North Macedonia – On 5th of December 2022, Mr. Blazen Maleski, youth representative of North Macedonia in the Governing Board of Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO), was one of the panelists of a high official event organized by Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Foundation, Skopje, and the German Embassy in North Macedonia, in the frame of intensified
read moreTIRANA – From Nov 29- Dec 2, 2022, 12 pupils from the Western Balkans region, six from the RYCO Superschools program, and 6 from the ZfA (Central Agency for German Schools Abroad) gathered in Tirana, Albania to participate in the Workshop “My city made different” organized by RYCO in cooperation with GIZ Deutsche Gesellschaft für
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BERLIN – Both the RYCO Secretariat and Governing Board attended a working visit to Berlin from November 23 to 26. The high-level meetings were mainly focused on Shaping and Strengthening Regional Cooperation among Young Citizens of the Western Balkans in Challenging Times. All contracting parties of Western Balkan were represented both by the government as
read moreWestern Balkans – December, marked the successful completion of the regional and local activities in the framework of EU-WB-SI project implementation. The aim of the project was to support the integration of WB students into the EU through the process of creation and development of branches of prominent European students’ organizations in the Western Balkans, which
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BUDVA – RYCO Local Branch Office in Montenegro in cooperation with the OSCE Mission to Montenegro organized Capacity Building Training for representatives of civil society organizations from Montenegro. The training aimed to strengthen the skills and capacities of less experienced civil society organizations’ representatives in project design in the areas of youth mobility, cooperation, activism
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PODGORICA – RYCO is launching an open call for participation in the Capacity Building Training for Young Journalists on Intercultural dialogue and professional standards in reporting. The call is open for less experienced representatives of media, young journalists from Montenegro. The training is supported by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro. The training will take place
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TIRANA – The RYCO Local Branch Office in Albania joined the OSCE Presence in Albania in organizing the last edition of Youth Trail 2022 “What Youth Can Do on Environmental Governance?”, which took place from 23-27 October 2022 in Tirana and Shkoder. This last edition gathered around 30 young people from the Western Balkans, environmental
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Eight years after the first Summit Meeting of the Berlin Process for the Western Balkans, the heads of government of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia met early this month with senior representatives of the European Union and its member states, international and regional bodies and organizations in Berlin. “It is
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TIRANA – On Monday 7 November 2022, the Regional Youth Cooperation Office joined the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs in Albania in the moderation of the event “Women, Peace, and Security” by our Secretary General Mr. Albert Hani. The meeting was held as part of the courtesy visit of the United States Ambassador to
read moreWestern Balkans Youth Forum of the Berlin Process has officially started. More than 70 young people, actors, and stakeholders highly engaged in youth-related issues from the WB6 region and the EU have gathered in Berlin, to participate in the forum activities. The event is designed for representatives of a wide range of relevant actors in
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