ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

ADB	-	Asian Development Bank
AFTA	-	ASEAN Free Trade Area
APDC	-	Asia and Pacific Development Center
APEC	-	Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
ASEAN	-	Association of South East Asian Nations
BIMP-EAGA	-	Brunei Indonesia Malaysia Philippines-East ASEAN Growth Area
BIOTROP	-	Southeast Asian Regional Centre for Tropical Biology
BSP	-	Brunei Shell Petroleum
CHED	-	Commission on Higher Education
CSI	-	Civil Service Institute
ESCAP	-	United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
FDI	-	Foreign Direct Investment
GATT/TWO	-	General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade/ World Trade Organization
GDP	-	Gross Domestic Product
GTBC	-	Growth Triangle Business Council
HEIs	-	Higher Education Institutions
HRD	-	Human Resource Development
IMT-GT	-	Indonesia Malaysia Thailand Growth Triangle
IMTGT-UNINET	-	Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand Growth Triangle University Network
IT	-	Information Technology
ITB	-	Institute Teknologi Brunei
LMI	-	Labor Market Information
MEDCO	-	Mindanao Economic and Development Council
MIB	-	Melayu Islam Beraja
MNLF	-	Moro National Liberation Front
MSU	-	Mindanao State University
MOU	-	Memorandum of Understanding
NIE	-	Newly Industrialized Economies
PMHRD	-	Public Management and Human Resource Development
RIHED	-	Southeast Asian Regional Centre for Higher Education and Development
R&D	-	Research and Development
SEARCA	-	Southeast Asian Regional Centre for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture
SEAMEO	-	Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization
SEAMES	-	Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Secretariat
SIJORI	-	Singapore Johor Riau
SOM	-	Senior Officials Meeting
UNIMAS	-	Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
UBD	-	Universiti Brunei Darussalam
UMS	-	Universiti Malaysia Sabah
UP	-	University of the Philippines
UPM	-	University of the Philippines Mindanao
VOCTECH	-	Southeast Asian Regional Centre for Vocational and Technical Education