WESTERN BALKANS – The five Youth Representatives in the RYCO Governing Board coming from Albania, Kosovo*, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia issue the following statement on the COVID-19 crisis and its impact on the youth in the Western Balkans. Taking into account the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on various aspects of our lives
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PODGORICA – RYCO Local Branch Office in Montenegro in partnership with the Association of Women Entrepreneurs and with the support of the French Embassy in Montenegro, organized the Intercultural Youth Hub, which took place in Podgorica from 25 to 27 September. The event brought together twelve young people from Montenegro, belonging to different, ethnic, national
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PODGORICA – RYCO Local Branch Office in Montenegro organized a four-day capacity building training for eighteen representatives of civil society organizations from Montenegro. The training was supported by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro and took place from 17 to 20 September in Podgorica. The training aimed to strengthen the skills and capacities of less experienced
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PODGORICA – RYCO is launching an open call for participation in the capacity building training for project design in the areas of youth mobility, cooperation, activism and intercultural learning in the Western Balkans. The call is open for less experienced representatives of civil society organizations from Montenegro. The training is supported by the OSCE Mission
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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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PODGORICA – The OSCE Mission to Montenegro is inviting young leaders to participate in the training program “Leaders against Intolerance and Violent Extremism – LIVE’’ to be held in Podgorica from 27 to 31 July. The program is designed to coach up to 15 participants from Montenegro between 18 and 30 years old, who are
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WESTERN BALKANS – The Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO) is inviting tenderers to submit their offers for Cleaning Services for RYCO Local Branch Offices across the Western Balkans 6. The tender is divided into five lots: LOT I: “Cleaning Service for Bosnia and Herzegovina Local Branch Office” LOT II: “Cleaning Service for Serbia Local Branch
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WESTERN BALKANS – The Coronavirus disease pandemic is still having an enormous impact on daily lives of millions across the world, including the Western Balkan people. Despite the fact that lockdowns in Europe ease with declining numbers of new cases, the current situation continues paralyzing normal functioning of a number of activities among which mobility
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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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PODGORICA – UNICEF Representative in Montenegro Mr Osama Makkawi Khogali visited the RYCO Local Branch Office in Montenegro on Friday when he discussed the organizations’ successful cooperation with Head of the RYCO Local Branch Office in Montenegro Mr Edin Koljenović and RYCO Project Assistant Ms Irena Marunović. The organizations’ representatives reflected on the results of
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