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 second RYCO Open Call for Project Proposals. The Call was built upon the results and experiences of the first RYCO Open Call for Project Proposals which was launched in
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BUCHAREST – RYCO Secretary General Mr Đuro Blanuša gave his remarks at the opening of the conference entitled “How to better respond to European aspirations of the young generation in the Western Balkans?” organized by the Romanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union in Bucharest today. The two-day conference is taking place in
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TIRANA – The German Federal Foreign Office has awarded 350.000€ for a new one-year RYCO’s project aiming to support high schools from the Western Balkans in creating cooperation opportunities for vulnerable groups, improving cross-sector cooperation and raising their capacities. German Ambassador to Albania H.E. Ms Susanne Schütz and RYCO Secretary General Mr Đuro Blanuša signed
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TIRANA – As the Council of Europe celebrates its 70 birthday it also faces a major political and financial crisis. A proposed way to overcome the crisis includes abolition of funding for the organization’s youth sector. RYCO wants to underline that the crisis should not and may not harm the policies and work done with
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BERLIN – Fostering peace and security in order to push ahead with positive development in the region was the goal of the Western Balkans meeting at the German Federal Chancellery. The meeting, a joint initiative of Germany and France, took place on 29 April. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron jointly hosted
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TIRANA – The OSCE Presence in Albania in cooperation with the Municipality of Tirana and the Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO), are launching a Call for Applications for the third edition of “#YouthTrail2019: Promoting OSCE Values among Youth” to be held from 22-26 May 2019 in Tirana, Albania. The Youth Trail is a learning, exchange and creative week in Tirana for
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TIRANA – UNICEF Albania in close consultation with Regional Youth Cooperation Office team will hire an international expert who will assist in developing an up-to-date methodology for school fundraising and management of school funds with a special focus on fundraising and managing funds for regional projects. The main objective of this consultancy will be to:
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SHËNGJIN – The Steering Committee of the UN Peacebuilding Fund supported project Supporting the Western Balkan’s Collective Leadership on Reconciliation: Building Capacities and Momentum for the Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO) took place in Shëngjin, Albania on Tuesday. The meeting discussed the overall project and major activities in 2019 but also other relevant peace-building interventions
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WARSAW – RYCO Secretary General and Deputy Secretary General Mr Đuro Blanuša and Mr Fatos Mustafa are participating the Berlin Process Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Warsaw on 11 – 12 April where they are presenting the work of RYCO and the situation of young people in the Western Balkans. The meeting is organized in the
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SARAJEVO – A special training within the framework of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) project on “Advancing freedom of religion or belief for all at the local level in Bosnia and Herzegovina” took place in Sarajevo on 26 – 27 March. The training jointly organized by ODIHR and the RYCO
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