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 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%