| Term | Definition |
| AOSIS | Alliance of Small Island States |
| SIDS | Small Island Developing States |
| CEDAW | Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against women |
| NEPAD | New Partnership for African Development |
| MOBAA | Mauritius Offshore Banking Activities Authority |
| UNESCO | United Nations Educational Social And Cultural Organization |
| ECOSOC | Economic And Social Council |
| BCPR | Bureau of Crisis Prevention and Recovery |
| DRR | Disaster Risk Reduction |
| IDNDR | International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction |
| UNISDR | United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction |
| IOC | Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission |
| UNCSD | United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development |
| BPoA | Barbados Plan of Action |
| UNECA | United Nations Economic Commission of Africa |
| CASR | Center for Applied Social Research |
| UNFEM | United Nations Development Fund for Women |
| COL | Commonwealth of Learning |
| SITP | School Information Technology Project |
| ICT | Information and Communications Technologies |
| AISI | African Information Society Initiative |
| WSIS | World Summit on Information Society |
| ITU | International Telecommunication Union |
| UNICT | United Nations Information and Communication Technologies |
| IFC | International Finance Corporation |