BAR – Supported by RYCO within the fourth Open Call for Project Proposals co-financed by the European Union, the Montenegrin Pan-European Union from Montenegro in partnership with the Observatory for Children and Youth Rights from Albania, Pan-European Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Centre for Foreign Policy from Serbia organized a regional summer school within the
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The Regional Cross-Border Volunteer Program ROUTE WB6 has been presented in Podgorica, Montenegro on Tuesday, 8 June 2021. The program represents a unique opportunity for the Western Balkan youth to volunteer across the region. Approximately 400 young people from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia will have the opportunity to volunteer
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WESTERN BALKANS – Young people from the Western Balkans are invited to apply for a workshop in storytelling and fact-checking on topics of transitional justice, truth-telling and memory. We are inviting young people from any discipline who are interested in these topics to submit a proposal to join us at this workshop. Storytelling is crucial
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A one-month campaign organized by the Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO) on fostering youth cooperation in the Western Balkan region concluded on May 31. The campaign “YOUth Inspired by peace” which aimed at bringing together youth from the region to raise the awareness and increase peacebuilding and reconciliation efforts among youth was realized in cooperation
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WESTERN BALKANS – The Youth for Peace in cooperation with Balkans Let’s Get Up! Organization and Udhetim i Lire – Liberi di Viaggare, and with the support of the Regional Youth Cooperation Office – RYCO and the European Union invite you to participate in the project P.A.C.E – Peace and Conflict Education. Participants from Albania,
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KOSOVO*/NORTH MACEDONIA/SERBIA – Are you a young person from North Macedonia, Kosovo or Serbia interested in learning how to deconstruct hateful and dividing narratives by using digital media tools? Are you passionate and willing to challenge and change the stories for those who are marginalized and oppressed? If you want to tackle topics such as
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Elida Nuri, the Advocacy & Communications Analyst UNFPA Albania highlights the advantages the youth cooperation brings in the Western Balkans. We are conducting this interview because the UN is working closely with RYCO on a joint project. Why do you support RYCO and its mission? We have found a strong partner in RYCO, because it
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WESTERN BALKANS – The Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO) is looking for new colleagues! We are launching a call for the RYCO Project Staff – Finance and Administration Officers in Kosovo* and Montenegro on a project co-financed by the European Union and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), implemented by the
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RYCO Project Leader Ms Vladica Jovanović speaks about the “YOUth Inspired by Peace” campaign which has been launched recently and the achievements of the “Supporting the Western Balkan’s Collective Leadership on Reconciliation: Building Capacity and Momentum for RYCO” project. Let us start with a general question. What is the RYCO mission and values you represent?
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TIRANA – The kick-off event of the “Western Balkans School Exchange Scheme” project took place today, Saturday 15 May 2021, at Europe House in Tirana, in the framework of “Europe Weeks 2021”. The project will connect Western Balkan schools and facilitate youth exchange. It will contribute to increase skills and knowledge of young people in
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