WESTERN BALKANS – Taking into account the diversity of young people in the Western Balkans, we call upon young people to tell us what motivates them to apply and to participate in youth mobility programs, and what the existing obstacles to their participation are. To take part in the survey, please select the language you
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TIRANA – Supported by the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund, together with its partners UNDP, UNFPA and UNICEF from Albania, RYCO is holding an annual planning workshop of the “Supporting the Western Balkan’s Collective Leadership on Reconciliation: Building Capacities and Momentum for the Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO)” project. The workshop is taking place in Tirana
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WESTERN BALKANS – RYCO in cooperation with GROUPE SOS Pulse, SEEYN, the Franco-German Youth Office and Institut Français is opening two calls for local structures and consultants in the field of social entrepreneurship within the WB6 Lab Project. The purpose of the call for local structures is to select six of them (one in each
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SKOPJE – RYCO Local Branch Office in North Macedonia organized a financial consultancy workshop and signing ceremony for seven grantees and 13 partner youth organizations supported through the second RYCO Open Call for Project Proposal funded by RYCO and the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund. The event took place in Skopje on 27 December 2019. During
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OHRID – Through its second Open Call, RYCO and the United Nations Peace Building Fund supported thirty-two young people from North Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia, participants of a five-day Scout United youth scout exchange. The program organized in partnerships between First Scout Unit from Skopje and Scouts Units from Prijedor, Cetinje and Niš, took place
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WESTERN BALKANS – We invite you to apply for becoming a member of a youth co-design team for a research and advocacy project on young people’s perceptions on peace and security in the Western Balkans. We are now calling for 24 enthusiastic volunteers (with 4 representatives from each Western Balkan 6 (12 women and 12
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SARAJEVO – Ambassador of Germany to Bosnia and Herzegovina H.E. Ms Margaret Uebber and Ambassador of France to BiH H.E. Mr Guillaume Rousson jointly visited the RYCO Local Branch Office in Sarajevo. The visit and meeting took place in Sarajevo at the premises of the RYCO Local Branch Office in Bosnia and Herzegovina. „Continuous and
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WESTERN BALKANS – Today is a perfect opportunity to remind us all, our societies and governments, that a sustainable contribution to our communities starts with the warm hearts of our volunteers. Voluntarism is and stays as one of the important RYCO’s core principles because we believe that the better regions starts with youth that are
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PRISTINA – In the continuation of the ROUTE WB6 project, with the support of RYCO, Lens in collaboration with the Office for Good Governance of the Prime Minister’s Office in Kosovo organized the second follow-up meeting in Pristina last Thursday. The event aimed at drafting a concept document for volunteering, which is being developed as
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WESTERN BALKANS – Twenty one young musicians from the WB6 has held four contemporary classical music concerts in Prizren, Tivat, Sarajevo and Belgrade. Young musicians gathered in the No Borders Orchestra (NBO) traveled through the region with the main goal to provide a tool and symbol to help overcome a violent history and to set an
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