government Development Index
FOI Freedom of Information
GAD Gender and Development
GFPS Gender and Development Focal Point System
ICT Information and Communications Technology
IDI ICT Development Index
IT-BPM Information Technology and Business Process Management
ITECC Information Technology and e-commerce Council
ITU International Telecommunication Union
MCW Magna Carta of Women
MDGs Millennium Development Goals
MITHI Medium-term Information & Communications Technology Harmonization Initiative
MSME Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
NCRFW National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women
NEDA National Economic Development Authority
OFWs Overseas Filipino Workers
OWWA Overseas Workers Welfare Administration
PCW Philippine Commission on Women
PhilGEPS Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System
PNP Philippine National Police
POEA Philippine Overseas Employment Administration
PPP Public- Private Partnership
RA Republic Act
SSS Social Security System
STEM Science, Technology, Engineering and Math
TESDA Technical Education and Skills Development Authority
TOP TESDA Online Programme
TVET Technical-Vocational Education and Training
TWC TESDA Women’s Centre
UHMIS Unified Health Management Information System
UN ESCAP United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
UPOU University of the Philippines Open University
VAW Violence against Women