DFS= Germany.
The Germans were thinking of privatising, and seeing training and training departments are a negative on the books. They wound them down. Lo and behold privatisation didn't happen, and they have been playing catch-up ever since. Hence, lots of jobs over there.
Sandpit = Middle East. Dubai, Abu Dhabi , etc.
ASA management have come up with Service Delivery Environment (SDE), it has been underwhelming and has had a couple of other monikers including the Sandpit Deployment Exercise.