Events

March 2023

March 10th, 2023

Local Debate on the National Youth Strategy ’23-‘27

YCC premises were open to host the local debate on the National youth strategy ’23-’27. Organized by the Agency of...

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March 6th, 2023

Center for Development of the Polog Region-Meeting

In the premises of YCC-Gostivar, the mayors and representatives of the municipalities of the Polog region held a meeting.At the...

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February 2023

February 28th, 2023

Debate School-Youth Debate with the Mayor

Organized Youth Association started organizing public debates within the project "Through debate to increasing transparency", the first of which took...

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February 25th, 2023

Debate School Final Event

As well as all the previous sessions, YCC hosted the closing event for Debate School. During the period of debate...

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February 21st, 2023

Advocacy Plan Development

YCC hosted two workshops on the topic of Advocacy Plan Development for young people from the Gostivar area. Participants in...

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February 17th, 2023

Social Justice-Youth Debate

The Youth and Community Center was open for high school students for the purpose of a youth debate. This youth...

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February 13th, 2023

Fake News-Youth Debate

The Youth and Community Center hosted a very well-attended event organized by the Centre for Common Ground CCG. This event...

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February 7th, 2023

Info Session on the role, function, and significance of the Local Youth Council

On the 7th of February, the YCC staff together with the Municipal Youth Officer and the members of the newly...

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January 2023

January 27th, 2023

Premiere of the Documentary "Gostivar, City of Culture and Coexistence"

This was the final event of the project Culture Relations Platform: Culture and Traditions in Gostivar. Firstly, part of the...

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January 25th, 2023

UpShift Info Session

Our premises were open for high school students from all local high schools for the purpose of an info session...

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January 24th, 2023

“Let’s talk about the challenges and North Macedonia’s future ahead” with the US Ambassador in Skopje, H.E. Angela Price Aggeler

The discussion, held at the YCC premises in Gostivar, brought together a diverse group of attendees, including government officials, representatives...

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January 20th, 2023

Constitutive session of the Local Youth Assembly

On the 20th of January, on the premises of the Youth and Community Center - YCC Gostivar, the constituent session...

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December 2022

December 24th, 2022

RoboKid 2022 Final Competition

RoboKid 2022 continued their hard work during the month of December as they approached their finals by the end of...

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December 15th, 2022

Young Men Initiative Program

The young men initiative program is a part of the project "Building healthy lifestyle for boys from Gostivar and Gjorche...

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December 14th, 2022

Visit from Linda Roth

A pleasant visit from the ex-CNN producer and Vital Voices chief communication officer and award-winning journalist, Linda Roth. Truly honored...

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December 10th, 2022

Debate School

Debate School is a series of ongoing workshops taking place at YCC. Through Debate School, the young people of Gostivar...

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December 9th, 2022

Roundtable on Raising awareness against violence against women within the campaign "I won't keep quiet"

The Municipality of Gostivar organized a round table on awareness against violence against women.The municipality of Gostivar in cooperation with...

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December 9th, 2022

Hear the Voice of the Youth

"Hear the Voice of the Youth" was the topic for the workshop in which students of the gymnasium took part....

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December 7th, 2022

Friendship Through Sports

This interesting event was the final event of the project “Friendship through sports” in the framework of the project “Building...

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December 6th, 2022

CNVP Info Session

Our doors were open to hosting an info session by CNVP on the topic “Sustainable use of natural resources for...

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December 3rd, 2022

Tribune and Projection of the short film "The Witness"

The Municipality of Gostivar organized a tribune and presented the short film "The Witness", inspired by a true story of...

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December 2nd, 2022

PUNCTUM International Photography Festival

The first day of the first edition of the Punctum Festival named “Where did the dreams remain” was located at...

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November 2022

November 24th, 2022

Workshop on the topic of “Stereotypes, prejudices, discrimination and hate speech”

On the 24th of November, high school students from the Gostivar Gymnasium attended a workshop on the topic of “Stereotypes,...

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November 18th, 2022

Workshop on Public Speaking

One outstanding activity was the workshop implemented by our soon-to-be Peace Corps volunteer and current trainee - Jake Long. This...

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October 2022

October 21st, 2022

Celebration on the occasion of October 23rd

YCC hosted an event that was a celebration for the anniversary on the occasion of October 23rd i.e. the Day...

