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List of abbreviations

AFC Africa Finance Corporation
AfDB African Development Bank
AUMSA Actuacions Urbanas de València
BIMS building information management system
BOT build-operate-transfer
BREEAM Building Research Establishment's Environmental Assessment Method
CapEx capital expenditures
CBD Convention on Biological Diversity
CEO chief executive officer
CO2 carbon dioxide
COVID-19 coronavirus disease of 2019
ECLAC United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
EIB European Investment Bank
EPC engineering, procurement and construction
EPC-C engineering, procurement and construction contractor
ESG environmental, social and corporate governance
EUR euro
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
FMCo facility management company
GHG greenhouse gas
GIFA gross internal floor area
GIS geographic information system
HIMS hospital information management system
ICT information and communication technology
IRR internal rate of return
ITU International Telecommunication Union
KDC Kakonko District Council
LEED Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
NGO non-governmental organization
NPV net present value
O&M operations and management
OPEX operating expense
PECA Special Plan for the Protection of the Old Town (Plan Especial de Protección del
Casco Antiguo)
PFI private finance initiative
PoS point of sale
PPP public-private partnership

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