Martyn
May I put this information on the Knowledge Base section of
www.europe.org.uk (the official site for the Network of European
Information Providers)? It's the sort of things many network members get
asked. I would, of course, credit you and link to your site.
Regards
Pete
Peter Barron, General Manager, Charlemagne Group, 2 Enys Road, EASTBOURNE,
BN21 2DE, UK
Tel: +44(0)1323 434 711 (direct); fax: +44(0)1323 434 702/720
Visit our website: http://www.charlemagne.co.uk
Want to know where your nearest EU information is? http://www.europe.org.uk
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Subject: European/International" theme days/weeks
Dear All
You may remember (or not as the case may be!!) that I sent an email to
Eurotalk Members before Christmas 2001 mentioning that I was producing a
list of "European/International" theme days/weeks organised and supported
by
the European Commission and other international agencies most notably the
UN.
The main purpose of this list being that it may be helpful to organisations
who may wish to "tie in" local events to relevant European/International
activities.
In some cases the EU is the main initiator of these activities but mostly
the impetus for these activities derives from other organisations, usually
with EU acting as a partner/participant. This is particularly true of the
"International Days/Weeks..." which have been usually established by the
various agencies of the UN.
I have attempted to provide links to individual Internet Sites providing
further details but in some cases this has not been possible!
This is very much a "work in progress" I would expect to be updating\adding
to this list on a regular basis and place it on an Internet Site!!!!
Any further contributions would be welcome.
2002 European Year of...
No theme has been designated by the EU for 2002. 2003 will be European Year
of Disabled People
2002 International Year of ...
International Year of Mountains
International Year of Ecotourism
European Capital of Culture
Two cities chosen in 2002 are Bruges and Salamanca.
International Decades and Years
1993-2002 Second Industrial Development Decade for Africa
1993-2002 Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons
1993-2003 Third Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination
1994-2004 International Decade of the World's Indigenous People
1995-2004 United Nations Decade for Human Rights Education
1997-2006 United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty
2001-2010 International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-violence for
the Children of the World
2001-2010 Second International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism
Annual Days and Weeks
February
21 February - International Mother Language Day
(http://webworld.unesco.org/imld/)
March
8 March - United Nations Day for Women's Rights and International Peace
(http://www.un.org/events/women/)
15 March - European Consumers Day
(http://europa.eu.int/comm/dgs/health_consumer/events/index_en.html)
21 March - International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
(http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/d_icerd.htm)
Beginning 21 March - Week of Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling against
Racism and Racial Discrimination
22 March - World Day for Water (http://www.worldwaterday.org/)
23 March - World Meteorological Day (http://www.wmo.ch/index-en.html)
24 March - World Tuberculosis Day (http://www.who.int/gtb/)
April
7 April - World Health Day (http://www.who.int/world-health-day/)
8 April - International Roma Day (http://www.romnews.com/)
15-19 April - (European) Green Week
(http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/greenweek/index.htm)
23 April - World Book and Copyright Day
(http://www.unesco.org/general/eng/events/book/initiatives.htm)
May
3 May - World Press Freedom Day
(http://www.un.org/events/pressfreedom/press01/)
5-11 May - International (European) Adult Learners' Week
(http://www.niace.org.uk/ALW/2002/Default.htm)
9 May - Europe Day
(http://www.europeday.gov.uk/)
15 May - International Day of Families
(http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/family/IntObs/IDF/IDFframe.htm)
17 May - World Telecommunication Day
(http://www.itu.int/newsarchive/wtd/archive.html)
22 May - International Day for Biological Diversity
(http://www.biodiv.org/events/biodiv-day.asp)
24 May - European Day of Parks
(http://www.europarc.org/international/data/edp.htm)
Beginning 25 May - Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of
Non-Self-Governing
Territories
31 May - World No-Tobacco Day (http://www.wntd.org/)
June
4 June - International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
5 June - World Environment Day (http://www.unep.org/wed/)
17 June - World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
(http://www.unccd.int/publicinfo/june17/menu.php)
20 June - World Refugee Day (http://www.unhcr-50.org/wrday/iwrday.html)
