SHËNGJIN – RYCO and Transfer e.V organized an experts’ symposium entitled “Access and Barriers to Participation in Learning Mobility Projects – International Youth Work in Germany and the Western Balkan Six” in Shëngjin, Albania on 17-18 October. The participants discussed the “Access Study +” implemented in Germany in 2018/2019 focused on the barriers and obstacles
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SARAJEVO – RYCO and the Institute for Youth Development KULT signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Sarajevo today to formalize cooperation and work jointly on improving the position of young people in the Western Balkans, especially in the areas of youth mobility, reconciliation, and international youth cooperation. “The idea of regional cooperation, dialogue, and youth
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WESTERN BALKANS – For the third year in a row, RYCO is partnering on the Deutsche Welle’s Balkan Booster project. The project connects twenty-one young journalists from the Western Balkans and the surrounding EU Member States. By using their smartphones, they will create and produce around two-hundred multimedia stories on environmental topics in the Balkans.
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PODGORICA – RYCO Local Branch Office in Montenegro with the support of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro organized a regional meeting on 13 – 15 October which gathered representatives of the six RYCO Local Branch Offices together with almost twenty representatives of the Western Balkan ministries of foreign affairs and ministries in charge of youth
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TIRANA – The Regional Youth Cooperation Office welcomes the initiative announced in Novi Sad, Serbia today by the Prime Ministers of Albania and North Macedonia and President of Serbia. The trilateral meeting tackled the freedom of movement of people, goods, capital and services in the Western Balkans. As reconciliation, mobility and exchange are at the
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WESTERN BALKANS – The Regional Youth Cooperation Office in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan thank all the applicants for taking time and submitting their applications for the youth exchange “Western Balkans Meet Japan – A Bridge Into Future”. Due to a considerable amount of applications and limited number of places for
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PODGORICA – The Ministry of Sports and Youth of Montenegro published an open call for the position of the Youth Representative of Montenegro in the RYCO Governing Board. The Youth Representative will be given a mandate of three years with no possibility of extension. He/she will represent the interest of the youth of Montenegro and
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TIRANA – Head of the RYCO Local Branch Office in Albania Mr Kreshnik Loka took part in the presentation of the preliminary findings of the study “Understanding Youth Trends – Time for a New Narrative” organized by the National Youth Congress of Albania with the support of the Embassy of Switzerland in Albania. What are
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PODGORICA – RYCO Local Branch Office in Montenegro in cooperation with the Ministry of Education of Montenegro and with the support of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro organized a four-day Capacity Building Training for representatives of secondary schools from Montenegro on 26 – 29 September in Podgorica. The Capacity Building training gathered 20 participants representing
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POPOVA SAPKA – RYCO Local Branch Office in North Macedonia in cooperation with the OSCE Mission to Skopje organized a four-day capacity building training for representatives of secondary schools and civil society organizations from North Macedonia on 24 – 27 September in Popova Sapka, North Macedonia. Twenty-two participants attended the training aiming to strengthen the
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