TIRANA – In the framework of the Western Balkans School Exchange Scheme “Superschools”, the RYCO Local Branch Office in Albania organized four info sessions, in the period from 7 to 12 October 2021. The sessions were open for school directors from all around Albania to learn more about the program and the modality of application.
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ALBANIA – Supported by RYCO within the fourth Open Call for Project Proposals co-financed by the European Union, Youth for Peace (Mladi za Mir) from Bosnia and Herzegovina in partnership with Udhëtim i Lirë from Albania and Balkans, let’s get up! Organisation from Serbia implemented a youth exchange through the project “P.A.C.E. – Peace and
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VLORË – A two-day kick-off meeting of representatives of ministries responsible for education in the Western Balkans started today, on Thursday, 15 July 2021 at Hotel Regina Garden in Vlorë, Albania within the framework of the “Western Balkans School Exchange Scheme” project. The meeting is organised by the Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO) and Deutsche
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The lecture halls and the desks of the faculties are empty, no students and professors in sight, for more than ten months. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way education is conducted – from physical attendance to online learning, and students and teachers have resorted to digital technology so as not to interrupt the learning
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Insecurity, anxiety, constant race against time and deadlines, stress – these are the words with which 46.8 percent of the surveyed students described studying during the coronavirus pandemic. A survey sent to 100 students shed light on their view of the problems caused by the pandemic. An unexpected pandemic that disrupted the plans, lifestyle and
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WESTERN BALKANS – Within the framework of the “Supporting the Western Balkan’s Collective Leadership on Reconciliation” project, the Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO), the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund (UN PBF), the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), in cooperation with the Mozaik Foundation, Beyond42 and Mašta, are organizing the
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WESTERN BALKANS – Today commemorates the 76th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp and the ending of the Holocaust. Each year on 27 January, the International Holocaust Remembrance Day serves as a tribute to the memory of the Holocaust victims. Moreover, it reaffirms and calls for commitment to countering antisemitism, racism and
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KOSOVO/MONTENEGRO/SERBIA – Within the second RYCO Open Call for Project Proposals, co-financed by the UN Peacebuilding Fund, Gymnasium “Stojan Cerovic” in Montenegro, in partnership with Association “OMNIMI” in Serbia and NGO “Mbeshtetja” in Kosovo, implemented the “Rewind to the future” project, which took place from December 2019 to November 2020. The project gathered youth from
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KOLAŠIN – Head of the RYCO Local Branch Office in Montenegro Mr Edin Koljenović participated in the seminar Multiculturalism in Montenegro: Status Quo and Prospects for the Future held in Kolašin from 22 to 25 of June where he presented the work of RYCO and discussed regional mobility. As a panellist in the session “Participation
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WESTERN BALKANS – Today marks the International Day of Education. Proclaimed in 2018, it honors education and its centrality to human well-being and sustainable development. RYCO joins the celebration and adapts the 2020 theme ‘Learning for people, planet, prosperity and peace’ to the Western Balkans. RYCO strongly believes that education plays a pivotal role in
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