COMMON CALENDAR OF DIVERSITIES AND SIMILARITIES

January

2014

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed 1

Thu 2

Fri 3

Sat 4

9

10

11

New year’s day (BG,MK,IT,TR,PO)

5

6

7

Day before

Christmas (MK)

8

International Thank You Day

Christmas(MK) Epiphany (BG,IT, PO)

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

28

29

30

31

Epiphany (MK)

26

27 St.Sava (For Serbs people in MK)

International Day in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust

Hug Day

Street Children's Day

New Year starts - first month rich with holidays.

Christmas in Macedonia is here - son of the God Jesus is born. And Epiphany And all of us Similar or Diverse, not just in this month - should say ‘'Thank you'' to all people who have been nice and helped you - give a hug to everyone who needs - to remember and never to repeat the mass murder or genocide of approximately six million Jews during World War II - to highlight the situation of street child ren and young people and raise funds for projects in favour of street children worldwide.

February Sun

Mon

2014 Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat 1

2 9

3 10

4 World Cancer Day

11

5

6

7

8

12

13

14

15

World Day of the Sick

16 23

17 24

18 25

World Radio Day

19 26

St.Triphon ( MK,BG) St.Valentin (IT,PO)

20

21

22

World Day of Social Justice

International Mother Language Day

Thinking Day

27

28 National Science Day

The second month is here to celebrate love and vine.

And all of us Similar or Diverse, not just in this month -

To join in for better health and to raise awareness for cancer

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To celebrate radio as medium and to support radio to evolve in the digital age

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To do more to empower individuals through decent work, support people through social protection, and ensure the voices of the poor and marginalised are heard

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to promote the preservation and protection of all languages used by peoples of the world

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to Think and to study and appreciate other countries and cultures, and equally increase awareness and sensitivity on global concerns

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to support scientist to provide a real platform for scientific work and development of the world.

March Sun

2014 Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat 1

2

3

4

10

6

7

Day of school Straso Pindzur Karbinci(MK)

Liberation Day from Otomans (BG)

9

5

11

12

Zero Discrimination Day

8

International Women’s Day

13

14

15 World Consumer Rights Day

16

17

18

19

20 International Day of Happiness

23 30

24

World Tuberculosis Day

31

25

26

27 World Theatre Day

21

International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination World Poetry Day World Down Syndrome Day International Day of Forests and the Tree

28

22 World Water Day

29

Grandmother Marta is here with 300 minds And all of us Similar or Diverse, not just in this month -

To open up and reach out – no one should experience discrimination

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to celebrate for women's economic, political, and social achievements

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to celebrate and to solidarize within the international consumer movement

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to reinforce our commitment to inclusive and sustainable human development and renew our pledge to help others, to contribute to the common good, to enriched ourselves because compassion promotes happiness and will help build the future we want

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to recommit to ending racial discrimination and realizing our vision of justice, equality and freedom from fear for all

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to reflect on the power of language and the full development of each person’s creative abilities

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to raise public awareness of Down syndrome

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to urge all sectors of society to commit to reducing deforestation and preventing forest degradation

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to use water more intelligently and waste less so all will get a fair share

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to build public awareness that tuberculosis today remains an epidemic in much of the world

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April Sun

6

2014 Mon

7

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

1

April Fools’ Day

2

World Autism Awareness Day

3

4

5

8

9

10

11

12

18

19

International Day of Sport for Development and Peace

World Health Day

14

15

16

17

20

21

22

23

24

27

28

13

Easter (PO Easter IT,BG MK) (PO IT,BG MK)

International Romani Day

International Mother Earth Day

National Sovereignty and Children’s Day (TR) World Book Day

29

30

International (World) Dance Day

International Jazz Day

International Youth Solidarity Day

International Day of Fascist Concentration Camps Prisoners Liberation Easter (PO IT,BG MK)

Easter (PO IT,BG MK)

Festa di San Marco and Liberation Day (IT)

World Intellectual Property Day

25

26

Congratulations to Turkey and Italy on their national and to celebrate together the biggest Christian holiday Easter.

