TIRANA – The Head of the RYCO Local Branch Office in Albania Mr Kreshnik Loka participated in the panel discussion focusing on the relevance of soft skills and its connection to the job market. Taking into consideration that several industries identify soft skills as prevailing over the professional qualifications, the conference organized by the “Skills
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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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TIRANA – The Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO) organized an online final event within its EU-supported project “Enhancing Youth Cooperation and Youth Exchange in the WB6” in Tirana on Thursday, 3 February 2022. The event presented the results of two projects from Albania supported within the 4th RYCO Open Call for Project Proposals. It was
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TIRANA – The Regional Youth Cooperation Office’s (RYCO) Local Branch Office in Albania organized the online introductory meeting “Meet the Superschools of Albania” in the framework of the Superschools Exchange Programme on Friday, 4 February 2022. The meeting gathered 11 awarded high schools from Albania, represented by their principals and teachers in charge of coordinating the
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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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