SARAJEVO – The eight meeting of the RYCO Governing Board took place in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina on Thursday. The meeting discussed the quarterly report of the RYCO Secretariat, the second Open Call for Project Proposals as well as the further institutional development of the organization. Throughout its work, the Governing Board continues to exercise
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TIRANA – President of the Austrian National Council H.E. Mr Wolfgang Sobotka met with RYCO Secretary General and Deputy Secretary General, Mr Đuro Blanuša and Mr Fatos Mustafa on Tuesday in the RYCO premises. They discussed the work of RYCO as well as the Austrian support for the organization’s work. RYCO high officials presented the
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TIRANA – RYCO, in cooperation with the Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Tirana, is hosting the regional meeting of representatives of national news agencies and media outlets from the Western Balkans in Tirana on 26 – 28 November with the aim of creating new possibilities for regional media cooperation. Exploring new opportunities for the news agencies
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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 – In cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, RYCO implemented the youth exchange “Western Balkans Meet Japan – A Bridge Into Future”, on 30 October – 7 November 2018. The program gave the opportunity to 17 young people from all the WB6 to take part in one week long intercultural
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TIRANA – RYCO Secretary General Mr Đuro Blanuša took part in the debate entitled The European Union, Albania and the Western Balkans: Making enlargement a more credible process which took place in Tirana on Wednesday. The discussion was a part of a roundtable organised in the framework of the Austrian Presidency of the Council of
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TIRANA – Representatives of RYCO Secretariat met in Tirana on Friday with the Youth Representatives in the RYCO Governing Board to discuss the upcoming Open Call for Project Proposals. The Youth Representatives form Albania, Kosovo* and Montenegro were present at the meeting, while their colleagues form Macedonia and Serbia joined the meeting via video call.
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PODGORICA – The second RYCO Advisory Board meeting took place on Wednesday in Podgorica, Montenegro. It was an excellent opportunity for the members to assemble their rich expertise and contribute to content improvement of the forthcoming RYCO call for project proposals. During the meeting, the Advisory Board members have put significant efforts in shaping their
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PODGORICA – RYCO Secretary General Mr Đuro Blanuša and RYCO Local Branch Officer in Montenegro Mr Edin Koljenović met with Prime Minister of Montenegro Mr Duško Marković, Montenegrin Minister of Sports Mr Nikola Janović and Ministry’s Director of Youth Directorate Mr Nenad Koprivica on Thursday in Podgorica. Mr Blanuša pointed out that the Government of
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TIRANA – On the occasion of the UN Day, RYCO and UN in Albania launched a joint project in Tirana on Monday. The event dedicated to youth entitled “It’s Youth Time” was organized by the UN in Albania in partnership with the Albanian Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs. The United Nations Peacebuilding Fund, through
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