| APPNEA | Association for the Preservation and Protection of the Natural Environment in Albania |
| CEP | Committee of Environmental Protection |
| CFCs | Chloro-Fluoro-Carbons |
| CMEA | Council for Mutual Economic Assistance |
| COD | Chemical Oxygen Demand |
| DEM | Ecological Movement of Macedonia |
| EAP | Environmental Action Program |
| EBF | Extra-budgetery Funds |
| EBRD | European Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
| EIA | Environmental Impact Assessment |
| EPA | Environment Protection Act |
| EPIS | Environmental Protection Information System |
| EPP | Environment Protection Program |
| EU | European Union |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| GNP | Gross National Product |
| GEF | Global Environmental Facility |
| HEI | Hygiene and Epidemiology Inspectorates |
| IPRTD | Ministry of Environment's Information, Public Relations and Training |
| ISO | International Standardization Organization |
| IUCN | International Union for the Conservation of Nature |
| MAP | Maximum Allowable Pollution |
| MED POL | Mediterranean Action Program |
| METAP | Mediterranean Technical Assistance Program |
| MoE | Ministry of the Environment |
| MP | Member of Parliament |
| NEAP | National Environmental Action Program |
| NENCPC | National Environmental and Nature Conservation Policy Concept |
| NEPP | National Environmental Protection Program |
| NER | National Environmental Report |
| NES | National Environmental Strategy |
| NSEMEI | National System for Ecological Monitoring and Environmental Information |
| ODS | Ozone-Depleting Substances |
| PALOMAR | Preliminary Study on the Management of Adriatic Science |
| REC | Regional Environmental Center |
| REPI | Regional Environmental Protection Inspectorates |
| SIEP | State Inspectorate for Environmental Protection |
| SZOPK | Union of Nature and Land Protectionists |
| TAP | Temporarily Allowable Pollution |
| UN | United Nations |
| UNCED | UN Conference on Environment and Development |
| UNDP | United Nations Development Program |
| UNESCO | UN Education, Science, and Culture Organization |
| USAID | US Agency for International Development |
| USEPA | United States Environmental Protection Agency |
| WB | World Bank |