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October 19th, 2022

Trade Chamber Meeting

We hosted representatives of different local businesses for the purpose of a meeting organized by the Trade Chamber.

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October 8th, 2022

Youth Debate

The Youth Debate we hosted was a final event for the end of module 1 of the Local Youth Participation...

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October 7th, 2022

October 11th Celebration

On the occasion of October 11th, teachers and students from the gymnasium organized a celebration for the anniversary of the...

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October 5th, 2022

Vaccination/Immunization Workshop

We hosted a workshop facilitated by a university professor for the medical staff of the city hospital on the subject...

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October 1st, 2022

Robokid 2022

After many delays because of the corona pandemic, YEP finally started off their Robokid project at our premises. This project...

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September 2022

September 30th, 2022

Local Youth Strategy - Focus Group

A Focus Group on the Local Youth Strategy was organized by the Coalition of Youth Organizations – SEGA within the...

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September 29th, 2022

Book Promotion "The Light of the World"

Our fellow citizen and author Aleksandar Mihajlovich promoted his latest work of art at our premises. It’s a series of...

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September 24th, 2022

Youth in Action

The Youth debate “Youth in action” was a follow-up activity organized within the project Local Youth Participation Matters implemented by...

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September 22nd, 2022

Gostivar calls: Come to the Mountain

A very well-visited and interesting event was this promo event organized by the Association for Democratic Initiatives ADI, called “Gostivar...

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September 13th, 2022

IDSCS Focus Group

Youth and Community center hosted a focus group by the Institute for Democracy “Societas Civilis” Skopje (IDSCS) on the topic...

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September 3rd, 2022

Women Mountaineer Leaders Training

Two sessions of all-day training for women mountaineer leaders, organized by the Federation for Mountaineering Alpinism of North Macedonia were...

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August 2022

August 19th, 2022

Workshop-Women's Role in Prevention of Extreme Violent External Influence

A workshop “Women's role in the prevention of extreme violent external influence” was organized by MYLA Association. Facilitated by three...

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August 5th, 2022

Inter-Religious Cooperation for a Sustainable Community-Focus Group

Focus Group organized by the Center for Education and Development-CED. This meeting was within the framework of the project “Inter-religious...

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July 2022

July 30th, 2022

Volleyball Tournament

The final activity of the Use It 2 Initiative, in partnership with OYA within the framework of the Young Cities,...

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July 18th, 2022

Premiere of the Documentary “How Does It Feel to be Bullied?”

We proudly presented to the citizens of our city the premiere of the documentary “How Does It Feel to be...

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July 13th, 2022

WeUnity Camp

One outstanding activity was the WeUnity summer camp located in Popova Shapka and implemented within the Young Cities Program. It...

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July 5th, 2022

Youth Priorities and Recommendations

"Youth priorities and recommendations" was a debate including representatives of the participants of Young Cities and the Mayor. This debate...

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July 5th, 2022

Panel Discussion

As part of the Young Cities Project in partnership with the Environmental Youth Organization-EYO, there was a Panel Discussion organized...

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July 2nd, 2022

Local Youth Participation Matters-Workshop

At the YCC premises, 6 workshops on Local Youth Participation Matters were successfully implemented, counting up to 20 participants i.e....

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June 2022

June 22nd, 2022

Differences Bring Us Together

The Youth and Community Center hosted two very interesting workshops in favor of the “Anisija” Association on a project named...

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June 21st, 2022

Painting/Beautifying a Public Sports Court

The Use It team in partnership with OYA and with a lot of help from Gostivar youth, for the second...

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June 21st, 2022

Youth Agents of Change

Youth Agents of Change was a networking event/info session conducted by representatives of the Center for Intercultural Dialogue. Young members...

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June 17th, 2022

Workshop Peer Act

The second Peer Act Workshop was supported by Volunteers Center Skopje – VCS and European Peer Training Organization – a...

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June 16th, 2022

English Club Program

English Club was successfully accomplished, counting 10 sessions in total. Tutored by a Peace Corps Volunteer Liz Byron via Zoom...

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June 15th, 2022

Pre-premiere of the Documentary " How does it feel to be bullied? "

A very interesting and well-attended event was the pre-premiere of the documentary “How does it feel to be bullied?”, which...

