SARAJEVO – RYCO and South East European Youth Network (SEEYN) signed the Memorandum of Understanding in Sarajevo on 19 August to enhance their cooperation and jointly contribute to the reconciliation in the region and create a brighter future for the Western Balkan youth with youth. “RYCO is always happy to formalize partnerships with well-established and
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WESTERN BALKANS – The General Objective of the third RYCO Open Call for Proposals is to support the process of reconciliation in the Western Balkans by providing young people with opportunities that create space for dialogue, mutual learning and increased understanding across communities and RYCO’s Contracting Parties, and to contribute to increasing capacities of schools to
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SARAJEVO – The 25th Sarajevo Film Festival (SFF) kicked off in the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina on 16 August. As the official partner of Dealing with the Past project within SFF, RYCO gathered young people from the Western Balkans as a follow-up activity of a special project EYOF- YOUNG PR Team which took place earlier
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POZNAŃ – During the Poznań Summit, Poland welcomed the Heads of Government of the Berlin Process participants, as well as representatives of the European Institutions, International Financial Institutions, OECD, the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC), and the Regional Youth Cooperation Office. In the Chair’s conclusions, they commended the progress made by RYCO and reaffirmed their support
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Poznań Summit, Blanuša: Governments Should Keep Promises Given to Young People POZNAŃ – RYCO Secretary General Mr Đuro Blanuša participated in the Leaders’ Meeting which gathered the European heads of states and prime ministers at the Poznań Summit on Friday when he presented the work of RYCO but also called the governments of the
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POZNAŃ – RYCO Secretary General Mr Đuro Blanuša participated in the Ministerial Meeting which gathered the Western Balkans six Foreign Minister at the Poznań Summit on Thursday when he presented the work of RYCO but also underlined the need that the political elites of the region take more care of their rhetoric. Speaking at the
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POZNAŃ – RYCO Secretary General Mr Đuro Blanuša participated in the panel discussion Local initiatives solving local problems organized within the Civil Society Forum of the Poznań Summit on Thursday when he discussed the need for empowering youth, CSOs and secondary schools in order to enhance their involvement in local communities’ life so they become a
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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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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 – 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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