Andrej Gajić is a young scientist, author, deep diver, ROV pilot, award-winning underwater photographer and parachutist. He attended elementary school and high school in Bosanska Gradiška and Bugojno, and completed his biology studies at the Faculty of Science in Sarajevo. He is currently Head of the Department of Marine Animal Studies at Shark Tales at
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SREMSKI KARLOVCI/SARAJEVO – Supported by RYCO within the fourth Open Call for Project Proposals co-financed by the European Union, the Red Cross of Serbia – Red Cross of Vojvodina (Crveni krst Srbije – Crveni krst Vojvodine) in partnership with the Red Cross of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Crveni križ Federacije Bosne i Hercegovine)
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ALBANIA – Supported by RYCO within the fourth Open Call for Project Proposals co-financed by the European Union, Youth for Peace (Mladi za Mir) from Bosnia and Herzegovina in partnership with Udhëtim i Lirë from Albania and Balkans, let’s get up! Organisation from Serbia implemented a youth exchange through the project “P.A.C.E. – Peace and
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SARAJEVO – On 13-20 August 2021, the Sarajevo Film Festival (SFF) and the Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO) in Bosnia and Herzegovina in cooperation with the Forum Civil Peace Service – forumZFD and the USAID project PRO-Future have implemented a special project activity “In Youth Eyes: Western Balkans Youth Team”. The seven-day activity gathered 25
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The coronavirus pandemic caused tremendous changes in our everyday life, so it affected each one of us. It affected daily life, working area, culture, cinemas, etc. Besides all the obstacles and barriers, the jubilee 20 edition of Dokufest finally occurred. Prizren’s biggest annual cultural event, the short film and documentary festival, Dokufest usually gathers tourists
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BELGRADE – RYCO Local Branch Office in Serbia is launching an open call for participation in its annual capacity building training for project proposals design in the areas of youth mobility, cooperation, activism and intercultural learning in the Western Balkans. The call is open for representatives of civil society organizations from Serbia. The training is
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Betim Bregovina, a visually impaired individual from Obiliq/Obilić, has four university degrees but cannot find a job. His personal story gives an inspiring message to people with disabilities, while it shows that full integration of all communities in the society has a long way to go. Betim Bregovina, a 34-year-old from Obiliq/Obilić often starts his
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NORTH MACEDONIA/SERBIA – Within the third RYCO Open Call for Project Proposals, supported by the Federal Republic of Germany, Škola za oštećene sluhom-nagluve “Stefan Dečanski” from Serbia in partnership with State School Center for Education and Rehabilitation “Partenija Zografski” from North Macedonia implemented the project “Hands that speak”, which took place from January 2020 to
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WESTERN BALKANS – The Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO) is inviting tenderers to submit their offers for the tender “Monitoring and Evaluation Expert on Regional Volunteering Exchange Program ROUTE WB6”. RYCO is looking for a monitoring and evaluation expert to measure project performance and the effects that the ROUTE WB6 program has on youth from
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What do young people in the Western Balkans think about the society they live in? With conflict in the not-so-distant past, peace and social cohesion are real issues present in their everyday lives. Our just published regional study Shared Futures: Youth Perceptions on Peace in the Western Balkans, shares views from more than 5,400 young people
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