BERLIN – Fifty young people from the Western Balkans met young people from Germany, France and the European Union, as well as from the EU accession candidates and the EU’s Southern and Eastern neighbors and discussed topics like war and peace together as part of an international, intercultural meeting that was held in Berlin from
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WESTERN BALKANS – Regional Youth Cooperation Office in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan would like to thank all the applicants for taking time and submitting the application for the youth exchange “Western Balkans Meet Japan – A Bridge Into Future”. Due to a considerable amount of applications and limited number of places for
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TIRANA – Following the OSCE scholarship program at the European Innovation Academy summer course in Turin (7-28 July 2018), and in preparation of the Connectivity Meeting planned in Tirana on 8-9 November, the second coordination meeting of the YDEAS project intended to discuss how to harness the potentialities of the regional community of innovators –
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LONDON – Following the recent Western Balkans Summit in London, the UK Parliament hosted the International Parliamentary Seminar on the Western Balkans under the auspices of the British Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (BGIPU). The event took place in the Palace of Westminster from 10 to 12 September. The event brought together the parliamentarians from
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MIRAI Program 2018: Western Balkans Youth Exchange (Mutual-understanding, Intellectual Relations and Academic Exchange Initiative) WESTERN BALKANS – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan and the Regional Youth Cooperation Office are implementing the youth exchange “Western Balkans meet Japan: A Bridge into the Future”, on 30 October to 7 November 2018, and invites 17 undergraduate
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TIRANA – We are honored to present you the first RYCO Strategic Plan for the upcoming three years (2019-2021).We express our immense gratitude towards a number of stakeholders who participated in the strategic planning process – representatives of international and regional partner organizations, civil society organizations, governments of the Western Balkans, secondary schools from the
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TIRANA – On the occasion of the International Youth Day, RYCO Secretary General and Deputy Secretary General, Mr Đuro Blanuša and Mr Fatos Mustafa, wrote a letter to the youth of the Western Balkans and the stakeholders involved in the youth related field. The letter reads the following: As prejudice and stereotyping continue to shape attitudes in the
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TIRANA – RYCO organizes the first meeting of the selected Members of Parliaments (MPs) of the Western Balkans within the program Strengthening Political Support for the Regional Youth Cooperation Office. The event is taking place in Tirana from 25 to 27 June 2018. During the opening panel discussion, after the introductory remarks of RYCO Deputy
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BERLIN – In a close cooperation with CrossBorder Factory and the Youth Initiative for Human Rights, we organized the first preparation meeting within the program Supporting Regional Cooperation – Role of RYCO Governing Board. The event that took place on 17-18 June in Berlin, Germany gathered the Youth Representatives in the RYCO Governing Board. It aimed
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BRUSSELS – RYCO Deputy Secretary General Mr Fatos Mustafa took part in the “HERE WE COME – A Conference on Talent Management and Youth Perspectives in the Western Balkans” organised by the Antall József Knowledge Centre in cooperation with the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies on Tuesday in Brussels. Mr Mustafa, as a keynote speaker, together
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