SERBIA – Supported by RYCO and the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund through the second RYCO Open Call for Project Proposals, Technical School from Tešanj, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Technical School from Čačak, Serbia implemented the first youth exchange of the project ”Let’s Look Together Over the Fence”. The five-day youth exchange took place in Čačak,
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BITOLA – The second co-design workshop of the ROUTE WB6 program was hosted by the Youth Cultural Center Bitola from 28 February to 1 March. The workshop gathered 15 participants from diverse spheres of youth and volunteer work from all across the Western Balkans. The event aimed to further discuss and design the regional volunteer
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WESTERN BALKANS – Our friends and partners form Deutsche Welle are looking for new participants to join the Balkan Booster project. Young journalists or journalism students from the Western Balkans who are interested can apply by 13 March 2020. Are you eager to find out who are the people who live in your neighborhoods and
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TIRANA – RYCO Deputy Secretary General Mr Fatos Mustafa participated in the Western Balkans Fund’s regional Civil Society Summit organized in Tirana from 27 to 29 February. As a speaker in the “Regional Cooperation Challenges and Successes” panel discussion, he spoke about cooperation between the two organizations but also challenges young people are facing in
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SARAJEVO – RYCO is launching an open call for participation in the capacity building training for project design in the areas of youth mobility, cooperation and activism in the Western Balkans. The call is open for less experienced representatives of secondary schools from Bosnia and Herzegovina. The training is supported by the OSCE Mission to
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TIRANA – Within the project “Supporting the Western Balkan’s Collective Leadership on Reconciliation: Building Capacity and Momentum for RYCO” supported by the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund, RYCO and UNICEF gathered 24 teachers from across the Western Balkans to strengthen their capacities to engage their students in intercultural dialogue, conflict analysis and peacebuilding activities. The three-day
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SERBIA – The project “Youth of Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and North Macedonia as Promoters of Peace and Reconciliation” implemented by the Association of Citizens “World of Words” from Velika Plana, Serbia in partnership with the Association for Dialogue in Family and Society “Small Steps” from Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina and NGO “Women’s Action” from
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TIRANA – The joint meeting of previous and current RYCO Governing Board Youth Representatives took place on Tuesday in Tirana, Albania when they got updated on the current state of play of the RYCO’s activities by the organization’s secretariat but also worked on peer mentoring and transfer of knowledge related to the work of the
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PODGORICA – Representatives of the RYCO Local Branch Office in Montenegro met with Director of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) Serbia, Montenegro Mr Norbert Beckmann-Dierkes and representatives of the KAS Office in Montenegro Ms Sanija Šljivančanin and Mr Luka Marić. The meeting discussed RYCO’s plans, current challenges for regional cooperation and future cooperation between RYCO
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SERBIA/KOSOVO* – Supported through the second RYCO Open Call for Project Proposals, co-financed by the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund, the GAIA Kosovo and CK13 Novi Sad are announcing an open invitation for participants from Serbia and Kosovo for Camp of creative writing and translating, which will be held on Fruška Gora mountain from 12th until
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