| ABA/CEELI | American Bar Association Central and East European Law Initiative Program |
| APC | Arbitration Procedure Code |
| EBRD | European Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
| EIA | Environmental Impact Assessment |
| EPAC | Environmental Protection Public Advocacy Center |
| EU | European Union |
| CIS | Commonwealth of Independent States |
| CPC | Civil Procedure Code |
| DM | Decisionmaking |
| GEF | Global Environmental Facility |
| GMOs | Genetically Modified Organisms |
| IPA | Inter-Parliamentary Assembly |
| MES | Ministry of Emergency Situations |
| NGO | Nongovernmental organization |
| NIS | Newly Independent States |
| OVOS | Environment Impact Assessment |
| PER | Public Environmental Reviews |
| PPC | Public Participation Convention |
| PRTR | Pollutants Release and Transfer Register |
| REC | The Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe |
| RFEIA | Russian Federal Environmental Information Agency |
| RF | Russian Federation |
| RSFSR | Russian Soviet Federal Socialist Republic |
| SEM | State Environmental Monitoring |
| SER | State Environmental Reviews |
| SES | Sanitary Epidemiological Station |
| TACIS | Technical Assistance: Commonwealth |
| UN ECE | United Nations Economic Commission for Europe |
| USAID | United States Agency for International Development |
| WSTP | Water Supply Technology in Production |