1) Celebrate the IAU Women and Girls in Astronomy Day

Under the theme "Inclusive Astronomy" the IAU100 celebrations will organise a wide array of global activities and events throughout the year to promote inclusivity, equity, and diversity in astronomy. These events will kick off around 11 February 2019 with the celebration of the IAU100 Women and Girls in Astronomy Day within the framework of the United Nations’ International Day of Women and Girls in Science. This is the perfect opportunity to celebrate girls and women in astronomy — by encouraging girls to consider careers in astronomy and by recognising the contributions of women astronomers. We encourage everyone to get involved with the Women and Girls in Astronomy Day by running events in your local community.

Read more here: https://www.iau-100.org/women-and-girls-in-astronomy-day 

2) Lunar Eclipse Activities -- celebrating our Moon in 2019

We want to thank our IAU100 National Coordinators for the many activities reported, related to the latest lunar eclipse and that draw the attention of large audiences of grownups and children alike. Activities related to our celestial companion also gain large attention from national news outlets, therefore being quite popular among by activities organisers. A good example of an event to keep in mind this year is the Moon Landing 50th Anniversary - Let's All Observe the Moon, so stay tuned, as we are just in the beginning of an exciting year filled with activities dedicated to our Moon!

3) Bring the Above and Beyond Exhibition to your Community

The IAU100 Above and Beyond open-source exhibition features some of the most relevant and astonishing astronomical breakthroughs that have shaped science, technology, and culture throughout the last century. Now you can bring this exhibition to a venue near you in an affordable customised way that suits the needs of your community.

The IAU100 Secretariat has just released three versions of the exhibition that can, in an affordable and customised way, support the enjoyment of the exhibition in your community:

Above and Beyond Full-scale Travelling Exhibition
You can bring the Full-scale Travelling Exhibition that was featured at the IAU General Assembly in Vienna to your country.

Above and Beyond Full-scale DIY Exhibition
You may also produce your own version of the Full-scale exhibition and localise it to your own language.

Above and Beyond Downscale Exhibition
The budget version of the exhibition has been designed as a scaled-down version of the original full-scale exhibition.

Read more: https://www.iau-100.org/exhibition-materials-release
Above and Beyond Exhibition Official Website: http://100exhibit.iau.org/ 

4) Call for Participation in the Open Astronomy Schools Project

The Open Astronomy Schools (OAS) project will build teachers’ capacity to deal with scientific topics and teaching techniques by organising teacher training worldwide that enables the development of scientific literacy and the acquisition of modern teaching skills. The call for proposals is targeted at providing seed funding (up to 500 Euros) and basic support to stimulate teacher training workshops in developing regions. This funding to support the OAS activities that can be used to produce materials to distribute to workshop participants or travel/subsistence support for teachers to attend the workshop.

The call for proposals will be open until the end of the IAU100 celebrations. Proposals requesting funds have to be submitted by 28 February 2019 at 11:00 pm UTC. All applicants requesting financial support will receive feedback regarding the decision in March 2019.

Find more information here: https://www.iau-100.org/teacher-training-call 
Official Website: https://open-astronomy-schools.org/ 

5) Inspiring Stars @Europe

From February 18 to 25, Belgium, Austria and Italy will host Inspiring Stars events, in the projects' first European tour. While Brussels and Rome will have their first bridging events, with inclusive teacher-training and talks; Vienna will welcome the IAU inclusive project for the third time, as a follow-up event of the earlier 2018 editions. 

Discover more about the activities here or this IAU100 Global Project. 

6) IAU 100 Years Celebrations at the European Week of Astronomy and Space Science (EWASS)

The European Week of Astronomy and Space Science (EWASS) 2019 will be held in Lyon, France, from 24 to 28 June 2019. The conference will welcome over one thousand astrophysicists from across Europe and beyond. On 27 June, the IAU 100 Years Celebrations will have a special session showcasing global and national activities organised during the celebration. On 25 June 2019, EWASS will also host Special Session SS36: Inclusion day: working towards an equitable, diverse and inclusive Astronomy, organized in close collaboration with the IAU100 Global Project Inspiring Stars. Abstract submission is open until 3 March 2019 and the IAU100 Secretariat welcomes all contributions related to the Special Sessions.

