Programmes are also arranged for participants from Central- and Eastern Europe. These programmes aim at enhancing managerial and technical skills in partner countries and cover subjects of strategic importance to economic and social development.
Special emphasis is placed on areas in which Sweden has a considerable level of expertise to offer.
Most programmes concern the fields of transport, communications, energy, environmental protection and industry. A number of training programmes cover the social sector, for instance health and human rights. Between 1979 and 1999 some 22.000 individuals from 125 different countries participated in these activities.