Thirteen selected youngsters from the Western Balkans will spend the next 7 days in Japan, as part of the MIRAI Program 2024 – implemented by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan (MOFA) and the Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO). From 13th of February until 20th of February, youth from WB will have the opportunity
read moreWESTERN BALKANS/JAPAN – Are you intrigued by Japanese culture? Would you like to immerse yourself in a 7-day cultural experience that lets you delve deeper into it? The good news awaits you. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan (MOFA) and the Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO) are excited to collaborate for the fourth consecutive
read moreWestern Balkans meet Japan in the next seven days. Twenty-three young people from the region will visit Tokyo and Hiroshima from 28 February until 6 March under MIRAI – a program implemented by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan (MOFA) and the Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO). In Tokyo, the group will visit Sophia
read moreSARAJEVO – RYCO Deputy Secretary General Mr Denis Piplaš and Head of the RYCO Local Branch Office in Bosnia and Herzegovina Ms Sandra Čule met with Ambassador of Japan to Bosnia and Herzegovina H. E. Mr Makoto Ito on Wednesday, 16 March. The interlocutors discussed the youth exchange programs between Japan and the Western Balkans.
read moreWESTERN BALKANS – The Regional Youth Cooperation Office in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan thank all the applicants for taking time and submitting their applications for the youth exchange “Western Balkans Meet Japan – A Bridge Into Future”. Due to a considerable amount of applications and limited number of places for
read moreWESTERN BALKANS/JAPAN – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan (MOFA) and the Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO) are implementing the youth exchange “Western Balkans meet Japan: A Bridge into the Future”, planned to take place during 2022, and invite 12 undergraduate or graduate students aged from 20 years and older, coming from Albania, Bosnia
read moreWESTERN BALKANS – The Regional Youth Cooperation Office in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan thank all the applicants for taking time and submitting their applications for the youth exchange “Western Balkans Meet Japan – A Bridge Into Future”. Due to a considerable amount of applications and limited number of places for
read moreWESTERN BALKANS/JAPAN – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan (MOFA) and the Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO) are implementing the youth exchange “Western Balkans meet Japan: A Bridge into the Future”, on 10-18 May 2021, and invite 11 undergraduate or graduate students aged from 20 to 25 years old, coming from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*,
read moreTIRANA – RYCO Deputy Secretary General Mr Fatos Mustafa participated in the Western Balkans Fund’s regional Civil Society Summit organized in Tirana from 27 to 29 February. As a speaker in the “Regional Cooperation Challenges and Successes” panel discussion, he spoke about cooperation between the two organizations but also challenges young people are facing in
read moreWESTERN BALKANS – RYCO has implemented the second youth exchange “Western Balkans Meet Japan – A Bridge into the Future” in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. This year, fifteen young people from across the Western Balkans, accompanied by RYCO Program Manager Ms Bojana Bulatović, participated in the nine-day MIRAI youth exchange program that
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