Western Balkans

SARAJEVO – On 11th of October 2022, Regional Youth Cooperation Office in Bosnia and Herzegovina organized a visit to the school for blind and visually impaired children. The GIZ officials, Dr. Michaela Baur, the director for Europe, Mediterranean and Central Asia, and Mr. Daniel Passon, Head of Division visited the school as part their visit

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Krushevo – This year’s 20th International Youth Conference- “European Values for the Future of the SEE Countries” took place from the 29th of September to the 3rd of October organized by Youth Alliance -Krushevo. The International Youth Conference was supported by the Regional Youth Cooperation Office-RYCO, Federal Foreign Office of Germany, Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Friedrich

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WESTERN BALKANS – The Advisory Board, one of the three statutory bodies of RYCO, had its 5th meeting on 27 April 2022. The meeting happened online and was facilitated and moderated by the RYCO Deputy Secretary General, Mr. Denis PIPLAŠ. As the new 2-year mandate period for Advisory Board members began on 29 December 2021,

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TIRANA – In the period of 8-12 April, the city of Tirana was filled with the incomparable energy brought from the 24 young people, representatives of municipal councils, municipal offices, youth councils, and CSOs, coming from all over the Western Balkans. They participated in the fifth edition of the Youth Trail under the motto “Together

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OHRID – The RYCO Local Branch Office in North Macedonia and the OSCE Mission to Skopje organized four-day training for RYCO senior management, Youth Representatives in the RYCO Governing Board and Heads of the RYCO Local Branch Offices. The training took place on 5-8 April in Ohrid. During the training, the RYCO staff and Youth

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SARAJEVO – The RISE Bootcamp, a six-day intense program consisting of workshops and training sessions, was organized in Sarajevo from 14 to 19 March. The Bootcamp brought together over 40 regional and international young entrepreneurs, trainers, experts, RISE Consortium representatives and decision-makers. During the event, young entrepreneurs officially accepted their 2500€ rewards for their business

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TIRANA – RYCO Secretary General and Deputy Secretary General, Mr Albert Hani and Mr Denis Piplaš, met with Secretary General of the Assembly of European Regions (AER) Mr Christian Spahr on Monday, 28 March when they got familiarized with the work AER and discussed possible areas of cooperation between the organizations. RYCO representatives shared the

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WESTERN BALKANS – Since 2011, every 24 March marks the International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims. This observance was established by the United Nations General Assembly to honor the memory of victims of gross and systematic human rights violations, as well as

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