WESTERN BALKANS – Since 2011, every 24 March marks the International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims. This observance was established by the United Nations General Assembly to honor the memory of victims of gross and systematic human rights violations, as well as
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ROUTE WB6 Volunteer Caravan journey successfully concluded in Tirana WESTERN BALKANS – After a week of travelling throughout the region, conducting volunteering actions and meet-ups with RYCO Local Branch Offices, young activists and local volunteering organisations, the ROUTE WB6 Caravan on four wheels ended its journey in Tirana, Albania on Monday, 14 March. During these
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SARAJEVO – RYCO Deputy Secretary General Mr Denis Piplaš and Head of the RYCO Local Branch Office in Bosnia and Herzegovina Ms Sandra Čule met with Ambassador of Japan to Bosnia and Herzegovina H. E. Mr Makoto Ito on Wednesday, 16 March. The interlocutors discussed the youth exchange programs between Japan and the Western Balkans.
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PODGORICA – As a part of the final stage of the ROUTE WB6 project, promoting youth mobility, volunteering and peacebuilding in the region, a creative and unique volunteer caravan, made up of fifty ROUTE WB6 volunteers, young journalists of the HAJDE platform and Young European Ambassadors (YEA) from all over the Western Balkans, started its
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PRISTINA – The Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO) organized a capacity building training within the RYCO Superschools Exchange Programme for 60 secondary school teachers from the region. It was the first time that participants got to meet each other in person, to build ties of friendship and to collaborate together on developing their regional exchange
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WESTERN BALKANS – For the second year in a row, two social businesses from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia, are chosen to be supported with financial grants of 2.500€, a regional mobility program and a regional incubation program to make their ideas a reality. The twelve selected social businesses of
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SARAJEVO – The Regional Youth Cooperation Office’s (RYCO) Local Branch Office in Bosnia and Herzegovina in cooperation with GIZ organized the online introductory meeting “Meet the Superschools of Bosnia and Herzegovina” in the framework of the Superschools Exchange Programme on Thursday, 10 February 2022 via Zoom platform. The meeting gathered 11 awarded high schools from
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SARAJEVO – The Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO) organized a final event within its EU-supported project “Enhancing Youth Cooperation and Youth Exchange in the WB6” in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 7 February 2022. The event presented the results of projects supported within the 4th RYCO Open Call for Project Proposals. These projects provided young people in
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WESTERN BALKANS – As 27 January 2022 is the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, it commemorates the 77th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. This day should serve as a tribute to the memory of the Holocaust victims and as a reminder for developing educational programs to help prevent future genocides. On this
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WESTERN BALKANS – On the occasion of the International Day of Education with the topic “Changing course, transforming education”, sixty secondary schools from the Western Balkans are selected to participate in the Regional Youth Cooperation Office’s (RYCO) Superschools programme. Students and teachers will have a chance to implement school-to-school exchanges as well as to participate
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