Many thanks, Martyn - that's really useful.

Regards,

Eric
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Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 3:04 PM
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/)
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> **********************************************************
> Martyn Riley
> European Officer (Information)
> European Affairs Unit
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>
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