WESTERN BALKANS/JAPAN – Are you intrigued by Japanese culture? Would you like to immerse yourself in a 7-day cultural experience that lets you delve deeper into it? The good news awaits you. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan (MOFA) and the Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO) are excited to collaborate for the fourth consecutive
read moreWESTERN BALKANS – The Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO), in partnership with the Albanian government and German Federal government, proudly announces the top three winners of the highly anticipated “Open Call for Young Designers: 2023 Western Balkans Berlin Summit Logo Competition.” 1st place – Marvi Hoxha 2nd place
read moreWESTERN BALKANS – Are you ready for a challenge? The 2023 Western Balkans Berlin Summit Logo Competition is now open, giving talented designers an opportunity to showcase their skills and creativity. Organized by the Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO) and supported by the German and Albanian governments, this competition aims to find a captivating logo
read more(Pristina, 31st May 2023) – Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO), in collaboration with Deutsche Welle (DW) and the Association of Kosovo Journalists (AJK), successfully completed the second cycle of the program “Peace Broadcasters: Empowering Journalists as Peace Reporters” in Kosovo. The program gathered 20 journalists from different media and trained them in the topics of
read more(Skopje, 15 May 2023) – The President of North Macedonia, Mr. Stevo Pendarovski, visited State School for Rehabilitation of Children and Youth with Visual Impairments “Dimitar Vlahov” (DURDMOV) in Skopje, together with the ambassador of the European Union to the Republic of North Macedonia, H.E. David Geer and ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany
read moreBELGRADE – The Regional Youth Cooperation Office’s (RYCO) – Local Branch Office in Serbia in cooperation with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) organized the introductory event “Meet the Superschools of Serbia” in Belgrade on February 1, 2023, in the framework of the Superschools Exchange Programme. The meeting gathered the 30 awarded high schools from
read moreAfter informal efforts to find a solution last week, the RYCO Secretariat has officially invited the Government of Serbia to react and replace the youth representative (YR) in the Governing Board (GB) Mr. Jagoš Stojanović with immediate effect. Stojanović’s contested appointment for YR and the controversial photo he posted on social media are against RYCO’s
read moreGERMANY/WESTERN BALKANS – RYCO Secretary General Mr. Albert Hani and Superschools Delegation participated in the Foreign Ministers Meeting held within the Berlin Process. The meeting was hosted this year by the German Foreign Minister, Annalena Baerbock, and took place on the premises of the German Federal Foreign Office. The opening remarks delivered by the German
read moreNeum, Bosnia and Herzegovina – In the framework of the EU Western Balkan Students Integration project, the Electrical Engineering STudents’ European association organized its first three-day Regional Workshop in collaboration with EESTEC Tuzla and EESTEC Novi Sad in Bosnia and Herzegovina from 26-28 September 2022. Nearly 20 students from the region gathered to discuss more
read moreStruga, NORTH MACEDONIA – The Regional Annual School Conference (RASC) took place on Tuesday 5th of July in Struga and marked the successful finalization of the first cycle of RYCO Superschools program. This program is a part of a multi-donor project “Western Balkans School Exchange Scheme” co-financed by the European Union and the German Federal
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