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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New Year’s gatherings are synonymous for good mood and a positive atmosphere, especially when you feel like everyone is eagerly waiting for you to share your stories with them, where your experiences are recognized and ideas accepted. Today, such a story started from Sarajevo, as the central location, which connected Belgrade, Podgorica, Pristina, Skopje and
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The ‘Hajde!’ platform (www.hajde.media) is a new online meeting place for all young people who are interested in active participation in and daily monitoring of interesting events, news and opportunities in the Western Balkans. On the platform, young people will have the opportunity to get to know each other, share their own experiences and gain
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WESTERN BALKANS – After recently launching the youth platform “Hajde!”, RYCO wants to present it to you – the youth of the Western Balkans 🙂 The Hajde! platform was officially launched on 8 December, during the regional ministerial meeting on youth and education in Tirana. The platform has been developed based on inputs of more
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WESTERN BALKANS – The Regional Youth Cooperation Office in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan thank all the applicants for taking time and submitting their applications for the youth exchange “Western Balkans Meet Japan – A Bridge Into Future”. Due to a considerable amount of applications and limited number of places for
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TIRANA – Within the regional program for students of journalism, a project funded by the Federal Republic of Germany, the Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO) organized the first regional gathering of Hajde! teams in Tirana on 7-9 December 2021. Hajde! teams made up of participants from this year’s regional program for students of journalism together
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