SKOPJE – Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO) launched its Strategic Planning Conference today in Skopje. The conference gathers more than hundred representatives of the civil societies of the region, governmental representatives as well as representatives of the regional and international institutions. The three-day-long conference will serve as a platform for development of the RYCO Strategic
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SARAJEVO – RYCO Secretary General Mr Đuro Blanuša attended the 34th meeting of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) Board on Thursday in Sarajevo where he presented RYCO and its activities. The presentation of our organization was a regular part of the meeting dedicated to the presentation of other regional initiatives and cooperation structures. Mr Blanuša pointed out that the
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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
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TIRANA – 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
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TIRANA – 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
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TIRANA – 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
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BRUSSELS – 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
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Dear 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
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BELGRADE – 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
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STRASBOURG – 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
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