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Yes there were public and private events dotted thoughout this country (and others), and those who organised them will agree that they were successful in their own right, and congratulations to them for participating. However as a worldwide endorsed and (supposedly) coordinated event by UNESCO, it did not generate much media (why would it?) and public interest on the whole.
I contacted the IYA for information about arranging an event several times and my emails went unanswered, so I gave up.
I spoke to so many people in 2009 telling them about IYA2009 (friends, family, work colleagues etc.) and either noone I spoke to was aware or was interested. I'm sure it was very popular overseas, particularly in the USA, but my opinion is that on the whole, a failure as a world-wide event.
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