BiH

Bosnia and Herzegovina

BRI

Belt and Road Initiative

CDB

China Development Bank

CEE

Central and Eastern Europe

CEEC

China Energy Engineering Corporation

DG NEAR

Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations

EBRD

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

ECFR

European Council on Foreign Relations

EIB

European Investment Bank

ERP

Economic Reform Programme

EU ETS

European Union Emissions Trading System

EU

European Union

FBiH

Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

FDI

Foreign Direct Investment

G2G

Government to Government

GDP

Gross Domestic Product

GDPR

General Data Protection Regulation

HR/VP

High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy

IBRD

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

IPA

Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance

LSER

China–Europe Land–Sea Express Route

NATO

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation

PEARL

Piraeus Europe–Asia Rail Logistics

PRC

People’s Republic of China

RS

Republika Srpska

SAA

Stabilisation and Association Agreement

UAE

United Arab Emirates

UAV

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

UK

United Kingdom

UN

United Nations

UNESCO

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation

UNSC

United Nations Security Council

US

United States

VMRO

Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation (political party)

WB

Western Balkans

WB6

Western Balkans Six

WBIF

Western Balkans Investment Framework