AAC 

Alexandra Action Committee [Alexandra, South Africa] 

ABA 

Alexandra Builders' Association [Alexandra, South Africa] 

ACC 

Alexandra City Council [Alexandra, South Africa] 

ACO 

Alexandra Civic Organization [Alexandra, South Africa] 

ACTSTOP 

Action Committee to Stop Evictions [Johannesburg, South Africa] 

ADN 
 

Ayuntamiento del Distrito Nacional (National District government) 
[Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic] 

AJNF 

Alexandra Joint Negotiating Forum [Alexandra, South Africa] 

ALPOA 

Alexandra Land and Property Owners Association [Alexandra, South Africa] 

ANC 

African National Congress [South Africa] 

ARBLMA 

Abolition of Racially Based Land Measures Act [South Africa] 

ARLC 

Alexandra Residents' Liaison Committee [Alexandra, South Africa] 

ARP 

Area Redevelopment Plan [Victoria Park, Calgary, AB, Canada] 

AYCO 

Alexandra Youth Congress [Alexandra, South Africa] 

BIE 

Bureau of International Expositions 

BLA 

black local authority [South Africa] 

BNCC 

Bread Not Circuses Coalition [Toronto, ON, Canada] 

BTC 

Benoni Town Council [Benoni, South Africa] 

CAJ 

Civic Associations of Johannesburg [Johannesburg, South Africa] 

CBD 

commercial-building district [Johannesburg, South Africa] 

CDT 

community-development trust [South Africa] 

CEDAIL 
 

Centro Dominicano de Asesoría e Investigaciones Legales (Dominican centre for legal assistance and research) [Dominican Republic] 

CJP

Central Johannesburg Partnership [Johannesburg, South Africa] 

CODA 

Calgary Olympic Development Association [Calgary, AB, Canada] 

COPADEBA 
 

Comité para la Defensa de los Derechos Barriales (committee for the defence of barrio rights) [Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic] 

CUP 

Consejo de Unidad Popular (popular unity council) [Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic] 

CVSPD 

City of Vancouver Social Planning Department [Vancouver, BC, Canada] 

DAB 

Development Appeal Board [Calgary, AB, Canada] 

DERA 

Downtown Eastside Residents Association [Vancouver, BC, Canada] 

DGBN 
 

Dirección General de Bienes Nacionales (department of national properties) [Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic] 

DOP 

Dominican peso 

EBRA 

East Bank Residents Association [Alexandra, South Africa] 

FMTA 

Federation of Metro Tenants' Association [Toronto, ON, Canada] 

GAA 

Group Areas Act [South Africa] 

GBF 

Greater Benoni Forum [Benoni, South Africa] 

GTZ 

Gessellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (society for technical cooperation) 

HIC 

Habitat International Coalition 

IDRC 

International Development Research Centre 

IDT 

Independent Development Trust [Tamboville, South Africa] 

IOC 

International Olympic Committee 

JCC 

Johannesburg City Council [Johannesburg, South Africa] 

JTC 

joint technical committee [South Africa] 

KPW 

South Korean won 

LFTEA 

Less Formal Township Establishment Act [South Africa] 

MINVU 

Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs [Chile] 

 NGO

nongovernmental organization 

OCO 

Olympiques Calgary Olympics (Olympics organizing organization) [Calgary, AB, Canada] 

PISA 

Prevention of Illegal Squatting Act [South Africa] 

PPRC 

Phola Park Residents' Committee [Phola Park, South Africa] 

RSC 

regional services council [South Africa] 

RTA 

Residential Tenancy Act [BC, Canada] 

SHC 

Supportive Housing Coalition [Toronto, ON, Canada] 

SMG 

Seoul Metropolitan Government [Seoul, South Korea] 

STC 

Sandton Town Council [Sandton, South Africa] 

TOOC

Toronto–Ontario Olympic Council [Toronto, ON, Canada]

TPA 

Transvaal Provincial Administration [Transvaal, South Africa] 

TTC 

Tokoza Town Council [Tokoza, South Africa] 

UF 

"foment unit" [Chile] 

USD 

United States dollar 

WCRC

Wattville Concerned Residents Committee [Wattville, South Africa] 

WLA 

white local authority [South Africa]

WPT

Women Plan Toronto [Toronto, ON, Canada] 

WTC 

Wattville Town Council [Wattville, South Africa] 

ZAR 

South African rand