26 June - International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
(http://www.undcp.org/)
26 June - International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
(http://www.irct.org/26june.htm)
July
First Saturday of July - International Day of Co-operatives
(http://www.copacgva.org/idc/)
11 July - World Population Day
(http://www.unfpa.org/modules/wp01/index.htm)
August
9 August - International Day of the World's Indigenous People
(http://www.unhchr.ch/indigenous/intldaynewy.htm)
12 August - International Youth Day
23 August - International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and
Its
Abolition (http://www.unesco.org/culture/dialogue/slave/html_eng/day.shtml)
September
September - International Day of Peace (http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/peace/)
8 September - International Literacy Day
(http://www.unesco.org/education/html/int_days.shtml)
8 September - European First Aid Day (http://www.ifrc.org/)
Second/third week of September - European Heritage Days
(http://culture.coe.int/jep/index.html)
16 September - International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
22 September - International (European) Car Free Day -see also European
Mobility Week below (http://www.22september.org/)
26 September - European Day of Languages
(http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/languages/index.html)
16-22 September - European Mobility Week
(http://www.mobilityweek-europe.org)
Last week in September - World Maritime Day (http://www.imo.org/HOME.html)
Third Tuesday - International Day of Peace
(http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/peaceflag/whatis.html)
October
1 October - International Day of Older Persons
(http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/ageing/)
First Monday of October - World Habitat Day (http://www.unchs.org/whd/)
4-10 October - World Space Week (http://www.spaceweek.org/)
5 October - World Teachers' Day
(http://www.unesco.org/education/html/teachers_day.shtml)
9 October - World Post Day (http://www.upu.int/)
10 October - World Mental Health Day (http://www.wfmh.org/wmhday/)
Second Wednesday of October - International Day for Natural Disaster
Reduction (http://www.unisdr.org/unisdr/textunday.htm)
16 October - World Food Day (http://www.fao.org/wfd/)
17 October - International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
(http://www.undp.org/idep/)
24 October - United Nations Day (http://www.un.org/av/special/)
24 October - World Development Information Day
24-30 October - Disarmament Week (http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/disarmament/)
* End of October (dates vary in each EU country - in the UK 14 October) -
European Week of Health & Safety at Work (http://osha.eu.int/ew2002/)
November
9 November - International Day Against Fascism and Anti-Semitism
(http://www.united.non-profit.nl/pages/campnov9.htm)
11 November - Europe Social Work Action Day
(http://www.ifsw.org/Info/1.1.1.info.html)
* Second week of November - European Science and Technology Week
(http://www.cordis.lu/scienceweek/home.htm)
16 November - International Day for Tolerance
(http://www.unesco.org/tolerance/teneng.htm)
20 November - Africa Industrialization Day (http://www.unido.org/)
20 November - Universal Children's Day (http://www.unicef.org/)
21 November - World Television Day
19-22 November - European Employment Week (http://www.employmentweek.com/)
25 November - International Day for the Elimination of Violence against
Women (http://www.unifem.undp.org/index.htm)
29 November - International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
(http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/palestinian/)
* End of November - Socrates-Comenius Week
(http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/socrates/comenius/comeniusweek.htm)
December
1 December - World AIDS Day
(http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/aidsday/index.html)
2 December - International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
(http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/slavery/index.html)
3 December - International (European) Day of Disabled Persons
(http://eddp.edf-feph.org/edf/european_day.html)
5 December - International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social
Development
(http://www.unv.org/)
7 December - International Civil Aviation Day (http://www.icao.int/)
10 December - Human Rights Day (http://www.un.org/av/special/hrday01/)
12 December - International Children's Day of Broadcasting
(http://www.unicef.org/icdb/)
18 December - International Migrants Day (http://www.december18.net/)
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Martyn Riley
European Officer (Information)
European Affairs Unit
Room 2.67
Kent County Council
Sessions House, County Hall
Maidstone
Kent ME14 1XQ
Tel: 01622 694618
Fax: 01622 694782
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