Educational policies and initiatives of the European Union Lifelong Learning programme comprises separate sub-programmes for schools; universities and higher education; vocational education and training; adult education; teaching about the EU in universities; and a 'horizontal' programme for policy development. The schools exchange programme, named after the 15th century Czech teacher, scientist and educator John Amos Comenius, has helped over 2.5 million school students take part in joint projects across boundaries. The Erasmus programme (named after Desiderius Erasmus, the 16th century Dutch humanist and theologian), has been the icon of university exchange programmes since its launch in 1987. Some two million students have so far spent a fully accredited
EU Gateway Programme business missions successfully entering the Japanese or the Korean market. During the programme phase (2008 -2014), EU Gateway organised successfully 31 business missions to Japan and 15 business missions to Korea. Furthermore, from 2008 to 2014, about 1500 European SMEs from 28 EU Member States joined the programme with 94% of participants eager to enroll again. Engaged in the business support path, EU Gateway created long lasting business ties with Korean and Japanese representatives. In 2009, 51% of participants reported newly established business collaborations, a number which by 2014 increased to 82%. Programme results in financial terms are high, 97%