Erasmus Programme of 3 million by 2012. The Lifelong Learning Programme 2007–2013 replaced the Socrates programme as the overall umbrella under which the Erasmus (and other) programmes operate from 2007. The Erasmus Mundus programme is another, parallel programme that is oriented towards globalising European education. Whereas the Erasmus Programme is open to Europeans, Erasmus Mundus is open to non-Europeans with Europeans being exceptional cases. On 9 May 2012, Fraternité 2020 was registered as Europe's first European Citizens' Initiative. Its goal was to increase the budget for EU exchange programmes like Erasmus or the European Voluntary Service from 2014. To be successful it
EU Gateway Programme Gateway | Business Avenues in South East Asia seek to facilitate business opportunities for European SMEs, boosting trade, investment and business ties with a region of over 600 million consumers. China is the second largest trading partner of the EU, and the EU is China's largest trading partner. Most of this trade is in industrial and manufactured goods, with an expanding services component. The bilateral trade relations between China and the EU continues to grow. Both parties are members of the WTO, and share several plurilateral agreements. China is currently negotiating with the members that are part of the Government