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June 13th, 2022

Meeting with Peace Corps North Macedonia

YCC staff have had the honor of hosting a meeting of the Peace Corps North Macedonia team led by the...

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June 3rd, 2022

Center for Development of the Polog Region

Our premises were open for a meeting among Gostivar and Tetovo's mayors and principals of other institutions of these two...

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May 2022

May 20th, 2022

Youth Policy and Engagement Forum

YCC was part of an exceptional event- The Youth and Engagement Forum, and we were thrilled to be hosting our...

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May 7th, 2022

Youth Policy and Engagement Workshop

The Youth Community Centre organized a one-day workshop on Youth Policy and Engagement, prior to the Youth Policy and Engagement...

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April 2022

April 27th, 2022

Training for Professional Orientation and Career Planning of High School Students

Youth and Community Center was open for training for professional orientation and career planning of high school students. Over twenty...

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April 24th, 2022

Painting Workshop-UseIt 2 Initiative

UseIt 2 Initiative, within the framework of the Young Cities project, organized this exceptional event in our city park. Over...

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April 16th, 2022

Train the Messengers-Workshops

UseIt 2 team in the framework of the Young Cities program organized a wonderful two-day seminar including two separate workshops....

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April 6th, 2022

Public Debate on Right to Access to Public Information

YCC hosted this event in favor of the Association for Democratic Initiatives and USAID. The aim of this debate was...

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March 2022

March 31st, 2022

Visit of the MP’s from the Club for Youth Affairs and Policies WFD

MPs from the Club for Youth Affairs and Policies in North Macedonia spent the day in Gostivar looking into good...

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March 26th, 2022

Training on Good governance, Accountability and Activism

Women from municipal councils and administration, coming from Municipality of Gostivar and Municipality of Vrapcishte, successfully completed the training organized...

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March 21st, 2022

Educational Eco Workshop

YCC hosted a workshop for the youngest representatives of our community. Participants on this workshop on Eco Education were primary...

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March 12th, 2022

Interpersonal Communication-Training

The Youth and Community Center was open for training organized by the Center for Youth Education and Mediation CYEM. Two...

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March 11th, 2022

Networking Event for the project “Local Youth Participation Matters”

YCC had the pleasure of hosting the Networking event implemented within the framework of the project (Local) Youth Participation Matters....

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March 8th, 2022

RoboKid Course

Robokid course was delivered through six workshops, implemented by the Youth Empowerment Platform (YEP). This project introduced students to the...

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February 2022

February 25th, 2022

Youth in Sports-Youth Debate

Youth and Community Center hosted a youth debate on “Youth in Sports”. Young participants heard inspiring words from well-known names...

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February 18th, 2022

“Let’s talk about corruption” with the US Ambassador H.E. Kate Marie Byrnes

The YCC staff were truly honored to host the US Ambassador H.E. Kate Marie Byrnes at the discussion “Let’s talk...

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February 8th, 2022

Break the Bias-Public Debate on Gender Equality

Youth and Community Center hosted a public debate "Break the Bias" for International Women's Day 2022. The debate was about...

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December 2021

December 27th, 2021

Shooting of a Play

YCC premises were open for the needs of the students from the Economic High School for the purpose of shooting...

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December 18th, 2021

Creative Expressions Program 2021

The Creative Expressions Program was delivered in 15 sessions for participants on ages 14 to 18. This program gives Gostivar's...

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December 3rd, 2021

Exhibition-Final Event by Dunek Team

The Youth and Community center hosted an art showcase which was the final event by the team Dunek. 27 young...

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December 1st, 2021

Workshop on Implementation of the National Plan for Reintegration, Resocialization and Rehabilitation

YCC hosted a workshop on the Implementation of the National Plan for Reintegration, Resocialization, and Rehabilitation at the municipal level....

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November 2021

November 26th, 2021

Media Television Markets in the US

Youth and Community Center had the pleasure of hosting a workshop on the topic of Media Television Markets in the...

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November 20th, 2021

Breakfree Premiere and Lost Opportunities Art Exhibition

YCC hosted the final activities of team Breakfree. Students from our local high schools attended the premiere of the short...

