WESTERN BALKANS – The project of a democratic, peaceful, sustainable, social and prosperous Europe is today facing one of the greatest challenges in its history – and not only because of the experiences with the Coronavirus Pandemic. Societies and citizens of Europe are facing the challenge of “rebooting” their societies and returning to more stability,
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PODGORICA – The OSCE Mission to Montenegro is inviting young leaders to participate in the training program “Leaders against Intolerance and Violent Extremism – LIVE’’ to be held in Podgorica from 27 to 31 July. The program is designed to coach up to 15 participants from Montenegro between 18 and 30 years old, who are
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WESTERN BALKANS – RYCO and UNFPA are calling for 18 enthusiastic young people, ages 18 to 27 from the Western Balkans 6, who will become peer trainers. The participants will take part in the main training based on y-peer methodology adapted to peacebuilding and reconciliation, and continue to work at local level in their communities
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WESTERN BALKANS – RYCO, GROUPE SOS Pulse, the South East European Youth Network (SEEYN), the Institut Français and the Franco-German Youth Office (FGYO/OFAJ) are announcing the selection of six local structures for the implementation of the WB6 Lab project. Local structures, selected among 45 applicants from the Western Balkans, will contribute to opening new spaces
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WESTERN BALKANS – The Coronavirus disease pandemic is still having an enormous impact on daily lives of millions across the world, including the Western Balkan people. Despite the fact that lockdowns in Europe ease with declining numbers of new cases, the current situation continues paralyzing normal functioning of a number of activities among which mobility
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WESTERN BALKANS – As the current situation with the rapid spread of the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) is not calming down and the governments across the world, including the Western Balkans, are doing their best to contain the virus spread, RYCO underlines the importance of cooperation among people and governments for a successful fight against the virus.
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WESTERN BALKANS – As the global number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 (coronavirus) has been increasing and the first cases are being confirmed across the Western Balkans, RYCO issues the following statement on the COVID-19 outbreak. Having in mind that RYCO’s key activities include supporting the youth mobility programs in the Western Balkans but also
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BITOLA – The second co-design workshop of the ROUTE WB6 program was hosted by the Youth Cultural Center Bitola from 28 February to 1 March. The workshop gathered 15 participants from diverse spheres of youth and volunteer work from all across the Western Balkans. The event aimed to further discuss and design the regional volunteer
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WESTERN BALKANS – Our friends and partners form Deutsche Welle are looking for new participants to join the Balkan Booster project. Young journalists or journalism students from the Western Balkans who are interested can apply by 13 March 2020. Are you eager to find out who are the people who live in your neighborhoods and
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SARAJEVO – RYCO is launching an open call for participation in the capacity building training for project design in the areas of youth mobility, cooperation and activism in the Western Balkans. The call is open for less experienced representatives of secondary schools from Bosnia and Herzegovina. The training is supported by the OSCE Mission to
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