NOVI SAD – RYCO Local Branch Office in Serbia in cooperation with the OSCE Mission to Serbia and OPENS – European Youth Capital Novi Sad 2019 organized the Youth Rights Talks Regional. The event took place in Novi Sad on 14th December. The event gathered 80 young people from the region to share their ideas
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WESTERN BALKANS – We invite you to apply for becoming a member of a youth co-design team for a research and advocacy project on young people’s perceptions on peace and security in the Western Balkans. We are now calling for 24 enthusiastic volunteers (with 4 representatives from each Western Balkan 6 (12 women and 12
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TIRANA – On Sunday, on the occasion of National Youth Day of Albania, RYCO Local Branch Office Program Assistant in Albania Ms Flutura Brakaj, took part in the Fair of Civil Society Organizations. The event organized by the Municipality of Tirana gathered several well-known civil society organizations that are working with youth. The event provided
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BELGRADE – RYCO Secretary General Mr Đuro Blanuša together with Head of the Local Branch Office in Montenegro Mr Edin Koljenović and Program Assistant of the Local Branch Office in Serbia Ms Ivana Antonijević participated on the regional conference “Youth Policy in Western Balkans and Turkey: challenges and perspectives”. The conference organized by Youth Banks
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NOVI SAD – RYCO Secretary General Mr Đuro Blanuša signed a memorandum of understanding on behalf of RYCO with the Franco-German Youth Office (OFAJ) represented by the organization’s Secretary General Mr Tobias Bütow. The two organizations are aiming to encourage intercultural dialogue, political and peace education, with a special focus on dealing with the past
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BAR – RYCO Local Branch Office in Montenegro in partnership with the Ministry of Sports and Youth of Montenegro, supported by the French Embassy to Montenegro, organized a three-day sports camp Intercultural Competencies in Sports in Bar, Montenegro on 8 – 10 November. The event gathered 23 successful young professionals in different sport disciplines from
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SHËNGJIN – RYCO and Transfer e.V organized an experts’ symposium entitled “Access and Barriers to Participation in Learning Mobility Projects – International Youth Work in Germany and the Western Balkan Six” in Shëngjin, Albania on 17-18 October. The participants discussed the “Access Study +” implemented in Germany in 2018/2019 focused on the barriers and obstacles
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WESTERN BALKANS – For the third year in a row, RYCO is partnering on the Deutsche Welle’s Balkan Booster project. The project connects twenty-one young journalists from the Western Balkans and the surrounding EU Member States. By using their smartphones, they will create and produce around two-hundred multimedia stories on environmental topics in the Balkans.
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TIRANA – The Regional Youth Cooperation Office welcomes the initiative announced in Novi Sad, Serbia today by the Prime Ministers of Albania and North Macedonia and President of Serbia. The trilateral meeting tackled the freedom of movement of people, goods, capital and services in the Western Balkans. As reconciliation, mobility and exchange are at the
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WESTERN BALKANS – The Regional Youth Cooperation Office in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan thank all the applicants for taking time and submitting their applications for the youth exchange “Western Balkans Meet Japan – A Bridge Into Future”. Due to a considerable amount of applications and limited number of places for
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