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November 19th, 2021

Social Anxiety as a Result of the Direct and Indirect Bullying Among Youth

In this workshop, many students of Gostivar secondary schools had the opportunity to get informed about the problem of social...

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November 16th, 2021

Info Session for young people by RYCO

YCC hosted an info session where many young people from Gostivar had the opportunity to get acquainted with the goals,...

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November 11th, 2021

Young Cities Showcase Expo

The Youth and Community Center staff had the pleasure to co-host and attend the Young Cities Showcase Expo, where the...

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October 2021

October 30th, 2021

Elevator Pitch-Training

YCC hosted the groups of young people from Gostivar engaged in Young Cities program, for the purpose of training/preparation for...

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October 28th, 2021

From Inbox, To Square - Public Exhibition

Youth activists from the Center for Equal Opportunities Mollekuquja who participated in the Young Cities program - SEEN campaign, organized...

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September 2021

September 27th, 2021

Meeting with representatives from Wien Work

YCC staff had the pleasure of hosting representatives of the Wien Work organization coming from Vienna Austria. This visit was...

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September 21st, 2021

Screening of the documentary film “City of Ali”

The Youth and Community Center and The US Embassy North Macedonia organized a screening of the documentary film “City of...

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September 11th, 2021

Online Harassment on Social Media

The Center for Equal Opportunities "Mollekuqja" organized the workshop "Online Harassment on Social Media", an activity that is part of...

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August 2021

August 30th, 2021

WeCan Youth Camp 2

In the period from 27 to 30 August, the We Can team from Gostivar within the Young Cities program and...

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August 25th, 2021

Basketball Tournament

The Use It team organized a basketball tournament as an opening act for the newly painted and beautified field in...

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August 20th, 2021

Beautifying a Basketball Court

This wonderful work was delivered by High-School students, who were trained in our Painting Workshop. The basketball court painted is...

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August 13th, 2021

Paint Workshop

This Paint Workshop was one of the most beautiful activities that happened in our city in a long time. 20...

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August 11th, 2021

Volunteering and Social Activism Workshop

Young people from Gostivar and the surrounding area had a unique opportunity to discuss the importance of civic activism, volunteerism,...

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August 10th, 2021

Train the Trainers-Workshop

17 young people from Gostivar had the opportunity to attend this 3-day seminar where they learned a lot about vandalism,...

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July 2021

July 30th, 2021

Young Cities - Gostivar Workshop for Digital Security

About the programme:Young Cities, in partnership with Democracy Lab, is launching its 2020 programme for youth in North Macedonia that...

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July 5th, 2021

Book Promotion "The Atlas of Secrets"

YCC was open to hosting the promotion of the book “The Atlas of Secrets” by Dejan Krsteski, who is a...

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June 2021

June 28th, 2021

Youth Innovation Lab - Youth for Social Change Training Programme

The YCC staff had the pleasure to co-organize and co-coordinate the second Youth Innovation Lab - Youth for Social Change...

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June 26th, 2021

KINTSUGI Ceramics Restoration Workshop

YCC hosted two KINTSUGI workshops for participants interested in art. KINTSUGI is the art of restoring ceramic objects using urushi...

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June 19th, 2021

Peaceful Walk About the Environment

The initiative, a Peaceful Walk About the Environment was implemented as a follow-up activity of the Youth Civil Activism Camp,...

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June 14th, 2021

Media and Information Literacy

YCC hosted a workshop on Media and Information Literacy supported by CFI Media Development. The 'media and development' program seeks...

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May 2021

May 29th, 2021

Women in Business

Starting March 20th, the participants of the "Women in Business" project have attended a full 80-hour session on the topic...

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May 29th, 2021

Anti-Bullying Performance

Team Impact had their last activity as a part of their Anti-Bullying campaign, which they have been working on for...

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May 5th, 2021

WeCan Summer Camp 2021

Team We Can were hosting a 4-day long summer camp to encourage youth civic engagement and activism in their community....

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April 2021

April 29th, 2021

The Book is our Greatest Treasure

Association for culture, sports, and education "Anisija" organized a workshop on the topic "The book is our greatest treasure". Many...

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March 2021

March 23rd, 2021

Exit the Tunnel-Dunek Group

Group Dunek successfully played their theater performance "Exit the tunnel" as part of their campaign "Gender equality is a human...

