TIRANA – Supported by the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund, together with its partners UNDP, UNFPA and UNICEF from Albania, RYCO is holding an annual planning workshop of the “Supporting the Western Balkan’s Collective Leadership on Reconciliation: Building Capacities and Momentum for the Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO)” project. The workshop is taking place in Tirana
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WESTERN BALKANS – RYCO in cooperation with GROUPE SOS Pulse, SEEYN, the Franco-German Youth Office and Institut Français is opening two calls for local structures and consultants in the field of social entrepreneurship within the WB6 Lab Project. The purpose of the call for local structures is to select six of them (one in each
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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 third RYCO Open Call for Project Proposals. The Call was built upon the results and experiences of the first two RYCO open calls from 2017 and 2018 and dedicated
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PODGORICA – Head of the RYCO Local Branch Office in Montenegro Mr Edin Koljenović on behalf of RYCO signed a memorandum of understanding with the Employment Agency of Montenegro represented by Director of the Agency Mr Suljo Mustafić in Podgorica on Monday. The special focus of the memorandum is joint work in promoting youth cooperation
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TIRANA – RYCO in cooperation with the Germany Embassy in Tirana organized a signing ceremony for twenty awarded projects through Third RYCO Open Call for Project Proposals in Tirana on Wednesday. The ceremony is a celebration of the agreement between the German Government and RYCO aiming to support the school-to-school youth cooperation and exchange in
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ALBANIA – For the past two months, Head of RYCO Local Branch Office in Albania Mr Kreshnik Loka in cooperation with the National Youth Congress (NYC) of Albania embarked on a tour across Albania discussing with young people on how they can be active citizens in their communities and informing them about the new opportunities
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WESTERN BALKANS – RYCO has implemented the second youth exchange “Western Balkans Meet Japan – A Bridge into the Future” in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. This year, fifteen young people from across the Western Balkans, accompanied by RYCO Program Manager Ms Bojana Bulatović, participated in the nine-day MIRAI youth exchange program that
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SKOPJE – Ambassador of Poland to North Macedonia H.E. Mr Wojciech Tyciński visited the RYCO Local Branch Office in Skopje on Wednesday when he discussed with Head of the Local Branch Office in North Macedonia Mr Albert Hani the ongoing activities of RYCO, its plans and current projects being implemented in the region. Mr Tyciński said
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SARAJEVO – Ambassador of Germany to Bosnia and Herzegovina H.E. Ms Margaret Uebber and Ambassador of France to BiH H.E. Mr Guillaume Rousson jointly visited the RYCO Local Branch Office in Sarajevo. The visit and meeting took place in Sarajevo at the premises of the RYCO Local Branch Office in Bosnia and Herzegovina. „Continuous and
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WESTERN BALKANS – Today marks Human Rights Day – the day the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. The adoption of such a document represents a milestone in human history that brought the understanding of inalienable rights which everyone is inherently entitled to as a human being regardless of
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