WESTERN BALKANS/JAPAN – Are you intrigued by Japanese culture? Would you like to immerse yourself in a 7-day cultural experience that lets you delve deeper into it? The good news awaits you. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan (MOFA) and the Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO) are excited to collaborate for the fourth consecutive
read moreBERAT- The 9th edition of the Youth Trail, titled “Fostering Dialogue between Youth and Decision-Making Institutions,” was successfully organized by the OSCE Mission in Albania and RYCO Local Branch Office Albania from July 13-15, 2023, in the city of Berat. Sixteen Albanian participants, including OSCE Youth Advisory Group members, alumni, and RYCO youth activists, gathered
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TIRANA – Minister of State for Youth and Children of Albania published an open call for the position of the Youth Representative of Albania in the RYCO Governing Board. The Youth Representative will be given a mandate of three years with no possibility of extension. He/she will represent the interest of the youth of Albania
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TIRANA – The Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO) in cooperation with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) organized the introductory event “Meet the Superschools of Albania” in Tirana on January 25th, 2023 in the framework of the Superschools Exchange Programme. The meeting gathered the 17 awarded high schools from Albania represented by their principals and
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ALBANIA – The RYCO Local Branch Office in Albania concluded successfully the “Youth Voices for Stronger Communities” project supported by the Austrian Development Agency and organized under the framework of Tirana European Youth Capital. This initiative reflects and meets the perceptions of youth in Albania and supports them with knowledge and tools to become proactive
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WESTERN BALKANS/GERMANY – The Regional Youth Cooperation Office, in partnership with the German Federal Government, has selected an entry of a young designer from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ms Nermina Hrnić, as the winner of the Open Call for Young Designers: 2022 Western Balkans Berlin Summit Logo Competition. The logo competition was opened from 11 to 25
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TIRANA – The Regional Incubator for Social Entrepreneurs (RISE) project, supported by the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and the Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO) organized a three-day regional Forum on social entrepreneurship, which took place in Tirana, on 6-8 September 2022. The Forum brought together the most relevant actors and stakeholders of the entrepreneurial
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WESTERN BALKANS – The Regional Youth Cooperation Office, in partnership with the German Federal Government, organizes an open call for the design of the 2022 Berlin Process Summit visual identity. The call is open to young people (from 18 to 30 years old) coming from the Western Balkans (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Montenegro, North
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ALBANIA – The Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO) through its Local Branch Office in Albania invites young people from Albania to participate in the “Human Rights and Minority Rights Academy 2022” that will take place in Voskopoja, from 30 August-3 September 2022. The Academy aims at providing and deepening young people’s knowledge of human rights
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ALBANIA – The RYCO Local Branch Office in Albania together with World Vision Albania and the National Youth Congress (NYC) concluded successfully the Youth Festival 2022 under the theme “Y-Grow, Youth Getting Ready for Opportunities and Well-being” on Friday 1st of July 2022. The festival was organized in Korca and brought together around 100 young
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