WESTERN BALKANS – With the support of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs (GMFA), the Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO) is starting the development of the new official Strategy for the period 2022-2024. This strategy will be developed through an inclusive, interactive and Western Balkans 6 youth need – based process, built on produced outcomes coming
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WESTERN BALKANS – Young people from the Western Balkans are invited to apply for a workshop in storytelling and fact-checking on topics of transitional justice, truth-telling and memory. We are inviting young people from any discipline who are interested in these topics to submit a proposal to join us at this workshop. Storytelling is crucial
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KOSOVO*/NORTH MACEDONIA/SERBIA – Are you a young person from North Macedonia, Kosovo or Serbia interested in learning how to deconstruct hateful and dividing narratives by using digital media tools? Are you passionate and willing to challenge and change the stories for those who are marginalized and oppressed? If you want to tackle topics such as
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SARAJEVO – The Youth Council of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (VM FBIH), the Youth Council of Republika Srpska (OSRS) and the Youth Council of the Brčko District of Bosnia and Herzegovina (VSMBD) open a call* for the Youth Representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the RYCO Governing Board. The selected Youth Representative of
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Dear Applicants, We would like to express our gratitude towards all of you who have shown the interest and made efforts to take part in the fourth RYCO Open Call for Project Proposals. The Call was built upon the results and experience of the previous three RYCO Open Calls which were launched during 2017, 2018
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WESTERN BALKANS – The Regional Youth Cooperation Office, in partnership with the German Federal Government, organizes an open call for the design of the 2021 Berlin Process Summit visual identity. The call is open for young people (from 18 to 30 years old) coming from the Western Balkans (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Montenegro, North
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SKOPJE – The Agency for Youth and Sport of North Macedonia opens a call* for the Youth Representative of North Macedonia in the RYCO Governing Board. The selected Youth Representative of North Macedonia in the RYCO Governing Board will be given a three-year mandate, without remuneration, and in her/his work will represent the youth interests of North
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MONTENEGRO – If you are a high school student, aged 14-19, coming from Montenegro, we invite you to apply for the online workshop “Reach the Future” to be held on 27 – 28 February 2021. The workshop was designed with the aim to connect high school students from different backgrounds in order to overcome existing
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SKOPJE – The Agency of Youth and Sports of North Macedonia is opening a call for two RYCO Advisory Board members from North Macedonia. The call is open to young people, 15 to 29 years old, who are fulfilling all the criteria set out in the open call. To access the call, please click the
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WESTERN 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*,
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