And all of us Similar or Diverse, not just in this month -

to share jokes and fools.

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to work for a more inclusive society, highlight the talents of affected people and ensure opportunities for them to realize their potential

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to get involved in activities that can lead to better health

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to celebrate Romani culture and raise awareness of the issues facing Romani people

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To remember is painful, to forget is impossible but never to repeat

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to reaffirm our collective responsibility to promote harmony with nature at a time when our planet is under threat from climate change, unsustainable exploitation of natural resources and other man-made problems

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to celebrate reading

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to promote discussion of the role of intellectual property (IP) in encouraging innovation and creativity

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to increase the awareness of the importance of dance and to persuade governments all over the world to provide a proper place for dance in all systems of education

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through the power of jazz to bring people together and to strengthen respect for shared values

May Sun

2014 Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

1

2

3

Labor and Solidarity Day

4

5

6

7

St.George’s Daѕ (BG;МK) International No Diet Day

11

12

13

8

9

19

20

Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day (TR)

25

26

27

10

Victory in Europe Day

14

15

16

International Day of Families

18

Constitution Day (PO) World Press Freedom Day

17 World Telecommunication and Information Society Day

21

22

23

24

World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development

International Day for Biological Diversity

National day of Vlach (for Vlach people in MK)

St.Kiril and Metodij (MK,BG)

29

30

31

28

World No-Tobacco Day

Congratulations to Poland and Italy on their national and to celebrate St.Kiril and Metodij – the Slavs teacher.

And all of us Similar or Diverse, not just in this month Together with workers to raise their class demands for unity and against racism, imperialist war, national chauvinism and the entire ruling class - To promote freedom of expression so as to provide the conditions for protecting and promoting all other human rights, to build safe environment for dialogue, where all can speak freely and openly, without fear of reprisal - To celebrate the body acceptance, including fat acceptance and body shape diversity, to promote a healthy life style with a focus on health at any size and to raise awareness of the potential dangers of dieting and the unlikelihood of success - To celebrate the day when the end of World War II ended and never to repeat - to celebrate connections among all members of the constellation that makes up a family, to reflect on how they are affected by social and economic trends – and what we can do to strengthen families in response - to help raise awareness of the possibilities that the use of the Internet and other information and communication technologies (ICT) can bring to societies and economies - to deepen our understanding of the values of cultural diversity and to learn to live together better - to speak for the important role of biodiversity and ecosystems in providing sustainable development - to help raise awareness of smoking so as to reduce the numbers of people starting and continuing to smoke -

June

2014

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

International Children’s Day and National Cancer Survivors Day

Republic Day (IT)

International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression

World Environment Day

Holy Goust (MK)

8

9

11

12

13

10

Whitе Sunday (PO) World Oceans Day

15

22

World Blood Donor Day

16

23

17

24

18

25

19

20

21

Corpus Christi (PO)

World Refugee Day

Go Skateboarding Day and World Music Day

26

27

28

International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking

29

14

30

Summer school holiday starts in this month And all of us Similar or Diverse, not just in this month -

to help people to demonstrate that life after a cancer diagnosis can be a reality

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to ensure that all children, without any exception whatsoever, enjoy special protection

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to celebrated global day for positive environmental action, to come together to ensure a cleaner, greener and brighter outlook for ourselves and future generations

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to raise global awareness of the challenges faced by the international community in connection with the oceans

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to raise awareness of the need for safe blood and blood products and to thank voluntary unpaid blood donors for their life-saving gifts of blood

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to intensify efforts to prevent and resolve conflicts, and to help achieve peace and security so that families can be reunited and refugees can return home

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to promote music - the music everywhere and the concert nowhere

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to strengthen action and cooperation to achieve the goal of an international society free of drug abuse

