Regional Youth Cooperation Office - RYCO

14/09/2026

Call for Participation 📢

The Local Branch Office in Albania, in collaboration with FES in Albania invites motivated young professionals from Albania’s CSO sector to join a three-day capacity building training in Albania.

❗ 12-14 October 2026
❗ Registration deadline: October 4, 2026

This training will bring together 15 young professionals working in civil society to strengthen their hashtag skills, with a particular focus on regional hashtag , hashtag , and hashtag .

🔗 Complete the short online registration form here: https://shorturl.at/gnWe1

🔗 Read more here: www.rycowb.org/call-for-participation-capacity-building-training-in-tirana/

The Local Branch Office in Albania, in collaboration with Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Tirana (FES), invites motivated young professionals from Albania’s CSO sector to join a three-day capacity building training in Albania. Dates: 13-15 October 2026 Location: Albania Registration deadline: October

08/09/2026

🏆 The 2026 Volunteerism of the Year Awards are open for applications and nominations, to recognize individuals, businesses, diaspora representatives, public figures, and volunteers with life-changing contributions who have brought positive change to the community.

📅 Nominations are open until 25 October 2026.

🔗 Click the link below to nominate yourself or someone you know! TOKA

https://toka-ks.org/en/nominations-for-the-2026-volunteerism-awards-are-now-open/

02/09/2026

Ready to turn sport into skills, connections and positive change? 🤝

Applications are now open for the 2nd Youth Summer School, taking place from 14–18 September 2026 in Dojran.

Under the theme “Sport for Development,” the Summer School will bring together 60 young people aged 15–29 from across North Macedonia to learn, exchange ideas and explore how sport can strengthen teamwork, inclusion and personal development.

📅 Apply by 6 September 2026

Learn more and access the application form through the official call.

The Ministry of Social Policy, Demography and Youth, in cooperation with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and the Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO), is inviting young people to apply for the 2nd National Youth Summer School. The Summer School will take plac

02/09/2026

The 7th RYCOnnecting YOUth Open Call is officially in motion! ✨

The journey began in Zenica, where young people from Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia and Serbia came together for the Regional Youth Camp of Atlas of Unspoken Emotions: Mapping Dialogue in Post-Conflict Societies.

They talked about the past their generation inherited, challenged prejudices and found connection in shared experiences. By the end of the camp, they had created 12 original artworks—and laid the foundations for the Atlas of Unspoken Emotions, a tool that will help more young people start conversations that are often avoided.

Because sometimes, what connects us most is what we struggle to say. 💬

📍 The following activity received support through RYCO’s recently launched Open Call for CSO project proposals named RYCOnnecting You(th).

01/09/2026

YPS 101 is back: meet Pillar 3—Prevention. 👀

It’s about spotting the signs, listening to young people and taking action before harm has time to grow.

Because acting early? Always a better move.

📍 This activity is supported through the RYCOgnizing YPS granting scheme, supported by German Cooperation and implemented by RYCO.

31/08/2026

Good ideas need the right tools to grow. 💡

For the 9th year in a row, RYCO Serbia, with the support of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, brought together 15 civil society representatives for a four-day training on advancing the Youth, Peace and Security Agenda.

From meaningful youth participation to project design, budgeting and pitching, participants gained practical tools to turn ideas into initiatives that put young people at the centre of peacebuilding.

📖 Take a look at the full article for more insights from the training

VRNJAČKA BANJA— The RYCO Local Branch Office in Serbia, with the support of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, organized for the ninth year in a row a capacity-building training, aimed at strengthening civil society organisations’ capacities to develop and implement projects advancing the Youth, Peace...

28/08/2026

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26/08/2026

Young people are turning the Youth, Peace and Security Agenda into action! ✨

Through the RYCOgnizing YPS Open Call, our grantee Građanska alijansa brought young people, institutions, and civil society together to strengthen youth participation, intercultural dialogue, and peacebuilding.

At a consultative meeting in Podgorica, participants explored how young people can become active partners in decision-making and peacebuilding. The meeting also marked the signing of a coalition for the implementation of the YPS Agenda and a Memorandum of Cooperation, strengthening collaboration for safer, more inclusive, and peaceful communities.

Meanwhile, 20 high school students from Plav and Herceg Novi came together through an exchange between the two communities. Through workshops, discussions, and cultural visits, they challenged prejudices, learned from one another, and built new friendships.

Because peace grows when young people have the space to connect, participate, and shape their communities together. 💬🤝

📍 This activity is supported through the RYCOgnizing YPS granting scheme, supported by German Cooperation and implemented by RYCO.

25/08/2026

Can you feel it too? 🎒