SERBIA – The RYCO Local Branch Office in Serbia organized five local events within the project “Meet your representatives in Serbia. You (are) ask(ed)!” which took place from May to September 2021. In partnership with the National Youth Council in Serbia (Krovna organizacija mladih Srbije – KOMS), the RYCO Local Branch Office in Serbia visited
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A successful cooperation between France and the Western Balkans to enhance social and solidarity economy at the European level A press conference was organized by the French Embassy to Serbia at the French Institute in Belgrade on Wednesday, 8 September 2021. On this occasion, the French Development Agency (AFD), the Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO),
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Interview with sanitary engineer Adnan Ošijan In the 20th century, Bosnia and Herzegovina, but also the entire region of the Western Balkans, moved from a mostly agrarian society to an industrial society. The socialist government built factories wherever the opportunity arose for such a thing. No attention was paid to any consequences that the mass
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BORSH – In the framework of the ROUTE WB6 Regional Exchange Volunteer Program, 20 young people from the Western Balkans will have the opportunity to be engaged as volunteers in the South Outdoor Festival in Borsh from 03/09 – 06/ 09/ 2021. The young people will work on volunteering tasks at the festival as well
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ALPBACH/BELGRADE – Head of the RYCO Local Branch Office in Serbia Ms Ivana Antonijević participated in the panel discussion “No More Reconciliation! It’s Time for Cooperation” organized within the European Forum Alpbach 2021. The online event took place on Tuesday, 31 August 2021, and was hosted by the Club Alpbach Belgrade and ambassadors from North
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WESTERN BALKANS – The Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO) is inviting tenderers to submit their offers for creation of a digital youth platform. RYCO is seeking for a specialized service provider which is experienced in developing web applications and/or web based platforms. The main objective of this assignment is to develop and build RYCO digital
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WESTERN BALKANS – The six Local Incubators based in the Western Balkans are looking for young people from 18 to 35 years old from the region in a group of a minimum of two persons who are motivated to learn about social entrepreneurship and be involved in a regional program. They should be ambitious and
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SARAJEVO – On 13-20 August 2021, the Sarajevo Film Festival (SFF) and the Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO) in Bosnia and Herzegovina in cooperation with the Forum Civil Peace Service – forumZFD and the USAID project PRO-Future have implemented a special project activity “In Youth Eyes: Western Balkans Youth Team”. The seven-day activity gathered 25
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The coronavirus pandemic caused tremendous changes in our everyday life, so it affected each one of us. It affected daily life, working area, culture, cinemas, etc. Besides all the obstacles and barriers, the jubilee 20 edition of Dokufest finally occurred. Prizren’s biggest annual cultural event, the short film and documentary festival, Dokufest usually gathers tourists
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KOSOVO/NORTH MACEDONIA – Within the third RYCO Open Call for Project Proposals, supported by the Federal Republic of Germany, OJQ Qendra e Gruas “ATO” (QG-ATO) from Kosovo, in partnership with SHMP “Bahri Haxha” from Kosovo and SHMEK “8 Shtatori” Tetovo from North Macedonia, implemented the project “Social Bridge”. The project enabled an open and safe
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