WESTERN BALKANS – The Scout Exchange “Scouting for Change” is a five day scout exchange and the first activity from the project “SCOUTS UNITED Learn it, Do it, Scout it” funded by RYCO and the United Nations Peace Building Fund through the second RYCO Open Call for Project Proposals. If you are between 15 and
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PODGORICA – RYCO Local Branch Office in Montenegro organized a four-day capacity building training for twenty representatives of civil society organizations from Montenegro. The training took place on 15 – 18 November in Podgorica. The event organized with the support of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro provided the participants with a chance to strengthen their
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PRISTINA – In the continuation of the ROUTE WB6 project, with the support of RYCO, Lens in collaboration with the Office for Good Governance of the Prime Minister’s Office in Kosovo organized the second follow-up meeting in Pristina last Thursday. The event aimed at drafting a concept document for volunteering, which is being developed as
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ULCINJ – Through its second Open Call, RYCO supported connecting twenty young people from Serbia and Montenegro, participants of a unique film education program SeaVa Youth. The program organized in partnership between NGO iACT from Montenegro and Valjevska Kulturna Mreža (VAKUM) from Serbia, took place during the Seanema Film Festival in September this year. “Seava
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NAIROBI – Over 9,500 delegates from more than 170 countries took part in the Nairobi Summit ICPD25 (International Conference on Population and Development), where RYCO Secretary General Mr Đuro Blanuša and Head of the RYCO Local Branch Office in Bosnia and Herzegovina Ms Berina Bukva had a chance to present RYCO’s vision and work, as well
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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 civil society organizations from Bosnia and Herzegovina. The training is supported by the OSCE Mission
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SKOPJE – Head of the RYCO Local Brench Office in North Macedonia Mr Albert Hani met Minister of Education and Science of North Macedonia Mr Arbër Ademi last week in Skopje. The meeting focused on the upcoming Western Balkans Summit 2020 co-chaired by North Macedonia and Bulgaria, the preparation of the government to chair the
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DURRËS – RYCO Head of Local Branch Office in Albania Mr Kreshnik Loka, took part in a panel discussion on the topic “Promoting youth participation at the local level” that took place on 8th of November in Durres. Together with the high school students, the panel discussion gathered Ambassador of France in Tirana H.E. Ms Christina
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TIRANA – RYCO Secretary General Mr Đuro Blanuša participated in the opening ceremony of the Equal Rights Association’s regional conference Our Rights, Your Future, one of the biggest LGBTI+ events in the Balkans and Turkey. The conference which is taking place in Tirana from 7 – 9 November 2019 kicked off with the Trans Balkan
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WESTERN BALKANS – Twenty one young musicians from the WB6 has held four contemporary classical music concerts in Prizren, Tivat, Sarajevo and Belgrade. Young musicians gathered in the No Borders Orchestra (NBO) traveled through the region with the main goal to provide a tool and symbol to help overcome a violent history and to set an
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