WESTERN BALKANS – As the global number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 (coronavirus) has been increasing and the first cases are being confirmed across the Western Balkans, RYCO issues the following statement on the COVID-19 outbreak. Having in mind that RYCO’s key activities include supporting the youth mobility programs in the Western Balkans but also
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PRISTINA – RYCO Secretary General Mr Đuro Blnauša took part in the CSO Dialogue Forum organized in Pristina on 4 and 5 February. Participating the panel discussion Youth as an emerging actor of the dialogue, he discussed youth emigration but also ways how young people are creating new opportunities for education and employment in Serbia
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PRISTINA – As part of the ROUTE WB6 project implemented by RYCO and seven partners from the Western Balkans, Lens organized a stakeholders’ meeting which took place in Pristina on Friday aiming at discussing the development of volunteering infrastructure in Kosovo. The meeting gathered more than 30 participants from all around Kosovo, representatives of NGOs,
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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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PRISTINA – A bilateral meeting between RYCO Governing Board members from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo took place in Pristina on 12 March. Together with RYCO Local Branch Officers from Sarajevo and Pristina, the Governing Board members discussed challenges of strengthening regional cooperation in the Western Balkans and the role of RYCO in creating a better region.
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PRISTINA – RYCO Local Branch Office in Kosovo in cooperation and with the support of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo and in cooperation with the Kosovar Ministry of Education, Science and Technology organized a three-day Capacity Building Training for the representatives of high schools from Kosovo on 25–27 November in Pristina. Twenty-six participants, thirteen principals
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WESTERN BALKANS – The project Balkan Debate Academy: Debating towards Cooperation is opening a call for essays for high school students from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Kosovo* and Serbia. The best essays which will be selected will receive a full scholarship for participation at the Balkan Debate Academy in Skopje. The project is implemented by Youth Educational Forum
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WESTERN BALKANS – BLINK together with its partners is organizing a four-day training course, for strengthening capacities of key youth actors in Vrnjačka Banja. The activity aims to involve youngsters with fewer opportunities from Kosovo*, Montenegro and Serbia in a set of activities that can assist them for the possibilities and cooperation without fear of prejudice and discrimination.
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WESTERN BALKANS – Youth for Social Changes (Albania) in partnership with Youth Alliance-Krusevo (Macedonia), Udruženje Centar za razvoj socijalnog poduzetništva (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Centar za edukaciju i unapređenje društva – CEUD (Serbia), NGO Prima (Montenegro) and Raise Your Hand For Help (Kosovo) are calling for applicants within their project Rural Youth: Let’s Awake the Opportunities. The project aims to develop the
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WESTERN BALKANS – Center for democracy and Human Rights – CEDEM (Montenegro), with partners Institute for European Affairs (Serbia) and Aarhus Information Center (Albania), has developed the project YOUth CAN CHANGE THE FUTURE in order to break the prejudices and stereotypes among youth. The project is supported by RYCO within its first Open Call for Project
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