TIRANA – RYCO Deputy Secretary General Mr Fatos Mustafa met on Thursday with Deputy Head of Division Bilateral Relations with the States of Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe as well as Central Asia and Southern Caucasus of the German Federal Chancellery Mr Matthias Lüttenberg. They discussed the ongoing processes in RYCO as well as the
read moreTIRANA – RYCO Secretary General Mr Đuro Blanuša and Deputy Secretary General Mr Fatos Mustafa met on Tuesday with Ambassador of Italy in Albania H. E. Mr Alberto Cutillo when they discussed the support of Italy to our organization. Mr Blanuša informed the ambassador on the ongoing processes in the work of RYCO as well
read moreTIRANA – RYCO Secretary General Mr Đuro Blanuša met on Monday with the ambassadors of France, Germany and the United Kingdom, H. E. Ms Christina Vasak, H. E. Ms Susanne Schutz and H. E. Mr Duncan Norman at the RYCO Head Office. They discussed the on-going work of our organization and their support to it. Mr Blanuša
read moreTIRANA – Albanian representatives in the RYCO Governing Board, Ms Dafina Peci and Mr Shpati Kolgega, visited RYCO Head Office on Tuesday when they discussed together with RYCO Secretary General Mr Đuro Blanuša the current processes in our work and cooperation between the institutions. As the RYCO Head Office is based in Tirana it is agreed that RYCO, Ministry
read moreBRUSSELS – As President of the European Commission Mr Juncker announced in his 2017 State of the Union address, the European Commission adopted on Tuesday the Western Balkans Strategy. It spells out the priorities and areas of joint reinforced cooperation, addressing the specific challenges the Western Balkans face, in particular the need for fundamental reforms
read moreDear Applicants, we would like to express our gratitude towards all of you who have shown the interest and efforts to take part in the first RYCO Open Call for Project Proposals. Since this Call for Proposals was the first of its kind for RYCO, we want to inform you that our team has done
read moreBELGRADE – RYCO Secretary General Mr Đuro Blanuša and our Local Branch Officer in Serbia Ms Marija Bulat celebrated the 55th anniversary of the Elysee Treaty on Thursday by participating in the reception organized by the ambassadors of France and Germany to Serbia, H.E. Mr Frédéric Mondoloni and H. E. Mr Axel Dittmann. RYCO Secretary General said that the Elysee Treaty has
read moreSTRASBOURG – RYCO Secretary General Mr Đuro Blanuša met the high representatives of the Council of Europe (CoE) on 10 – 11 January with whom he discussed the joint cooperation in the future. They agreed that two institutions should work together in the forthcoming period having in mind that RYCO considers CoE as one of the most
read moreTIRANA – Western Balkans Fund (WBF) and Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO) signed the Memorandum of Understanding today in order to enhance already very good relations between these two organizations. The ceremony took place in the WBF premises in Tirana, in the presence of high officials from the ministries of foreign affairs of the Western
read morePODGORICA – Regional Youth Cooperation Office is an excellent mechanism for youth networking in the Western Balkans in order to foster their cooperation, but also to strengthen youth policies on the national level, it was concluded at the meeting between RYCO Secretary General Mr Đuro Blanuša, Montenegrin Minister of European Affairs Mr Aleksandar Andrija Pejović,
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