| ACO | Allied Command Operations |
| ASIFU | All Sources Information Fusion Unit |
| BiH | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| CfC | Call for Contribution |
| CivCap | Civilian Capacities |
| CivCom | Committee for Civilian Aspects of Crisis Management |
| CPC | Conflict Prevention Centre |
| CPCC | Civilian Planning and Conduct Capability |
| CRT | Crisis Response Team |
| CSDP | Common Security and Defence Policy |
| DDR | Disarmament, Demobilisation, and Reintegration |
| DRC | Democratic Republic of Congo |
| EEAS | European External Action Service |
| EU | European Union |
| FPU | Formed Police Unit |
| FSJ | Freedom, Security and Justice |
| FYROM | former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia |
| HIPPO | High Level Independent Panel on Peace Operations |
| HR | Human Resources |
| IBM | Integrated Border Management |
| Interpol | International Criminal Police Organization |
| IO | International Organisation |
| IPO | Individual Police Officer |
| IPU | Integrated Police Unit |
| ITS | Integrated Training Service |
| IS | Islamic State |
| ISS | International Security Strategy |
| KMar | Royal Netherlands Marechaussee |
| MENA | Middle East and North-Africa |
| MMT&A | Mentoring, monitoring, training and assistance |
| MIoA | Monitoring implementation of agreement |
| MOU | Memorandum of Understanding |
| MP | Military Police |
| NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organisation |
| NGO | Non-governmental organisation |
| NP | Netherlands Police |
| NSS | National Security Strategy |
| ODIHR | Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights |
| OSCE | Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe |
| PC | Permanent Council |
| PCC | Police contributing country |
| PD | Police Division |
| RoL | Rule of Law |
| S&J | Ministry of Security and Justice |
| SACEUR | Supreme Allied Commander Europe |
| SCP | Strategic country program |
| SGF | Strategic Guidance Framework |
| SFA | Security Forces Assistance |
| SHAPE | Strategic Headquarters Allied Powers Europe |
| SIPRI | Stockholm International Peace Research Institute |
| SOP | Standard Operating Procedure |
| SPC | Standing Police Capacity |
| SPM | Special Political Mission |
| SPMU | Strategic Police Matters Unit |
| SPT | Specialised Police Team |
| SSR | Security Sector Reform |
| SMM | Special Monitoring Mission |
| SMO | Steering Group Missions and Operations |
| UN | United Nations |
| UNDP | UN Development Programme |
| UN DPKO | UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations |
| UNODC | UN Office on Drugs and Crime |
| UNOHCHR | UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights |
| UNPOL | UN Police |
| uSFA | unified Security Forces Assistance |