PODGORICA – Youth Exchange as Motor for Regional Cooperation conference is taking place in Podgorica, Montenegro. The conference, organized by RYCO in cooperation with the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, aims to discuss the results of the Berlin Process with a special focus on the youth cooperation. The event gathered ambassadors, MPs, representatives of international organizations
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BRUSSELS – RYCO Secretary General Mr Đuro Blanuša participated in the EU-Western Balkans Summit organized by the Friends of Europe on Tuesday. The event addressed the political, economic and social issues that affect the Balkans. Mr Blanuša took part in the session entitled Bridging or Fuelling Divides: The Role of Media and Grassroots Organisations. The
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SARAJEVO – The European Union recognizes the regional cooperation in the Western Balkans as one of the priorities in the region. In order to promote and improve cooperation possibilities and reconciliation between the young people in the region, the EU Info Center in Sarajevo, in cooperation with RYCO and Ministry of Civil Affairs of Bosnia
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PODGORICA – RYCO Secretary General Mr Đuro Blanuša and RYCO Local Branch Officer in Montenegro Mr Edin Koljenović met with Prime Minister of Montenegro Mr Duško Marković, Montenegrin Minister of Sports Mr Nikola Janović and Ministry’s Director of Youth Directorate Mr Nenad Koprivica on Thursday in Podgorica. Mr Blanuša pointed out that the Government of
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SKOPJE – The second edition of the “Bridging the gap between youth policy, youth participation and parliamentarians in the Western Balkans” conference is taking place on 20 and 21 September in Skopje. The event brought together participants from parliaments from the Western Balkans 6 as well as youth organizations’ activists. The central topic of the
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TIRANA – RYCO Secretary General Mr Đuro Blanuša met on Tuesday with the Ambassador of Poland to Albania H. E. Mr Karol Bachura when they discussed the possible ways of cooperation between RYCO and the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the framework of the next year’s Berlin Process summit. The meeting was held in
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BLED – RYCO Secretary General Mr Đuro Blanuša participated in this year’s edition of the Bled Strategic Form in Slovenia. In a panel discussion that was held on 11 September, together with the panelists, he discussed the topic “Putting European Consensus on Development into Practice: Political Foundations as Bridge Builders for the Implementation of SDGs”.
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TIRANA – RYCO and the Government of Albania, in the presence of representatives of their partners, signed the Host Country Agreement Tuesday, a document that will serve as a legal basis for RYCO’s work in Albania. On behalf of RYCO, the agreement was signed by RYCO Secretary General Mr Đuro Blanuša and on behalf of
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TIRANA – On the occasion of the International Youth Day, RYCO Secretary General and Deputy Secretary General, Mr Đuro Blanuša and Mr Fatos Mustafa, wrote a letter to the youth of the Western Balkans and the stakeholders involved in the youth related field. The letter reads the following: As prejudice and stereotyping continue to shape attitudes in the
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NOVI SAD – The Third Regional Youth Forum took place in Novi Sad, Serbia last weekend (29 June – 1 July). The event gathered around 200 young opinionated leaders, between 18 and 35 years old, with a proven record of making an impact in their communities and offered them a place for knowledge sharing and
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