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 Procurement Agreement, including the EC, which will open China's lucrative procurement market to European companies and vice versa. Furthermore, given China's slow shift into a consumer-oriented economy and the EU's strength in the service and high-quality consumer goods industries, there will be many market opportunities in China in the future for discerning EU companies. Some of the industries and sectors which could become important for EU companies in China include: In 2014, the EU Gateway programme reached 20 years of history in Japan and 6 years of presence in Korea. In this timespan, over 3750 European SMEs participated in 163