Through the Youth Fund of the Regional Youth Dialogue for Europe, We are supporting regional projects that will contribute to the improvement of youth activism, participation and policy making skills at the local and national level. We are increasing the political participation of women, empowering young people for changes in the community, for dialogue, fostering peace and integration, advocating for a green future and the Youth Guarantees.
Regional Youth Dialogue for Europe – RYDE is funded by European Union.
PROJECT: European Academy: fostering peace and integration through youth engagement
Organization: AIIS – Albanian Institute for International Studies (Instituti i Studimeve Nderkombetare), Albania. Associate partner: European Movement Serbia.
Project: European Academy: fostering peace and integration through youth engagement.
The overall objective of this project is to increase the capacities and the engagement of young people from Albania and Serbia in shaping policies and public narratives that bring their countries and the region closer to the European Union. This objective has been chosen through the assessment of the current state of affairs which has seen a rising level of hostility and lack of cooperation, stagnation of the process of EU integration.
Key results and activities:
- European Academy brought together young people from Serbia and Albania to strengthen mutual understanding, cooperation, and dialogue.
- Through European Academy, more then 20 young professionals from the Western Balkans enhanced their knowledge on EU integration and regional economic reforms, intercultural dialogue and peacebuilding, the European Green Deal and the Green Agenda for the Western Balkans, the dynamics of transatlantic relations, and the impact of third-power influence in the region.
- The cooperation also resulted in a Joint Youth Declaration for Peace, offering policy recommendations to improve cultural exchange programs, ensure inclusive and intersectional youth engagement, create participatory advocacy platforms for youth in decision-making, and introduce peace-building and intercultural dialogue education into school curricula in the Western Balkans.
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The Youth Fund „Local Youth Initiatives“
The Youth Fund „Local Youth Initiatives“ is a FSTP (financial support to third parties) i.e. sub-granting activity of the three-year regional project „Regional Youth Dialogue for Europe“ (RYDE), funded by the European Union in the period 2023-2026 through EU Civil Society Facility and Media Programme in favour of the Western Balkans and Turkey for 2021-2023 (IPA III). The RYDE project is being implemented by the Center for Democracy Foundation from Serbia as a lead partner in cooperation with the partnering civil society organizations from the Western Balkans: Academy of European Integrations and Negotiations (Albania), Youth Act Center (Albania), Kosovar Stability Initiative (Kosovo*), Network of Progressive Initiatives (Bosnia and Herzegovina), NGO Info Center Foundation (North Macedonia) and Regional Academy for Democratic Development (Serbia).
Regional Youth Dialogue for Europe – RYDE
