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 entered into force committing both parties to foster bilateral trade and investment. In 2007, the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations between EU and South Korea started, entering into force in July 2011. The EU Gateway programme to South Korea was launched during the FTA consultations aiming to accompany the implementation of the agreement along the way. Since the initial launch of the programme, over 30 business missions were organised by the EU Gateway initiative with more than 3000 European SMEs participants. From 2002 – 2007, the programme reduced its sectorial focus from 10 to 7, organising 30 business missions with