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 in the Republic of Korea. For the third year, South Korea ranked first among all nations in the Global Innovation Index (Bloomberg), and second in High Tech density, which make the country an attractive business destination for European business, including SMEs, specialising in high technologies It is estimated that just 9 months after the first tariff cuts took effect, EU companies exporting their products to Korea already made cash savings of €350 million in duties. Being recognised as one of the fastest growing hi-tech economies in the world, South Korea is an attractive business destination for European SMEs specialising in