More information: https://www.iau-100.org/iau100-at-ewass

7) IAU100 Special Projects

NARIT One Decade of Excellence -- using IAU100 Celebrations for Capacity Building and Knowledge Transfer
The NARIT's ten years anniversary coincides with the IAU 100 years celebrations and will offer a wide range of activities that will highlight the IAU100 Goals and IAU Global Projects with a great impact and with a strong focus on sustainability.
Learn more about this IAU100 Special Project here.

Dumbara Sky - Taking Astronomy to a Sri Lankan villages
As the night sky is a laboratory shared by everyone, astronomy outreach is an effective means to popularize various STEM fields, including astronomy, amongst students in rural areas. The Dumbara Sky project aims to increase science awareness and early interest in the pursuit of STEM fields for school students.
Discover more about this IAU100 Special Project here.
 

8) Meetings and Global Events 

Here you can find a list of astronomy outreach & education conferences and events around the world. Plan ahead for a very special year for Astronomy, full of interesting events!

a) IAU100: Women and Girls in Astronomy Day
Date: 11 February 2019 
Location: All around the world
More information: https://www.inclusive-astronomy.org/women-girls-in-astronomy

b) Global Hands-On Universe (GHOU) Asian Regional Meeting
Date:  6-8 March 2019
Location: Pokhara, Nepal
More information: https://sites.google.com/view/ghou-asia-regional-conference/home 

c) 8th International Conference “New Perspectives in Science Education”
Dates: 21 - 22 March 2019
Location: Florence, Italy
More Information: https://conference.pixel-online.net/NPSE/ 

d) Yuri’s Night
Date: 12 April 2019 
Location: All around the world
More information: https://yurisnight.net/e)

e) IAU Amateur Astronomy Day
Date: 13 April 2019
Location: Brussels, Belgium
More information: https://www.iau-100.org/amateur-astronomers-day​

f) European Week of Astronomy and Space Science
Date: 24 – 28 June 2019
Location: Lyon, France
More information: https://eas.unige.ch//EWASS/

g) Starmus Festival V: A Giant Leap
Date:  24–29 June 2019
Location: Zurich, Switzerland
More information: https://www.starmus.com/  

h) Asteroid Day
Date: 30 June 2019
Location: Around the world
More Information: http://asteroidday.org/

i) 3rd Workshop on Dissemination and Education of Astronomy (WDEA III)
Dates: 2 July (Solar Eclipse), 4- 5 July 2019
Location: San Juan, Argentina
More information at http://sion.frm.utn.edu.ar/WDEAIII/

j) IAU100: Moon Landing 50th Anniversary - Let's All Observe the Moon! 
Date: 20 July 2019  
Location: All around the world
More information: https://www.iau-100.org/moon-landing-anniversary 

Have we missed something? Then share your astronomy outreach and education international meetings or events with us via outreach@iau.org.

9) IAU Astronomy Outreach Newsletter in other languages

-     Translations into Serbian are available, by Dr Liliana Gracanin from Serbia: https://twitter.com/IAU_srpski ;
-     Translations into Japanese are available, carried out by Akihiko Tomita through the Astronomy Translation Network: http://bit.ly/2xlNyCR. If you want to receive the Japanese newsletter translation, please subscribe to the Japanese Amateur Astronomers Association here: http://www.jaaa-astro.jp/jaaa-ml.html, or the Japanese Society for Education and Popularization of Astronomy here: http://www.tenkyo.net/;
-     Translations into Galician are available, by Martin Pawley, Agrupación Astronómica Coruñesa Ío, in Spain here: http://agrupacionio.com/gl/tag/boletin-iau    
-     Translations into Spanish are available by Emílio Zuniga, the Association of Amateur Astronomers from León, Nicaragua: http://asafile.blogspot.jp/p/blog-page_12.html;
-     Translations into Italian are available by Eleonora Piromalli, AstronomiAmo, from Italy here: https://www.astronomiamo.it/DivulgazioneAstronomica/Newsletter-IAU/last
-     Translations into Russian are available by Artem Mokhnaktin, Central Astronomical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Pulkovo. You can find the latest translations of the newsletter here.  
-      Translations into (European) Portuguese are available, carried out by Catarina Leote & João Ferreira through the Astronomy Translation Network (ATN) Portuguese Language Group (the previous issue can be found here). 

If you are interested in translating our newsletter into your language, please let us know via outreach@iau.org.