(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
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BELGRADE – 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
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After 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
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GERMANY/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
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Neum, 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
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Struga, 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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WESTERN BALKANS – The Advisory Board, one of the three statutory bodies of RYCO, had its 5th meeting on 27 April 2022. The meeting happened online and was facilitated and moderated by the RYCO Deputy Secretary General, Mr. Denis PIPLAŠ. As the new 2-year mandate period for Advisory Board members began on 29 December 2021,
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TIRANA – In the period of 8-12 April, the city of Tirana was filled with the incomparable energy brought from the 24 young people, representatives of municipal councils, municipal offices, youth councils, and CSOs, coming from all over the Western Balkans. They participated in the fifth edition of the Youth Trail under the motto “Together
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HERCEG NOVI – The RYCO Local Branch Office in Montenegro in cooperation with the Embassy of the French Republic, supported by the Secretariat for Culture and Education of the Municipality Herceg Novi, organized Youth Talks in Herceg Novi on Thursday, 7 April. More than 30 young people aged between 15 and 25 took part in
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SARAJEVO – The RISE Bootcamp, a six-day intense program consisting of workshops and training sessions, was organized in Sarajevo from 14 to 19 March. The Bootcamp brought together over 40 regional and international young entrepreneurs, trainers, experts, RISE Consortium representatives and decision-makers. During the event, young entrepreneurs officially accepted their 2500€ rewards for their business
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