BELGRADE – The Commission of the National Youth Council of Serbia, the National Association of Youth Workers and the National Association of Local Youth Offices opens a call for Youth Representative of Serbia in the RYCO Governing Board. The Government of Serbia will appoint an applicant based on a motion submitted by the Ministry of Youth
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SARAJEVO – RYCO Local Branch Officer in Bosnia and Herzegovina Ms Berina Bukva took part in a conference organized in Sarajevo during June where she, together with political parties’ representatives and young people, discussed brain drain, youth participation and work of RYCO in Bosnia and Herzegovina, but also across the region. The conference “Youth-Driven Policy
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PARIS/WESTERN BALKASN – The “Western Balkans Youth Lab (WB6 Lab)” is a regional incubator for entrepreneurship and innovation designed for young leaders and change-makers. The AFD (Agence Française de Développement) has just allocated €500,000 to the project. Over a three-year period (from October 2019 to September 2022), the project has two objectives: to create a
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BELGRADE – RYCO Secretary General Mr Đuro Blanuša and RYCO Program Officer Ms Bojana Bulatović participated in a two-day regional roundtable organized within the project entitled “Advancing Youth Political Participation through Regional Cooperation of National Youth Councils” in Belgrade from 16 to 18 June. They discussed advancing youth political participation as well as challenges and
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WESTERN BALKANS – The Western Balkan-French-German Jazz Meetings called “Balkan Academy of Music (BAM)” in Montenegro came along under the motto “A better region starts with youth”. These first Montenegro Jazz Meetings are part of a joint project by the Regional Youth Cooperation Office in Montenegro (RYCO), Institut Français and Goethe-Institut. Experienced musicians from Germany,
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GUSINJE – RYCO Local Branch Office in Montenegro in partnership with the Association of Women Entrepreneurs and with the support of the Embassy of the French Republic in Montenegro organized a two-day camp in Gusinje “A Better Region Starts with YOUth” on 11 – 12 June where they discussed youth activism, entrepreneurship and regional cooperation,
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TIRANA – Delegation from the German Parliament (Bundestag), headed by Member of Parliament Mr Josip Juratović, met with RYCO high officials and Local Branch Officer in Albania on Wednesday in Tirana. They discussed RYCO’s ongoing activities as well as the current situation in regard to the young people in the Western Balkans and Albania in
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Dear Applicants, We would like to express our gratitude towards all of you who have shown the interest and made efforts to take part in the second RYCO Open Call for Project Proposals. The Call was built upon the results and experiences of the first RYCO Open Call for Project Proposals which was launched in
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BUCHAREST – RYCO Secretary General Mr Đuro Blanuša gave his remarks at the opening of the conference entitled “How to better respond to European aspirations of the young generation in the Western Balkans?” organized by the Romanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union in Bucharest today. The two-day conference is taking place in
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BERLIN –The conference “Strengthening Regional Parliamentary Cooperation in Support for RYCO and Parliaments’ Engagement in the Berlin Process and Beyond” was organized on 20-21 May in Berlin. The event gathered members of parliaments (MPs) from the Western Balkans, France and Germany who discussed their role in supporting RYCO, youth cooperation and regional cooperation in general.
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