Regional Youth Cooperation Office - RYCO

10/11/2026

Bonjour, Paris! 🇫🇷

We’ve made it to the French capital, and we’re starting with a question you don’t hear every day:

What can Europe learn from the Western Balkans?

Young people and European decision-makers will take that question further at the Paris Peace Forum.

10/11/2026

Bonjour, Paris! 🇫🇷

We’ve made it to the French capital, and we’re starting with a question you don’t hear every day:

What can Europe learn from the Western Balkans?

Young people and European decision-makers will take that question further at the Paris Peace Forum.

Stay tuned 🎤

08/11/2026

🎓 Two schools, new partnerships and one shared goal: bringing young people across the Western Balkans closer together.

Two secondary schools from have officially started their new Superschools journey, partnering with schools from and .

At the “Meet the Superschools” event in Podgorica, they presented their projects and signed Partnership Agreements for the new exchange cycle.

Joining them were Edin Koljenović, Head of RYCO Local Branch Office in Montenegro; Darko Stojanović, Director General of the Directorate for Youth at the Ministry of Sports and Youth; Dragan Marković, State Secretary at the Ministry of Education, Science and Innovation; and Dominika Skubida, Representative of the EU Delegation to Montenegro.

Through “Coffee with the Superschools,” school representatives also shared experiences and expectations with donor, ministry and RYCO representatives.

Superschools is co-funded by the European Union (EU) and BMZ and implemented by GIZ together with RYCO.

👉 Read the full story on our website

06/11/2026

🎓 Fourteen schools, new partnerships and one shared goal: bringing young people across the Western Balkans closer together.

Fourteen secondary schools from have officially started their new Superschools journey, partnering with schools from , , and .

At the “Meet the Superschools” event in Belgrade, they presented their projects and signed Partnership Agreements for the new exchange cycle.

Joining them were Mr. Richard Masa, Head of Operations – Section II at the EU Delegation to Serbia; Ms. Ivana Antonijević, Assistant Minister of Tourism and Youth of Serbia; Ms. Petra Stöckl, Head of Cultural and Press Division at the Embassy of Germany in Serbia; and Ms. Ivana Markulić Stanković, Acting Head of RYCO Local Branch Office in Serbia.

Through “Coffee with the Superschools,” school representatives also exchanged experiences, questions and expectations directly with institutional partners and RYCO representatives.

Superschools is co-funded by the European Union 🇪🇺 and BMZ and implemented by GIZ together with RYCO.

🔗Read the full story on our website

06/11/2026

Something’s happening in Paris. 👀

And the Western Balkans are part of it!

📍 Paris Peace Forum

📅 10 November 2026

See you there! 🇫🇷

04/11/2026

🎓 Eleven schools, new partnerships and one shared goal: bringing young people across the Western Balkans closer together.

Eleven secondary schools from have officially started their new Superschools journey, partnering with schools from , and .

At the “Meet the Superschools” event in Sarajevo, they presented their projects and signed Partnership Agreements for the new exchange cycle.

Joining them were Aurelie Valtat, Head of European Integration, Political, Press and Information Section at the EU Delegation to Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Nikola Kandić, Head of RYCO Local Branch Office in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Through “Coffee with the Superschools,” school representatives also exchanged experiences, questions and expectations with donor, ministry and RYCO representatives.

Superschools is co-funded by the European Union 🇪🇺 and BMZ and implemented by GIZ together with RYCO.

👉 Read the full story on our website

02/11/2026

A lot was said in Pristina. These are some of the things worth taking forward. ✍️

At the From Local Action to Regional Change conference, young people shared their priorities for what needs to happen next.

Having a real say in decisions. Better coordination. More inclusive spaces. And making sure youth-led ideas have the support to go further.

Swipe through some of the priorities that came out of the discussions.

30/10/2026

💬 What happens when young people turn their ideas for peace into action?

📍 In Pristina, we wrapped up RYCOgnizing YPS, a project that supported 13 youth-led projects, engaged over 2,000 young people across 47 municipalities, and brought fresh perspectives to peacebuilding in the Western Balkans. The event brought together young people, civil society organisations, institutions and regional partners to look back at what we’ve achieved together and discuss what’s next for Youth, Peace and Security in the region.

The event opened with reflections on youth-led peacebuilding, institutional support and regional cooperation from RYCO Deputy Secretary General Kreshnik Loka, Lorena Sekiraqa from the Prime Minister’s Office and German Ambassador Rainer Rudolph.

🎤 Krenare Gashi-Krasniqi, Head of RYCO’s Local Branch Office in Pristina, and Sonila Necaj, RYCOgnizing YPS Project Manager, reflected on the project’s achievements, the importance of local partnerships and how supporting young people has helped turn ideas into meaningful action.

We also heard directly from our grantees about their work in local communities, while the Coordination and Recommendations Labs brought everyone together to discuss what could work better and what should come next.

The project may be wrapping up, but the ideas, connections and commitment to peace are here to stay! 💙

💬 And there’s more to share! We’ll be bringing you the recommendations from these discussions soon, so keep an eye on our channels.

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

From Local Action to Regional Change: RYCO Celebrates Youth, Peace and Security Achievements in the Western Balkans PRISTINA, 29 October 2026 – The Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO), with the support of the German Federal Foreign Office (GFFO), brought together young people, civil society

28/10/2026

Some RYCO stories don’t end when the project does.

Maybe yours continued with new friendships, new opportunities, new ideas, or took you somewhere you never expected.

Now, we want to hear what happened next. 💜

🎥 Share your story and become a RYCO storyteller.

🔗 Apply through the link on our website!

28/10/2026

🎓Seven schools, new partnerships and one shared goal: bringing young people across the Western Balkans closer together.

Seven secondary schools from have officially started their new Superschools journey, partnering with schools from , , and .

At the “Meet the Superschools” event in Pristina, they presented their projects and signed Partnership Agreements for the new exchange cycle.

Joining them were Alexis Hupin, Acting Head of European Union in Kosovo, Rainer Rudolph, Ambassador of the German Embassy Pristina, GIZ Kosovo and Krenare Gashi-Krasniqi, Head of RYCO Local Branch Office.

Superschools is co-funded by the European Union (EU) and BMZ and implemented by GIZ together with RYCO.

👉 Read the full story:

PRISTINA, 28 October 2026 - 7 secondary schools from Kosovo, selected under the 5th Superschools Open Call, presented their regional partnerships and new project ideas during the “Meet the Superschools" event part of Superschools programme, an initiative co-funded by the European Union (EU) and th