VRNJAČKA BANJA – The RYCO Local Branch Office in Serbia together with the OSCE Mission to Serbia for four years in a row has been organizing a training course on project proposal design for civil society organizations from Serbia to support their capacity building in conducting regional projects. This year’s training took place from 7
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BELGRADE – The RISE Regional Forum, organized within the 8th Social Innovation Forum, took place in Belgrade, Serbia on 9-10 September 2021. The event brought together young social entrepreneurs as well as representatives of French Embassy to Serbia, RYCO, Pulse Group, the French Development Agency and other donors who discussed the current state of social
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There is no end Where do I begin one of the most beautiful stories that ever happened to me and how do I finish it when the whole story, which you will have the opportunity to read has no end, or if there is then it is only fictional, while in reality this story is
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SERBIA – The RYCO Local Branch Office in Serbia organized five local events within the project “Meet your representatives in Serbia. You (are) ask(ed)!” which took place from May to September 2021. In partnership with the National Youth Council in Serbia (Krovna organizacija mladih Srbije – KOMS), the RYCO Local Branch Office in Serbia visited
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Young people are facing mental health problems at an increased rate, and this issue has been particularly exacerbated with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Seeing the increased presence of such problems among their peers and the lack of due care from their parents and institutions, young people are encouraged to start tackling these problems
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A successful cooperation between France and the Western Balkans to enhance social and solidarity economy at the European level A press conference was organized by the French Embassy to Serbia at the French Institute in Belgrade on Wednesday, 8 September 2021. On this occasion, the French Development Agency (AFD), the Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO),
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SKOPJE – Head of the RYCO Local Branch Office in North Macedonia Mr Vladimir Gjorgjevski took part in a panel on “Opportunities and Mechanisms for Regional Cooperation in Western Balkans on their path towards European Union Integration” which took place on Sunday, 5 September 2021. The event was held at the School for Politics in
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SKOPJE – The Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO), Local Branch Office in North Macedonia invites high school teachers and civil society representatives from North Macedonia to participate in a training on “Dealing with the Past and Intercultural Dialogue” with a view of strengthening and improving skills and knowledge of high quality communication standards in these
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Interview with sanitary engineer Adnan Ošijan In the 20th century, Bosnia and Herzegovina, but also the entire region of the Western Balkans, moved from a mostly agrarian society to an industrial society. The socialist government built factories wherever the opportunity arose for such a thing. No attention was paid to any consequences that the mass
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BORSH – In the framework of the ROUTE WB6 Regional Exchange Volunteer Program, 20 young people from the Western Balkans will have the opportunity to be engaged as volunteers in the South Outdoor Festival in Borsh from 03/09 – 06/ 09/ 2021. The young people will work on volunteering tasks at the festival as well
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