More than 60 young people from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia gathered last week at the Regional Leadership Camp in Tjentište, as part of the “Future4Youth” project. The aim of this camp, traditionally organized by CARE Balkans and local partner organizations, was to develop life and leadership skills among youth, empowering them to become responsible leaders in their communities.
Program Y has been launched in North Macedonia! Through joint partnership, CARE and CRPM adapted Program Y to reshape challenge attitudes across the Balkans, inspiring a new generations to embrace empathy, reject violence, and foster safer, gender- equal communities.
CARE International Balkans has marked 30th anniversary of its work in the region. Partners, staff and allies from all regions where CARE carries out its missions gathered in Sarajevo to celebrate this jubilee together. The guests attended the regional conference Future for Youth, and on the same day in the evening, they had the opportunity […]
The Regional Conference “Future for Youth” was held on Wednesday 24.01.2024 at the Skenderija Youth Center in Sarajevo, which brought together experts, organizations, and institutions dedicated to the prevention of violence among young people, the promotion of healthy lifestyles, and the advancement of gender equality. This important event marks the end of a three-year project […]
CARE international s ponosom najavljuje održavanje regionalne konferencije “Budućnost za mlade”, koja će se održati u srijedu, 24. januara 2024. godine u Domu mladih u Sarajevu. Konferencija okuplja stručnjake, organizacije i institucije posvećene prevenciji nasilja među mladima, promociji zdravih životnih stilova i unapređenju rodne ravnopravnosti. Ovaj značajan događaj označava završetak trogodišnje faze projekata Budućnost za […]
CARE International Balkans together with its partners, Status M from Zagreb, E8 Center from Belgrade and Perpetuum Mobile – Institute for Youth and Community Development from Banja Luka, organized a regional expert meeting called “Discovering new potentials in work with young people at risk.” This event took place on November 23, 2023 and provided all […]
Today an event “Program Y+: Nurturing Equality and Non-violent Behaviors” organized by CARE Balkans and its partners supported by the Austrian Development Agency happened in Tirana, Albania. Maja Dimitrijevic, program manager, opened panel discussion in the joint event between Kosovo and Albania and spoke about the need for program Y+ in order to tackle gender […]
On 21.06.2023, Center for Research and Policy Making in North Macedonia held the final meeting of the project “Building healthy lifestyle habits of the boys in Gostivar and Gjorce Petrov”, where they shared the experiences gained from the implementation of the project and the results achieved. Deputy Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in […]
to reach their full potential in society while addressing gender inequalities, promoting violence prevention, healthy lifestyles, and healthy versions of masculinities.
Last week Young Men Initiative team together with colleagues from CARE Austria visited ‘28 Nëntori’ to meet the teachers who have been trained on program Y. During the meeting we had a chance to discuss with the teachers the tools they have learned in the training to promote healthy lifestyles, challenge toxic masculinity, reduce violence […]
On January 17, 2023, a new Youth Center was officially opened in Gračanica. This state-of-the-art facility is fully equipped with everything needed for optimal functioning and is open to anyone who wants to make a positive impact on the local community through their activism. The Youth Center will also serve as a meeting and activity […]
SIT – Center for Counseling, Social Services and Research in cooperation with YMCA in Kosovo and CARE International Balkans organized the third meeting with the working group (key stakeholders) of Kosovo for the Institutionalization of Program Y. Key topics that SIT presented to MESTI – Ministry of Education, Science, Technology and Innovation, Municipal Directorate of […]
Last week, from 6th to 8th November – CARE International Balkans participated in a MenEngage Europe members meeting in Berlin, Germany. Different organizations and academic institutions around Europe gathered to discuss different approaches and modalities of work with men and boys on violence prevention and gender equality, and to exchange efficient and effective examples of […]
The Ministry of Family, Youth and Sports of the Republic of Srpska implemented the campaign “Be different, block hate” with the aim of protecting children and young people on the internet and reducing hate speech and cyber violence, which has been on the rise in recent years and has lasting consequences on the life and […]
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