In order to remember the hundreds of thousands of Catalans who live abroad, diumente 24 d’abril se celebrarà el Dia Internacional de la Catalunya Exterior 2011.
El Dia Internacional de la Catalunya Exterior és una iniciativa de la International Federation of Associations Catalan (FIEC), que agrupa la majoria de centres, Catalan clubs and associations abroad. Casals Catalans in the meeting of the Southern Cone of America, Celebrated on 1997 in the Argentine city of Mendoza, the FIEC presented the proposal to institute this Day, que fou aprovada majoritàriament tant per les comunitats catalanes d’Amèrica com per les d’Europa i la resta del món. He 1998 es va celebrar per primera vegada.
He 4 March 1999, the Parliament of Catalonia approved a resolution declaring the Diada official. For its part, the Government of Catalonia, en la reunió del dia 6 April of the same year 1999, va adoptar l’acord de declaraci’o oficial d’aquesta Diada.
Since the creation of the International Day of Outer Catalonia, the FIEC publishes an annual commemorative poster. El d’enguany és obra d’Antònia Soplón, de la Casa Catalana de Saragossa.
In previous editions, the commemorative poster for the International Day of Outer Catalonia has been made by the artists Ràfols Casamada (1998), Antoni Clavé (1999), Josep Guinovart (2000), Chantal Ripol (2001), Roser Capdevila (2002), Sergi Mas (2003), Maria Girona (2004), Pilar Alférez Pinós (2005), Antoni Tàpies (2006), Núria Muñoz Ginesta (2007), Carles Ballesteros (2008), Maria Andrews (2009) i Mauricio Vicente (2010).
