BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA/MONTENEGRO/NORTH MACEDONIA – Within the third RYCO Open Call for Project Proposals, supported by the Federal Republic of Germany, the Municipal Secondary School “Aco Ruskovski” Berovo from North Macedonia in partnership with JU Skola za srednje i vise strucno obrazovanje “Sergije Stanic” Podgorica from Montenegro, JU Prva gimnazija Sarajevo from Bosnia and Herzegovina
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WESTERN BALKANS – The International Day for Tolerance was first proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in 1996, as a reminder of the importance of human rights and freedoms in the diverse communities we live in. Since then, it is observed annually on 16 November. RYCO’s efforts to empower and prepare youth from the
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FRUŠKA GORA – The Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO) has successfully concluded the Regional Strategy Forum aimed at gathering inputs from the region for its new three-year strategic plan. The three-day event was held in Fruška Gora, Serbia, 8-10 November, and gathered more than 70 representatives of civil society, governments, international and regional organizations, and
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TIRANA – Within the framework of the “Europe is Here” campaign launched by the Delegation of the European Union to Albania, the RYCO Local Branch Office in Albania was invited to participate and present during an Education Fair titled EU4Education on 3 November 2021. The fair took place at the premises of the Europe House
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BELGRADE – Our colleagues from the RYCO Local Branch Office in Serbia hosted the “2nd Meeting of the Umbrella Youth Organizations from the Western Balkans” in Belgrade from 5 to 7 November 2021. This event was organized to facilitate better collaboration of the Umbrella Youth Organizations (UYO) from the Western Balkans among them as well
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TIRANA – RYCO Local Program Officer Ms Flutura Brakaj took part in the “Information Forum on Projects and Scientific Research” organized by the University of Sports of Tirana on 1 November 2021. Organized for the first time, the forum invited important actors and stakeholders from various institutions, national and international organizations that support the financing
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Petrovac – Head of the RYCO Local Branch Office in Montenegro Mr Edin Koljenović took part in the School of Political Studies organized by the Civic Alliance (Građanska Alijansa) from 22 to 24 October, in Petrovac, Montenegro. He delivered a lecture about the mission and work of RYCO as well as its main achievements to
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EUROPE/ONLINE – Head of the RYCO Local Branch Office in Albania Mr Kreshnik Loka took part in the second Adriatic Ionian Youth Organisations Forum, held online, on 26 October 2021. The event navigated the role of the EU Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region (EUSAIR) youth in territorial cooperation and in shaping the transition
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TIRANA – RYCO Secretary General Mr Albert Hani met the Director of European Youth Card Association (EYCA) Mr Manel Sanchez and Advisor for Youth and Youth Policy in the Office of the Prime Minister in North Macedonia Mr Gjorgi Tasev, on Thursday, 4 November 2021. The meeting focused on intensifying the cooperation between the two
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ALBANIA/NORTH MACEDONIA – Within the third RYCO Open Call for Project Proposals, supported by the Federal Republic of Germany, the SOU “Koco Racin” Sveti Nikole from North Macedonia in partnership with Shkolla Internacional (International School Vlora) from Albania implemented the project “Fighting the ethnocentrism – healing the wounds” which took place from January 2020 to
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