WESTERN BALKANS – RYCO organized a series of local consultations meetings in which young people had a direct say on how they want to see our programs being organized. The twelve meetings were organized on 11 to 21 February and brought together 308 young people from across the Western Balkans. To get direct contact with
read morePRISTINA – RYCO Deputy Secretary General Mr Fatos Mustafa and Head of the RYCO Local Branch Office in Kosovo Ms Krenare Gashi-Krasniqi met on Tuesday with the recently appointed Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport of Kosovo Ms Vlora Dumoshi when they discussed the organization’s activities and the government’s support to its work. RYCO representatives
read morePRISTINA – RYCO Secretary General Mr Đuro Blnauša took part in the CSO Dialogue Forum organized in Pristina on 4 and 5 February. Participating the panel discussion Youth as an emerging actor of the dialogue, he discussed youth emigration but also ways how young people are creating new opportunities for education and employment in Serbia
read moreWESTERN BALKANS – We strongly believe that young people should have a strong say whenever programs and policies are designed for them. That is why we want to hear from young people what types of projects and approaches to intercultural learning they would favor in the RYCO Calls for Project Proposals. RYCO is organizing a
read morePRISTINA – In the continuation of the ROUTE WB6 project, with the support of RYCO, Lens in collaboration with the Office for Good Governance of the Prime Minister’s Office in Kosovo organized the second follow-up meeting in Pristina last Thursday. The event aimed at drafting a concept document for volunteering, which is being developed as
read morePRISTINA – As part of the ROUTE WB6 project implemented by RYCO and seven partners from the Western Balkans, Lens organized a stakeholders’ meeting which took place in Pristina on Friday aiming at discussing the development of volunteering infrastructure in Kosovo. The meeting gathered more than 30 participants from all around Kosovo, representatives of NGOs,
read morePRISTINA – The ninth meeting of the RYCO Governing Board took place in Pristina, Kosovo* on Thursday and Friday. The two-day meeting discussed the organization’s ongoing activities with a special focus on the second RYCO Open Call for Project Proposals and adopted a number of decisions important for RYCO’s functioning as well as its further
read morePRISTINA – A bilateral meeting between RYCO Governing Board members from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo took place in Pristina on 12 March. Together with RYCO Local Branch Officers from Sarajevo and Pristina, the Governing Board members discussed challenges of strengthening regional cooperation in the Western Balkans and the role of RYCO in creating a better region.
read morePRISTINA – The conference “Strengthening the path for reconciliation and regional cooperation – Debate on European perspective of young Kosovars” took place in Pristina last Thursday. It gathered almost one hundred young people and representatives of civil society organizations, universities, international and regional organizations. The participants discussed the relevance of regional cooperation and reconciliation process
read morePRISTINA – RYCO Local Branch Office in Kosovo in cooperation and with the support of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo and in cooperation with the Kosovar Ministry of Education, Science and Technology organized a three-day Capacity Building Training for the representatives of high schools from Kosovo on 25–27 November in Pristina. Twenty-six participants, thirteen principals
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