WESTERN BALKANS – Developed and conducted by the two researchers, Teo Petricevic and Jelena Andjelic, and coordinated by the RISE consortium, the Regional Study and Guidelines on Social Entrepreneurship in the Western Balkans provides the most recent, relevant, and concise information on the current state of social entrepreneurship and youth entrepreneurship in the Western Balkans.
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SKOPJE – President of North Macedonia H.E. Mr Stevo Pendarovski received the representatives of the Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO) today. Head of the RYCO Local Branch Office in North Macedonia Mr Albert Hani and Youth Representative of North Macedonia in the RYCO Governing Board Mr Vladimir Gjorgjevski represented the organization in the meeting. The RYCO
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WESTERN BALKANS – The Steering Committee of the “Supporting the Western Balkan’s Collective Leadership on Reconciliation: Building Capacities and Momentum for the Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO)” project supported by the UN Peacebuilding Fund, met online on Tuesday, 27 October. Co-chaired by the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Albania Ms Fiona McCluney and RYCO Secretary
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EUROPE – Within the framework and program of the German Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the conference “Young People, Migration and The Demographic Challenge in the Western Balkans” took place online from 28 to 30 October. The conference aimed to offer insights on the Western Balkan youth migration as well as discuss
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KOLAŠIN – RYCO Local Branch Office in Montenegro in partnership with the Ministry of Sports and Youth of Montenegro, supported by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, organized a three-day Youth Camp on Intercultural Competencies in Sports. The camp took place in Kolašin from 27 to 29 October, and gathered fourteen young professionals from different sport
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SKOPJE – Head of the RYCO Local Branch Office in North Macedonia Mr Albert Hani met with the German Ambassador to North Macedonia Ms Anke Holstein on Thursday, 29 October 2020 when they discussed the ongoing activities and support to RYCO’s work. The activities and objectives discussed were the ones related to the Berlin Process,
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WESTERN BALKANS – The RISE project selected 137 young entrepreneurs gathered in 46 teams coming from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia to develop their social business ideas. Through a series of workshops, mobility programs and financial support, young people will have a chance to learn, grow, develop their businesses and
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WESTERN BALKANS – The Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO) is inviting tenderers to submit their offers for Expenditure Verification of RYCO’s grant beneficiaries. RYCO is looking for an Audit company to perform the expenditure verification of the grant beneficiaries of the Second and Third RYCO Open Calls. The expenditure verification will be performed as desk
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WESTERN BALKANS – The Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO) is inviting tenderers to submit their offers for an advocacy and promotional campaign titled “Better Region Starts with Youth”. RYCO is seeking a specialized service provider to plan and implement a public information campaign on results achieved through the implementation of the project “A Better Region
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WESTERN BALKANS – The tenth meeting of the RYCO Governing Board took place online on Monday, 26 October 2020. The meeting discussed the organization’s plans and activities with a special focus on the current situation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Chair of the RYCO Governing Board for 2020, recently appointed Director of Agency for Youth
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