PODGORICA – The fourth RYCO Advisory Board meeting supported by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro took place on Thursday in Podgorica, Montenegro. The meeting discussed the RYCO’s development since the previous Advisory Board meeting but also deliberated the current state of play and RYCO’s future activities and plans. Head of the RYCO Local Branch Office
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TIRANA – The Ministry of Education, Sport and Youth 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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PODGORICA – RYCO Local Branch Office in Montenegro hosted a visit by Mr Sebastian Maass from Interkulturelles Netzwerk (Germany), Mr Maxime Boitieux from Peuple Et Culture (France) and Ms Lea Cikos from Volunteers’ Centre of Vojvodina (Serbia). Head of RYCO Local Branch Office in Montenegro Mr Edin Koljenović used this opportunity to present RYCO’s mission,
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PRISTINA – 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
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ALBANIA/BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA/SERBIA – The Youth Cultural Cooperation program is organized within the project ”Transforming the Region One Conversation at A Time – Inspiring Youth Cultural Cooperation” supported through the second RYCO Open Call for Project Proposals, co-financed by the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund. The project is organized in cooperation of “Creative Mentorship” from Serbia,
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BELGRADE – Representatives of the RYCO Local Branch Office in Serbia met with Director of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) Serbia, Montenegro Mr Norbert Beckmann-Dierkes and Director of the foundation’s office in Albania Mr Tobias Ruttershoff on Thursday. The meeting discussed RYCO’s plans but also explored the ways in how the two organizations can work
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PRISTINA – 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
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PODGORICA – Head of the RYCO Local Branch Office in Montenegro Mr Edin Koljenović met on Tuesday with European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Specialist for Economic Inclusion Ms Dragana Marjanović and EBRD Montenegro Advisor for Small Businesses Ms Vanja Kljajević when they discussed possibilities for future cooperation between the organizations. Mr Koljenović presented
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TRAVNIK – The project #3forECO supported by RYCO within its third Open Call has kicked off in Travnik, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Implemented by Catholic Schools Centre Petar Barbarić from Travnik, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Secondary School Nace Bugjoni from Kumanovo, North Macedonia and Economic Trade School from Kikinda, Serbia, the project is gathering students and teachers
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WESTERN 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
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