July Sun

2014 Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

1

2

3

4

5 International Day of Cooperatives

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

World Population Day

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

Nelson Mandela International Day

20

21

22

23

24

27

28

29

30

31

Ramadan Feast (TR)

Ramadan Feast (TR)

Ramadan Feast (TR)

Ramadan Feast (TR)

International Tiger Day

International Day of Friendship

25

26

Hot summer in July and we wish Happy Ramadan for our Muslim friends And all of us Similar or Diverse, not just in this month -

to highlight how cooperatives can contribute to building resilience in all regions and all economic sectors

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to bring awareness about Population growth and related issues

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to devote 67 minutes of time to helping others, to make a small gesture of solidarity with humanity and a step towards a global movement for good

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to promote a global system for protecting the natural habitats of tigers and to raise public awareness and support for tiger conservation issues

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to inspire peace efforts and to build bridges between communities with promoting friendship between peoples, countries, cultures and individuals

August Sun

Mon

2014 Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

1

2 Republic Day (MK)

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

International Youth Day

17

18

24

25

19

International Lefthanders Day

Assumption of Mary (IT, PO)

World Humanitarian Day

20

World Mosquito Day

21

22

26

27

28

29

Assumption of Marija (MK)

31

International Day against Nuclear Tests

23

European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism

30

Victory Day (TR)

School summer holiday is ending, Happy national holidays for MK and TR. And all of us Similar or Diverse, not just in this month -

to draw attention to youth issues worldwide

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to promote awareness of the inconveniences facing left-handers in a predominantly right-handed world, to celebrate uniqueness and differences of lefthanders

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to celebrate the spirit of people helping people, to recognize those who face danger and adversity in order to help others

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to

preserve

the

memory

of

the

victims

of

mass

deportations

and

exterminations, while promoting democratic values with the aim of reinforcing peace and stability in Europe, to improve knowledge and public awareness about totalitarian crimes -

to capture the world’s attention and underscore the need for a unified attempt in preventing further nuclear weapons testing, to work together to end nuclear weapons testing and achieve a world free of nuclear weapons

2014

September Sun

7

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

1

2

3

4

5

6

International Day of Charity

Unification Day Bulgaria (BG)

11

12

13

17

18

19

20

24

25

26

27

8

9

Independence Day Macedonia (MK) International Literacy Day

14

World Suicide Prevention Day

15

16

International Day of Democracy Engineer’s Day

International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer

21

22

23

International Day of Peace

Independence Day Bulgaria (БG)

28

29

International Day of Bosniaks (Bosniaks in MK)

10

European Day of Languages World Contraception Day

30

New school year starts, and we wish happy national holidays to BG and MK. And all of us Similar or Diverse, not just in this month -

to act on the charitable impulse that resides in every human being to raise awareness around the globe that suicide can be prevented

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to understand and listen to those who may be weaker or more vulnerable than us,

to ensure that each of us can and does play our part to the full, to

translate our desires and the desires of others into a better future for all -

to act definitively to protect the ozone layer, initiating an inter-governmental process that blazed new trails

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to strengthen the ideals of peace, both within and among all nations and peoples

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to alert the public to the importance of language learning and diversify the range of languages learned, to promote the rich linguistic and cultural diversity, to encourage lifelong language learning in and out of school. to raising awareness of contraception and improving education about sexual and reproductive health, with a vision of "a world where every pregnancy is wanted"

October

2014

Sun

Tue

5

Mon

6

7

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

1

2

3

4

International Day of Older Persons; World Vegetarian Day

International Day of Non-Violence

Sacrifice Feast (TR)

Sacrifice Feast (TR) Yom Kippur (Jewish community in MK) World Animal Day

8

9

10

11

Sacrifice Feast (TR) World Teachers’ Day

12

19 26

World Mental Health Day

13

20 27

14

21 28

15

16

International Day of Rural Women; Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day

World Food Day

22 29 Republic Day (TR)

Day of people uprising (MK)

17

18

23

24

25

Day of Macedonian revolutionary fight (MK)

World Development Information Day

30

31

And all of us Similar or Diverse, not just in this month -

to respond to the opportunities and challenges of population ageing in the 21st century and to promote the development of a society for all ages.

