Erasmus Student Network named for the Dutch Renaissance humanist. By 1994 ESN had 60 sections in 14 countries. In 2004 the ESN network consisted of 170 sections in and outside Europe, from Scandinavia to Morocco. ESN has been growing with an average rate of around 12% since then. In 2005, ESN established its headquarters in Brussels and legally registered as a Belgian non-profit organisation. As of November 25, 2017, the Erasmus Student Network consists of 533 local associations ("sections") in 40 countries and has more than 13,500 volunteers across Europe. ESN works on three levels - local, national and international. It is only
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