STRASBOURG – RYCO Secretary General Mr Đuro Blanuša met the high representatives of the Council of Europe (CoE) on 10 – 11 January with whom he discussed the joint cooperation in the future. They agreed that two institutions should work together in the forthcoming period having in mind that RYCO considers CoE as one of the most
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TIRANA – RYCO Secretary General Mr Đuro Blanuša and RYCO Deputy Secretary General Mr Fatos Mustafa met Friday with Director for Western Balkans of DG NEAR Ms Genoveva Ruiz-Calavera and Head of the European Union Delegation to Albania Ms Romana Vlahutin when they discussed RYCO activities and support of the European Union to the institution. Mr Blanuša thanked the EU officials for the
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TIRANA – RYCO Secretary General Mr Đuro Blanuša and RYCO Deputy Secretary General Mr Fatos Mustafa met today in RYCO Head Office with Her Excellency Mrs Christina Vasak, Ambassador of the French Republic to the Republic of Albania and Her Excellency Ms Susanne Schütz, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Republic of Albania when they discussed RYCO activities
read moreTIRANA – RYCO Secretary General Mr Đuro Blanuša met on Friday, 22 September, with Head of the Council of Europe Office in Tirana Mr Claus Neukirch. They discussed possibilities for the joint cooperation and agreed that the two institutions should work together in the forthcoming period. At the meeting, Secretary General Mr Blanuša informed Mr
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WARSAW – RYCO Secretary General Mr Đuro Blanuša participated in this year’s Human Dimension Implementation Meeting, Europe’s largest annual human rights conference organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), which is taking place in Warsaw, Poland from 11 to 22 September 2017. During the conference Mr Blanuša met with OSCE representatives and participated in a
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BELGRADE – RYCO Secretary General Mr Đuro Blanuša, together with RYCO Local Branch Officer in Serbia Ms Marija Bulat, visited the United Nations Head Quarter in Belgrade on Friday, 8 September. They met with UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative Ms Karla Hershey and UNDP Deputy Resident Representative Ms Steliana Nedera and discussed possible ways of cooperation. Mr Blanuša expressed RYCO’s openness
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BELGRADE – RYCO Secretary General Mr Đuro Blanuša and RYCO Local Branch Officer in Serbia Ms Marija Bulat held a meeting with Executive Director of the Balkan Trust for Democracy (BTD) Ms Gordana Delić and Senior Program Officer of BTD Ms Nataša Petrović on Friday, 8 September when they discussed mutual cooperation between the two organizations. BTD has been actively supporting
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Since 2000, each year on 12 August, the world is observing the International Youth Day, established by the United Nations General Assembly. This year’s celebration is dedicated to young people’s contributions to conflict prevention and transformation, as well as inclusion, social justice, and sustainable peace. As the organization with its crucial aim in fostering reconciliation
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PRIZREN – RYCO Secretary General Đuro Blanuša and RYCO Deputy Secretary General Fatos Mustafa discussed together with the OSCE Dialogue Academy alumni who are young activists of the “Follow Us” initiative the role which youth should have to shape the region’s social and political landscape, as well as new ways to participate in public life and
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PRISTINA – RYCO Local Branch Officer in Kosovo* Krenare Gashi had a number of meetings with representatives of international organizations and the civil society in Pristina during the last week. Gashi had a coordination meeting with representatives of UN, EU Office in Kosovo, UNMIK, Play International, OSCE and local civil society organizations on Tuesday. They
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