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 of participants reported significant increase in their sales distribution figures. In addition, over 40% of EU Gateway's attendees experienced revenue growth following the sector-related business missions. EU Gateway Programme The EU Gateway | Business Avenues is an initiative funded by the European Union (EU), created and managed by the Service for Foreign Policy Instruments under the Partnership Instrument. The programme acts as a bridgehead to provide business support services to European enterprises interested to develop their business in Asia. The initiative is rebranded EU Gateway | Business Avenues following the successful implementation of a pilot to South East Asia. It