BUDVA/BEČIĆI – Montenegrin Ministry of Sports through the Directorate for Youth has organized a conference entitled “The European perspective of the Western Balkans within the Berlin Process – Youth Cooperation RYCO” on Friday in Bečići, Montenegro. The event brought together important decision-makers, partners and stakeholders interested in the Berlin Process. A special guest of the
read morePODGORICA – RYCO Secretary General Mr Đuro Blanuša and RYCO Local Branch Officer in Montenegro Mr Edin Koljenović met on Thursday in Podgorica with United Nations Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative to Montenegro Ms Fiona McCluney. Possible ways of cooperation between the organizations that interlocutors represent were discussed at the meeting. Mr Blanuša and Mr
read morePODGORICA – RYCO Program Officer Ms Bojana Bulatović and RYCO Local Branch Officer in Macedonia Mr Albert Hani are taking part in the Second Europe-Western Balkans Youth Meeting: The Berlin process – a new impetus for youth work that is taking place in Podgorica, Montenegro. The 3-day-long event focuses on youth work and youth policy
read moreTIRANA – Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO) signed contracts on Tuesday in its Head Office in Tirana with five civil society organizations from Albania that got the support to organize the first youth exchange programs within the RYCO Open Call for Project Proposals. The event was attended by the representatives of the partner organizations as
read morePODGORICA – RYCO Pilot Capacity Building Training for the first beneficiaries of the organization’s open call for project proposal ended on Friday in Podgorica, Montenegro. During the five days long training, we gathered the representatives of 34 civil society organizations and high schools from the region, the lead applicants of the shortlisted project within the
read moreTIRANA – On the occasion of the Europe Day, RYCO Secretary General and Deputy Secretary General, Mr Đuro Blanuša and Mr Fatos Mustafa, met on Wednesday with Director General for Enlargement at the European Commission Mr Christian Danielsson and Director for the Western Balkans at the DG NEAR Ms Genoveva Ruiz Calavera at the RYCO
read morePRISTINA – RYCO Advisory Board members met for the first time in Pristina on Friday, 4 May. As the first meeting, it also served as a constitutive gathering of the Advisory Board members. RYCO Secretary General Mr Đuro Blanuša welcomed the Advisory Board members by emphasizing the importance of such structure in RYCO development and pointed
read moreSKOPJE – RYCO Secretary General Mr Đuro Blanuša, together with RYCO Local Branch Officer in Macedonia Mr Albert Hani, participated the Western Balkans 6 Digital Summit organized on 18 and 19 April in Skopje, Macedonia. On the Summit’s margins, RYCO representatives met with UK Envoy for the Western Balkan and the London Summit Coordinator of the Foreign and
read moreTIRANA – RYCO Secretary General and Deputy Secretary General, Mr Đuro Blanuša and Mr Fatos Mustafa, met on Thursday with German Member of Parliament Mr Manuel Sarrazin (Alliance 90/The Greens) and German Ambassador to Albania Ms Susanne Schütz. They discussed the RYCO achievements since it became operational last year, but also the continuation of the support
read morePRISTINA – RYCO Secretary General Mr Đuro Blanuša, together with our Program Officer Ms Bojana Bulatović, took part in the the Western Balkans Youth Conference, organized by the British Council on 26-27 March in Pristina where they discussed the involvement of youth in the Berlin Process and decision making processes. Ahead of the Western Balkans
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