BELGRADE – Head of the RYCO Local Branch Office in Serbia Ms Ivana Antonijević attended a roundtable discussion with the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden Ms Ann Linde and representatives of the civil society in the field of youth, which took place on Tuesday, 25 May 2021. The event was organized at
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WESTERN BALKANS – The Youth for Peace in cooperation with Balkans Let’s Get Up! Organization and Udhetim i Lire – Liberi di Viaggare, and with the support of the Regional Youth Cooperation Office – RYCO and the European Union invite you to participate in the project P.A.C.E – Peace and Conflict Education. Participants from Albania,
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KOSOVO*/NORTH MACEDONIA/SERBIA – Are you a young person from North Macedonia, Kosovo or Serbia interested in learning how to deconstruct hateful and dividing narratives by using digital media tools? Are you passionate and willing to challenge and change the stories for those who are marginalized and oppressed? If you want to tackle topics such as
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WESTERN BALKANS – The sixth and last episode of the You(th) Choose(s) podcast hosted by young journalists from the Western Balkans concludes with those timeless favourite songs that always bring us good vibes. For the past five weeks, we virtually travelled through the Western Balkans to find out what sounds and music youth prefers. From
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BELGRADE – Head of the RYCO Local Branch Office in Serbia Ms Ivana Antonijević met with Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia H.E. Ambassador Jan Braathu, Deputy Head of the Mission Ms Sarah Groen and Mission’s Youth Focal Point Ms Milena Stošić, at the premises of the RYCO Local Branch Office in Serbia. Meeting
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SARAJEVO – As the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina and its largest urban, cultural, economic, and traffic center, Sarajevo is one of the most historically interesting cities in Europe. At the mention of Sarajevo, the first things that come to mind are ćevapi and Turkish coffee, but Sarajevo is much more than that. The city
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Elida Nuri, the Advocacy & Communications Analyst UNFPA Albania highlights the advantages the youth cooperation brings in the Western Balkans. We are conducting this interview because the UN is working closely with RYCO on a joint project. Why do you support RYCO and its mission? We have found a strong partner in RYCO, because it
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WESTERN BALKANS – The Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO) is looking for new colleagues! We are launching a call for the RYCO Project Staff – Finance and Administration Officers in Kosovo* and Montenegro on a project co-financed by the European Union and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), implemented by the
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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 Albania, Mr Dei Hasko, as the winner of the Open Call for Young Designers: 2021 Western Balkans Berlin Summit Logo Competition. The logo competition was opened from 24 March to 7
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RYCO Project Leader Ms Vladica Jovanović speaks about the “YOUth Inspired by Peace” campaign which has been launched recently and the achievements of the “Supporting the Western Balkan’s Collective Leadership on Reconciliation: Building Capacity and Momentum for RYCO” project. Let us start with a general question. What is the RYCO mission and values you represent?
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