TIRANA – RYCO Secretary General Mr Đuro Blanuša gave an interview for the Albanian Daily News when he spoke about RYCO’s achievements and challenges but also the need for fostering cooperation in the region. You can read the interview in its entirety below. Albanian Daily News: On the 12th of August the world observed the International Youth Day, established by the
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TIRANA –RYCO and World Vision Albania signed the Memorandum of Understanding on Wednesday to enhance cooperation between the two organizations focused on young people in the Western Balkans. The ceremony took place in the presence of organizations’ employees at the RYCO Head Office in Tirana. The signing of the document is an important step forward
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WESTERN BALKANS – The General Objective of the third RYCO Open Call for Proposals is to support the process of reconciliation in the Western Balkans by providing young people with opportunities that create space for dialogue, mutual learning and increased understanding across communities and RYCO’s Contracting Parties, and to contribute to increasing capacities of schools to
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WESTERN BALKANS – RYCO is looking for external assessors from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia. The assessors will support RYCO Secretariat by performing the technical assessment of eligible project applications, submitted under RYCO’s Calls for Proposals. We are aiming to identify and select qualified and experienced professionals to join RYCO Pool
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SARAJEVO – The 25th Sarajevo Film Festival (SFF) kicked off in the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina on 16 August. As the official partner of Dealing with the Past project within SFF, RYCO gathered young people from the Western Balkans as a follow-up activity of a special project EYOF- YOUNG PR Team which took place earlier
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BELGRADE – President of the French Republic H. E. Mr Emmanuel Macron and President of Serbia H. E. Mr Aleksandar Vučić met in Belgrade today with six young people from the Western Balkans six when they discussed common challenges of young people in the region. In a session participated by the presidents and the young
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WESTERN BALKANS – UNFPA Albania in close consultation with RYCO, an intergovernmental organisation that stewards and promotes regional, cross-border and intercultural cooperation within and among its six Western Balkan (WB6) Contracting Parties, is hiring an international expert to assist in adapting and updating a youth peer-to-peer methodology for reaching out to the most vulnerable and
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POZNAŃ – During the Poznań Summit, Poland welcomed the Heads of Government of the Berlin Process participants, as well as representatives of the European Institutions, International Financial Institutions, OECD, the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC), and the Regional Youth Cooperation Office. In the Chair’s conclusions, they commended the progress made by RYCO and reaffirmed their support
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Poznań Summit, Blanuša: Governments Should Keep Promises Given to Young People POZNAŃ – RYCO Secretary General Mr Đuro Blanuša participated in the Leaders’ Meeting which gathered the European heads of states and prime ministers at the Poznań Summit on Friday when he presented the work of RYCO but also called the governments of the
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POZNAŃ – RYCO Secretary General Mr Đuro Blanuša participated in the Ministerial Meeting which gathered the Western Balkans six Foreign Minister at the Poznań Summit on Thursday when he presented the work of RYCO but also underlined the need that the political elites of the region take more care of their rhetoric. Speaking at the
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