January 2026
Project Report 2023-2026
This publication is an illustrative testimony of three extraordinarily interesting and exciting years of our work on the RYDE (Regional Youth Dialogue for Europe) project. Together with our grantees, supported informal groups, participants in our activities, from various ways of life, we developed a potent network and new partnerships within civil society in the region. We raised capacities and contributed to the increased knowledge and skills of many. Youth voices were made more vocal. Opportunities for regional cooperation were created and well used. Young men and women, civic activists, experts, policy makers engaged in debating a variety of issues of the highest concerns of youth and our societies: youth participation, youth employment, education, youth health, youth attitudes towards cultural heritage and culture in general. EU values of democracy, rule of law and human rights were promoted as well as the benefits of the EU integration of the Western Balkan economies were discusses and made more visible to citizens.
- RYDE was coordinated by the Center for Democracy Foundation (Serbia) and was implemented by 7 partner organizations from the WB: Academy of European Integrations and Negotiations (AIEN) from Tirana, Kosovar Stability Initiative (IKS) from Pristina, Network of Progressive Initiatives (NPI) from Sarajevo, NGO Info Center (NGO IC) from Skopje, Regional Academy for Democratic Development (ADD) from Novi Sad, Youth Act Center (YA) from Tirana.
- RYDE was implemented from January 2023 until January 2026 in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, North Macedonia and Serbia, with participating students and organizations from Montenegro.
- RYDE was financed by the European Union.