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To promote the joy, compassion and life-enhancing possibilities of vegetarianism

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To disseminate the message of non-violence, including through education and public awareness,to reaffirm the universal relevance of the principle of non-violence, so as to secure a culture of peace, tolerance, understanding and non-violence

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To celebrate the animal life in all its forms, to reflect on all of the animals we share this world with, and our involvement with them - and to spur action to commemorate that respectful relationship

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By tackling the teacher gap, barriers to better quality education and teachers’ role in developing globally-minded citizens

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to bring attention to Mental Illness and its major effects on peoples' life worldwide

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to recognizes the critical role and contribution of rural women in enhancing agricultural and rural development, improving food security and eradicating rural poverty

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to raise awareness of the issues behind poverty and hunger

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to improve the dissemination of information and the mobilization of public opinion, to greater awareness of the problems of development and to promote efforts in the sphere of international cooperation for development

November Sun

Mon

2014 Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat 1 All Saints' Day (IT, PO and Katolics in MK) World Vegan Day

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

World Science Day for Peace and Development

Independence Day (PO)

16

17

18

Internation al Day for Tolerance

23

30

24

25 International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

World Diabetes Day

19

20

International Men’s Day World Toilet Day

Universal Children’s Day Transgender Day of Remembrance

26

27

21

22 - Day of the Albanian Alphabet (For Albanian in MK)

28

29

Winter is coming soon, and happy national holiday for PO. And all of us Similar or Diverse, not just in thi s month -

to bring awareness to the ethical, environmental, health and humanitarian benefits of a vegetarian lifestyle.

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to renew the national and international commitment to science for peace and development and to stress the responsible use of science for the benefit of society, send messages so as to raising public awareness of the importance of science and to bridge the gap between science and societies. Together TOWARDS A BETTER SCIENCE-DRIVEN SOCIETY To raise global awareness of diabetes – its escalating rates around the world and how to prevent the this illness To be unite for tolerance and together to send message - INTOLERANCE WILL NOT BE TOLERANTED, To improve gender relations, promoting gender equality, and highlighting positive male role models to shape the present, nurturing the future, to promote the ideals and objectives of and the welfare of the children of the world. to raise public awareness of hate crimes against transgender people, Unite to stop the violence

December Sun

2014

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

1

2

3

4

5

6

World AIDS Day

7

8

International Day of Persons with Disabilities

9

St.Kliment (MK, BG)

14

15

10

International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development

11

12

13

18

19

20

Human Rights Day

16

17

International Migrants Day

21 Day of teaching in Turkish (Turkish people in MK)

28

22 29

23 30

24

25

26

Christmas Eve (BG, IT, PO)

Christmas Day (BG, IT, PO)

Boxing Day (PO)

31

International Human Solidarity Day

27

Christmas for Chatolic and the end of the year-so many wishes are here in December.

And all of us Similar or Diverse, not just in this month -

to make efforts for zero new HIV infections, zero people dying of AIDS—and all

people living with dignity and without fear of discrimination -to

remove all barriers that affect the inclusion and participation of persons with

disabilities in society, including through changing attitudes that fuel stigma and institutionalize discrimination - to highlighte the millions of young volunteers around the world who are acting globally for social change and to become one of them - to use opporyunity individually and collectively –to ask ourselves difficult questions regarding the individual, society and the confluence between the two.

- to safeguard the rights of migrants, lower the social and economic costs of migration, and promote policies that maximize the benefits of mobility - to work together in common cause to keep the promise made at the turn of the Millennium and leave a legacy of peace, prosperity and sustainable progress for generations to come