Know a Peace Hero — Or are you one yourself? Nominate them for the Harmony Hero Award! 🔥 Deadline is ❗️5th of September! ⛓️‍💥Learn more and apply: shorturl.at/pEL11

It was a pleasure to follow closely the amazing work done by 6 young designers from #WB6 in creating the permanent logo of the #BerlinProcessSummit. This logo tells a lot about how youth wants this process & this region to look: colorful, connected & clear in its pathway to #EU!

The #BerlinProcess is more than just another summit of Heads of Government. It comprises a series of ministerials and events like a Civil Society Forum, Youth Forum (RYCO Western Balkans) and Science Conference bringing together all kind of stakeholders with the aim of bringing WEB forward!

Thanks to RYCO Western Balkans, my residence got floated by heroes earlier this week! Each of them an inspiring figure, fighting every day for peace, inclusion & better togetherness in Kosovo 🇽🇰 and the entire region. RYCO is a tangible success story of the Berlin Process and I'm proud of it

See you on Sunday in Berlin, for another edition of #BerlinProcess WB6 Youth Forum 2024! 🤩

The visa-free entry for 🇧🇦 citizens into 🇽🇰 is a milestone for regional integration and a meaningful gesture from 🇽🇰. Congratulations to the 🇽🇰 government for leading this important step forward and to the 🇧🇦 people. Great to see such progress at the Berlin Process Summit today!

📢The window to fund great ideas impacting youth is now open! The 2024 Call for Proposals for CSOs has just launched. RYCO invites all CSOs working in the youth sector to submit their applications by November 20, 2024 ❗️ For more details 🔗 shorturl.at/TabvE

🗣️ Peace Broadcasters training in Skopje brought together 15 young journalists from the Western Balkans to build skills in peace journalism, bridging divides through storytelling. Thanks to #RYCOGNIZED 2.0 & #YPS for making it happen! 🕊️ Check it out👇🏻 shorturl.at/9rOS3

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📝Journalists from #Kosovo joined RYCO Secretary General Albert Hani , MSc and Head of the Local Branch in #Kosovo, Krenare Gashi , for a working breakfast in Pristina, engaging in insightful discussions on youth empowerment and peace-building in the Western Balkans.

📢 Wrapping up the Peace Broadcasters Program in Prishtina, celebrating the transformative power of journalism in peacebuilding across the Western Balkans. 🎉 This event underscored the vital role of young voices in shaping narratives of peace and cooperation.

🗣️ Kicking off the new year with great news: we have a new Strategic Plan for 2025-2027, and it’s all about youth! Strengthening the capacities of youth organizations and institutions and equipping them to support and empower the next generation of leaders remains a top priority

Great to join students from Pristina & Novi Pazar in the RYCO Western Balkans Superschool Program🍴 With their background in food & agriculture, it was a pleasure to cook together + learn some new skills from them. Not a pro chef myself, but the energy in the kitchen was amazing! 🇩🇪🤝🇽🇰

📍 Straight from Berlin to RYCO’s Head Office! We had the pleasure of hosting Niels von Redecker, Head of the Western Balkans Department at the Auswärtiges Amt 🫂Take a look behind the scenes where big ideas for young people in the Balkans take shape!

📍 Exciting moments at RISE Demo Day in Pristina! 🫂 Young social entrepreneurs took the stage to showcase their innovative business ideas, developed through months of training and mentorship 🗣️ Empowering young entrepreneurs and fresh ideas is key to a more inclusive, society.

Honored to be part of the executive seminar of the Auswärtiges Amt on EU rapprochement & integration, which is dedicated to young diplomats from the WB6, Turkey, Ukraine & Moldova. Thank you to the German Embassy Pristina for the nomination and the Auswärtiges Amt for selection

#Kosovo is officially one of the safest places in #Europe, ranked 2nd in Europe and 5th in the world in the Gallup Global Safety Report 2024. Yes, you read that right 😍 Safer than most, and standing proudly next to countries like #Finland and #Switzerland. 🙌 #imageofkosovo

📍 The Local Branch Office in #Kosovo had the pleasure of welcoming 14 young scholars from the KAS Foundation as part of their study visit to the Western Balkans. 🗣️ The discussion, led by Krenare Krasniqi Head of LBO, focused on regional cooperation and reconciliation.

Freedom is felt differently by a child who has experienced the war. There's no greater unjustice than a childhood lost to war. No child deserves such an experience—one that will live inside you forever as an indelible, bitter & traumatic stain. Happy #12JUNE from a child of war

📑 At the 7th UN Youth Assembly in #Kosovo, SustainABLE Youth in the Heart of Peace and Security, organisedby United Youth Task Force, #RYCO contributed to advancing the YPS Agenda across the Western Balkans.