Young people are facing mental health problems at an increased rate, and this issue has been particularly exacerbated with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Seeing the increased presence of such problems among their peers and the lack of due care from their parents and institutions, young people are encouraged to start tackling these problems
read moreA successful cooperation between France and the Western Balkans to enhance social and solidarity economy at the European level A press conference was organized by the French Embassy to Serbia at the French Institute in Belgrade on Wednesday, 8 September 2021. On this occasion, the French Development Agency (AFD), the Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO),
read moreSKOPJE – Head of the RYCO Local Branch Office in North Macedonia Mr Vladimir Gjorgjevski took part in a panel on “Opportunities and Mechanisms for Regional Cooperation in Western Balkans on their path towards European Union Integration” which took place on Sunday, 5 September 2021. The event was held at the School for Politics in
read moreSKOPJE – The Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO), Local Branch Office in North Macedonia invites high school teachers and civil society representatives from North Macedonia to participate in a training on “Dealing with the Past and Intercultural Dialogue” with a view of strengthening and improving skills and knowledge of high quality communication standards in these
read moreInterview with sanitary engineer Adnan Ošijan In the 20th century, Bosnia and Herzegovina, but also the entire region of the Western Balkans, moved from a mostly agrarian society to an industrial society. The socialist government built factories wherever the opportunity arose for such a thing. No attention was paid to any consequences that the mass
read moreBORSH – In the framework of the ROUTE WB6 Regional Exchange Volunteer Program, 20 young people from the Western Balkans will have the opportunity to be engaged as volunteers in the South Outdoor Festival in Borsh from 03/09 – 06/ 09/ 2021. The young people will work on volunteering tasks at the festival as well
read moreMONTENEGRO/NORTH MACEDONIA/SERBIA – Within the third RYCO Open Call for Project Proposals, supported by the Federal Republic of Germany, the Geological and Hydrometeorological high school “Milutin Milanković” from Serbia in partnership with the Secondary Municipal School “Mirce Acev” Prilep from North Macedonia, the Public Institution “The first professional secondary School” from Montenegro and BAZAAR from
read moreAlmost every second young person in Montenegro encounters difficulties when it’s about finding a job for which they were educated, according to the research of the Center for Civic Education from 2019. By the middle of January 2021, there were 11,279 persons aged 18 to 30 on the records of the unemployed of the Employment
read moreBOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA/KOSOVO*/MONTENEGRO/NORTH MACEDONIA/SERBIA – Supported by RYCO within the fourth Open Call for Project Proposals co-financed by the European Union, the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia (Helsinški odbor za ljudska prava u Srbiji) in partnership with the Center for Peace and Tolerance Pristina and Democracy Plus from Kosovo, (Grammar school “Slobodan Skerovic”)
read moreALPBACH/BELGRADE – Head of the RYCO Local Branch Office in Serbia Ms Ivana Antonijević participated in the panel discussion “No More Reconciliation! It’s Time for Cooperation” organized within the European Forum Alpbach 2021. The online event took place on Tuesday, 31 August 2021, and was hosted by the Club Alpbach Belgrade and ambassadors from North
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