PRISTINA – On the occasion of the Western Balkans Youth Conference “Active Citizens” that will be held in Prishtina on 26-27 March 2018, the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) and the Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO) would like to draw your attention to the findings of youth surveys conducted by the FES throughout the Southeast Europe region between 2011 and 2015. The
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BRUSSELS – As President of the European Commission Mr Juncker announced in his 2017 State of the Union address, the European Commission adopted on Tuesday the Western Balkans Strategy. It spells out the priorities and areas of joint reinforced cooperation, addressing the specific challenges the Western Balkans face, in particular the need for fundamental reforms
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PODGORICA – RYCO Local Branch Officer in Montenegro Mr Edin Koljenović, upon the invitation of the Center for Democratic Transition, gave a speech on 13 December at the opening of the conference ”Democratic values of youth”, within the project “Fight against stigmatization of young people”, financially supported by the EU through the ERASMUS+ program. It was emphasized
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PRISTINA – Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO) will open its Local Branch Office in Kosovo in Pristina on Tuesday, 10 October 2017. In order to bring the work of RYCO closer to future beneficiaries, our institution will open the local branch offices in all the contracting parties’ capitals. At the opening ceremony in Pristina,
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TIRANA – 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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RYCO is looking for a Local Branch Officer in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Local Branch Officer will be in charge to organize the work of the Local Branch Office, co-ordinate and implement program activities and to follow RYCO-projects implemented within Bosnia and Herzegovina. If you are interested to apply for the position of RYCO Local
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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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