Nearly three dozen countries make up the European Neighbourhood Region, and are called ‘partner countries’ by the European Training Foundation (ETF). The subregional groups are: the Western Balkans, the Eastern Neighbourhood, the Southern Neighbourhood, and Central Asia. The Russian Federation is classified as its own group.
This is a diverse lot, but most are middle-income countries and recipients of technological advances rather than creators. To better understand the demand for skills in tr...