WESTERN BALKANS – The Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO) is inviting tenderers to submit their offers for creation of a digital youth platform. RYCO is planning to finalize a contract with a Specialized service provider which is experienced in developing web applications and/or web based platforms. The platform’s main functions will be to promote the
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WESTERN BALKANS – The five Youth Representatives in the RYCO Governing Board coming from Albania, Kosovo*, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia issue the following statement on the COVID-19 crisis and its impact on the youth in the Western Balkans. Taking into account the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on various aspects of our lives
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BELGRADE – RYCO Local Branch Office in Serbia, in cooperation with the OSCE Mission to Serbia organized a five-day capacity building training that gathered over twenty representatives of civil society organizations from Serbia. The online training took place from 23 to 29 September and was conceptualized in a digital format to strengthen project design development
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TIRANA – RYCO Secretary General Mr Đuro Blanuša participated in a panel discussion at the sixth Tirana Connectivity Forum which took place online from 1 to 2 October. Under the theme “Connectivity in Pandemic Times: Threats and Opportunities”, the two-day event gathered experts, academics and policymakers to discuss regional cooperation and the EU enlargement policy.
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SARAJEVO – The Bosnia and Herzegovina Association for United Nations in cooperation with RYCO organized an online discussion which gathered civil society representatives, youngsters and institutional stakeholders to reflect on the European integration processes. The discussion took place online on 29 September. Head of the RYCO Local Branch Office in Bosnia and Herzegovina Ms Berina
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WESTERN BALKANS – RYCO in collaboration with the South East European Youth Network (SEEYN) organized an online training on digital tools for the grantees of the third RYCO Open Call, which took place from 24 to 25 September. The two-day training was designed to support grantees in the process of switching to online activities and
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WESTERN BALKANS – RYCO and UNFPA, supported by the UN Peacebuilding Fund, are implementing the second part of the Western Balkans Y-Peer Training of Trainers that gathers 21 young people from the region who will become ypeer trainers. Due to travel restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the training is taking place from 30 September
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SERBIA – RYCO Local Branch Office in Serbia in partnership with the OSCE Mission to Serbia organized the online discussion Youth exchanges – Beyond Travelling and Fun, which took place on 29 September. Over fifty participants took part in the online event, focusing on the importance and impact of youth exchanges in the region. The
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WESTERN BALKANS – The Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO) is inviting tenderers to submit their offers for an online volunteering platform. RYCO is planning to finalize a contract with a service provider to develop and to update one regional volunteering web platform. The online platform on volunteering will serve as a resource center and a
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BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA – The Sarajevo Film Festival (SFF) and the Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO), in cooperation with Civil Peace Service Forum (ZFD) and USAID project PRO-Future, have successfully implemented the special project In Youth Eyes: WESTERN BALKANS YOUTH TEAM which gathered youth from Bosnia and Herzegovina. Due to certain limitations and restrictions at
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