Safety, risk reduction and prevention-focused observances.
This facet brings together observances intended to reduce preventable harm through education, safer practices, institutional preparedness or public awareness.
These pages include reviewed meaning, history, activities, facts and FAQs in addition to the underlying observance record.
The Council of Europe Committee of Ministers decided on 26 April 2006 to launch Data Protection Day for annual celebration on 28 January, the anniversary of Convention 108 opening for signa…
A/RES/64/200
A/RES/60/97
A/RES/75/27
AKC and ADT launched the inaugural National Pet Fire Safety Day in July 2009; current first-party pages continue the July 15 awareness campaign.
Schmersal/tec.nicum states that it founded National SAFER Workplace Day, first observed on 30 June 2023, on the last Friday of June; its current page lists 25 June 2027.
The Council of Europe Committee of Ministers decided on 26 April 2006 to launch Data Protection Day for annual celebration on 28 January, the anniversary of Convention 108 opening for signa…
A/RES/64/200
A/RES/60/97
A/RES/75/27
AKC and ADT launched the inaugural National Pet Fire Safety Day in July 2009; current first-party pages continue the July 15 awareness campaign.
Schmersal/tec.nicum states that it founded National SAFER Workplace Day, first observed on 30 June 2023, on the last Friday of June; its current page lists 25 June 2027.
The National Safety Council of India was established on March 4, 1966 and records that National Safety Day began in 1972 to mark its Foundation Day. NSC guidance states that the campaign be…
European Commission and Better Internet for Kids sources trace Safer Internet Day to the EU-funded SafeBorders project in 2004, document the first edition on 6 February 2004, the Insafe tra…
The National Child Safety Council states that Safetypup was introduced on February 12, 1985 and that Safetypup’s birthday is February 12; the Georgetown, Ohio Police Department independentl…
The active World Backup Day first-party site verifies March 31, describes an origin on Reddit among concerned users, maintains current stewardship, and explains that the date was chosen as…
ILO observance
A/RES/75/273
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
A/RES/73/250
WHO observance
A/RES/70/203
