ALBANIA/KOSOVO – Within the second RYCO Open Call for Project Proposals co-financed by the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund, Open Labs Albania in partnership with IPKO Foundation, implemented the project “Preserving WB Cities Identity through Participatory Architecture”. The project took place from November 2019 to November 2020 and helped young people explore the urban development challenges
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WESTERN BALKANS – Twelve social businesses, two from each: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia, will be supported with financial grants of 2.500€ and a regional incubation program to make their ideas a reality. The selected social businesses of young people are supported with a total of 30.000€ within the RISE
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SKOPJE – The Agency for Youth and Sport of North Macedonia opens a call* for the Youth Representative of North Macedonia in the RYCO Governing Board. The selected Youth Representative of North Macedonia in the RYCO Governing Board will be given a three-year mandate, without remuneration, and in her/his work will represent the youth interests of North
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BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA/NORTH MACEDONIA/ SERBIA – Within the second RYCO Open Call for Project Proposals co-financed by the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund, the School With Boarding For Children with Hearing And Speech Disabilities “11. Maj” from Jagodina, Serbia in partnership with Pozoriste Mladih Tuzle from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Eureka Studio from North Macedonia and Centar
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WESTERN BALKANS – The ROUTE WB6 project proudly opens the registrations for the first regional volunteers exchange program. This is the first program of this kind in the Western Balkans, designed by the young people for young people. We encourage all young people 18-30 years old to register for volunteering opportunities across the region. The registration
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At the end of the every hard working week, RYCO will be giving you a youth perspective on regional and local hot topics through works of the students of journalism from around the Western Balkans WESTERN BALKANS – Within the framework of the advocacy project “A Better Region Starts with Youth”, RYCO organized a three-month
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WESTERN BALKANS – An online capacity building training for the RYCO beneficiaries supported within the fourth RYCO Open Call for Project Proposals co-funded by the European Union took place on Thursday, 11 March. The training gathered representatives from the lead applicants of the twelve awarded projects within this call. It provided an in-depth understanding of
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SARAJEVO – Within the framework of the 4th RYCO Open Call for Project Proposals supported by the European Union, the Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO) signed a contract with Mladi za mir (Youth for Peace). The signing ceremony took place at the premises of the RYCO Local Branch Office in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo, and
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NORTH MACEDONIA – In the framework of the “Supporting the Western Balkan’s Collective Leadership on Reconciliation” project, supported by the UN Peacebuilding Fund, the Regional Youth Cooperation Office and the United Nations Population Fund – UNFPA workshops were conducted by the youth trainers of a group of young people in order to strengthen the role
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ALBANIA/BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA/MONTENEGRO/SERBIA – Within the second RYCO Open Call for Project Proposals co-financed by the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund, the Institute for Democracy, Media & Culture (IDMC) from Albania, in partnership with the Bosnian Representative Association for Valuable Opportunities (BRAVO) from Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Network for the Education and the Development of the
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