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February 2021

February 12th, 2021

Let's Stop Bullying in Our High Schools

Within the project Young Cities, implemented by ISD and Democracy Lab, the Impact group - Bullying is not cool successfully...

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February 10th, 2021

Piloting Supported Employment Services for Youth in North Macedonia

The Youth and Community Center staff successfully held an online presentation as part of the coaching sessions, implemented within the...

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December 2020

December 14th, 2020

Fighting Environmental Corruption at the Local Level: Discover, Analyse, Strengthen!

EUROTHINK-Center for European Strategies organized a presentation of the research findings within the project “Fighting Environmental Corruption at the Local...

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November 2020

November 20th, 2020

Fake News Related to COVID-19

The Center for Common Ground organized a Youth Debate on the topic “The influence of fake news – related to...

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October 2020

October 19th, 2020

Youth Innovation Lab

The YCC had the pleasure of hosting and co-organizing the 4-day Youth Innovation Lab - Campaign Training Programme, in the...

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October 3rd, 2020

Assistance and Psychological Support to Young People during COVID-19

The Youth and Community Center and the Organized Youth Association organized four sessions of interactive educational workshops on the topic...

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March 2020

March 9th, 2020

Movie Night

YMLP and GLOW clubs once again joined forces and organized this event at the YCC premises. The movie night was...

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March 6th, 2020

Teen Talks

Teen Talks is a platform organized by the Union of High School Students. This time Teen Talks took place at...

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March 4th, 2020

IPARD Program Presentation

The YCC premises were open to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Water Economy of North Macedonia which had a...

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February 2020

February 29th, 2020

Yep Talks to Arlind Musliu

The YEP members, at the premises of the YCC, implemented one of their YEP Talks series of events, where influential...

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February 26th, 2020

Culture of Healthy Living

The Youth and Community Center hosted a workshop on the topic of the culture of healthy living. Students from Gostivar...

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February 24th, 2020

A Workshop and a Debate-Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities ISSH Skopje

The YCC staff in collaboration with representatives from the Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities Skopje co-organized and implemented two...

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February 21st, 2020

Cultural Outreach Event

The YCC hosted the gathering and networking event of the Cultural Outreach Activity using Arts, implemented by the Centre for...

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February 15th, 2020

Footprint Carbon Workshop

YMLP and GLOW organized a workshop at the premises of the Youth and Community Center on the topic of footprint...

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February 3rd, 2020

"Click Plus Youth" Debate Show

Click Plus is a famous Debate Show broadcasted on national television TV 21, and it is implementing a series of...

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January 2020

January 27th, 2020

Football All Star League and Volleyball Tournament

This was the final event of the High School Sports League, a project implemented by the Organized Youth Associaton and...

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June 2019

June 29th, 2019

IT Course – Programming Basics in C++ third session

On the third session of the IT course in C++, the attendees were able to get even more in-depth knowledge...

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June 29th, 2019

Inspiring a Generation - Reading Club

The Reading Club was inspired while working on the Inspiring a Generation project where high school students were teachers of...

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June 27th, 2019

Peace Corps North Macedonia - Info session

The Peace Corps North Macedonia invited the citizens of Gostivar to part take in their info session where they explained...

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June 24th, 2019

Union of High Shool Students - Meeting

The Youth and Community Center helped the Union of High School Students organize their hour-and-a-half-long meeting with the representatives from...

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June 22nd, 2019

IT Course – Programming Basics in C++ second session

On the second day of the IT Course Programming Basics in C++ the participants were able to gain new knowledge...

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June 22nd, 2019

Inspiring a generation project - final activity and presentations

YEP's Inspiring a generation project was concluded with a Final Presentation and Certificates Awarding Ceremony for successful completion of the...

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June 21st, 2019

"Let's Talk About Democracy" with Charge d'Affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Skopje, Micaela Schweizer - Bluhm

It is well known that the US Democracy managed to be as consistent as it is mostly because the people...

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June 19th, 2019

YEP Talks with Sefer Selimi Jr.

Another event of the series of motivational speeches already well known under the name YEP Talks was held. This time...

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June 17th, 2019

Training with Police Officers on Preventing/Countering Violent Extremism

The Institute for Peace, Security, and Policy Research – Konica, organized the event “Countering Violent Extremism and Radicalism”- a training...

