WESTERN BALKANS – The first workshop on the development of the Regional Volunteers Exchange scheme within the ROUTE WB6 project took place in Durres, Albania from 18 to 20 April 2021. Different units within RYCO were engaged in the workshops to offer their expertise in providing youth of the Western Balkans with the best regional
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WESTERN BALKANS – The ROUTE WB6 project proudly opens the registrations for the first regional volunteers exchange program. This is the first program of this kind in the Western Balkans, designed by the young people for young people. We encourage all young people 18-30 years old to register for volunteering opportunities across the region. The registration
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WESTERN BALKANS – ROUTE WB6 Project Coordinator Ms Ines Bulajić spoke in the online event of Young European Ambassadors, Colors of Volunteering: Painting youth solidarity. The main aim of the gathering was related to the experiences and opportunities for volunteering in times of pandemic. Ms Bulajić congratulated the YEA initiative and highlighted the importance of
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WESTERN BALKANS – The ROUTE WB6 Team is launching the Regional Volunteers Web Platform, an online tool to support young people, civil society organizations and local communities across the region. The platform will serve both as a resource center in its first stage but also as a matching tool to allow both young individuals and
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PODGORICA – Head of the RYCO Local Branch Office in Montenegro Mr Edin Koljenović participated in the panel discussion ”Re-thinking of solidarity and volunteerism” which was organized on the occasion of the International Volunteer Day by the Association for Democratic Prosperity – ZID. The event took place in Montenegro, on 16 December. The discussions were
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WESTERN BALKANS – Celebrated on 5 December every year, the International Volunteer Day raises awareness on the role volunteer’s play in responding to challenges the world is facing. Development of societies in which helping others is a core value is significantly important in crises such as the current one caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore,
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WESTERN BALKANS – Within the ROUTE WB6 project, a consolidation workshop focusing on the finalization of the Regional Volunteering Exchange Program took place online from 28 to 30 October. The program is being designed to serve as a key mechanism for youth mobility, volunteering and peacebuilding in the Western Balkans. It will contribute to experiential
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WESTERN BALKANS – The Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO) is inviting tenderers to submit their offers for an online volunteering platform. RYCO is planning to finalize a contract with a service provider to develop and to update one regional volunteering web platform. The online platform on volunteering will serve as a resource center and a
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WESTERN BALKANS – RYCO and its partners organized the third Co-design Workshop of the ROUTE WB6 project on 22 – 24 of July, aiming to support youth to fully engage in a collaborative design of a regional volunteering exchange program. More than twenty participants, including national project coordinators, former EVS volunteers, representatives of RYCO Local
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WESTERN BALKANS – The Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO) is inviting tenderers to submit their offers for External Audit of the ROUTE WB6 Project supported by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The audit will focus on the financial execution of the project carried out by consortium led by RYCO and its partners in implementing
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