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June 15th, 2019

IT Course – Programming Basics in C++

WELCOME to the first Saturday of the free training for high school graduates who would like to continue their undergraduate...

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June 15th, 2019

American Film Showcase - "20 Feet From Stardom" documentary - Meeting with the director/editor Doug Blush

The American Film Showcase of the 2013 Oscar-Winning documentary: 20 Feet From Stardom was an enormous success that provided guests...

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June 15th, 2019

Inspiring a Generation project - last session

Today was the last session of the project Inspiring a Generation. The facilitators and the students went through everything that...

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June 6th, 2019

Video shooting and interviews with YCC staff and volunteers

Representatives from OSCE visited our center for video shooting and conducting interviews with YCC staff and part of the volunteers...

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June 1st, 2019

Focus Groups on the topic Migration of youth

During this month, at the YCC premises were held 5 Focus groups and one interview for the purposes of a...

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June 1st, 2019

Inspiring a Generation project - second session

‘’You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough’’, and the greatest thing about teaching real...

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May 2019

May 27th, 2019

YCC kids movie time

The participants of the YCC Leadership program, as part of their Community Project activity, organized a two days Movie Time...

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May 25th, 2019

Inspiring a Generation project - first session

Today, YEP members officially started the project InspiringAgeneration as part of their general action plan for MyCityMyPride. They had classes...

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May 23rd, 2019

Presentation on Smart Tourism Enhancement Project - STEP

Today, a presentation on Smart Tourism Enhancement Project – STEP was held at YCC, the members of the STEP network...

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May 18th, 2019

Info Session - Inspiring a Generation project

YEP started implementing the project Inspiring a Generation within their overall action called My City My Pride. The aim of...

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May 11th, 2019

YEP's regular meeting

YEP members continued with their regular weekly meetings where they discuss and prepare for their current and future activities. During...

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May 4th, 2019

YEP Talks with Arianit Reka

Youth Empowerment Platform (YEP) continued implementing its YEP Talks series of events in which motivational speeches are given by influential...

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May 2nd, 2019

Workshop "Dialogue with the community" within the project Community Perspectives on the Prevention of Violent Extremism in North Macedonia

Democracy Lab organized a workshop called Dialogue with the Community within the project Community Perspectives on the Prevention of Violent...

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May 2nd, 2019

"Let's talk about European Union" with Ambassador of the European Union in North Macedonia, H.E. Samuel Zbogar

Another very important and well attended event that was implemented this month was the Let’s Talk About…European Union debate in...

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April 2019

April 27th, 2019

"Different" - Presentation on Architecture

“Different” was called the presentation that was organized by MELEEM Skopje Skopje which is an NGO that wants to recognize,...

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April 24th, 2019

"Let's talk about Fake News" with Laura Brown – Public Affairs Officer at the US Embassy in Skopje

Democracy Lab – YCC and Organized Youth Association (OYA) continued implementing their monthly series of debates/public discussions called Let’s Talk...

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April 20th, 2019

"Techathon" competition

YCC was honored to host YEP’s Techathon competition which lasted for two days, or more precisely 34 hours. The aim...

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April 19th, 2019

Debate for Sport- Gostivar Youth Council and NGO Centre for Common Ground - Presentation about new campaign "New Heroes"

This event was organized by Gostivar Youth Council and NGO Centre for Common Ground. It was a debate about sports...

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April 17th, 2019

Info session/training - Regional Programme on Local Democracy in the Western Balkans (Reload)

During the month of April, YCC hosted and participated in three of UNDP’s Info/training sessions for the Reload Program which...

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April 13th, 2019

General Meeting - Union of High School Students

Today, at the YCC premises was held the second general meeting of all branches of the Union of High School...

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April 13th, 2019

TechUP Course final session

Youth Empowerment Platform (YEP) concluded the TechUP Course which was implemented within the framework of the Techathon project, for eight...

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April 13th, 2019

“We Vote, We Decide” presentation - Civic initiative "Avaja"

Another well-attended event was the “We Vote, We Decide” presentation, which was organized by the civic initiative AVAJA. This was...

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April 11th, 2019

YMLP&GLOW Summer Camps Information Session

YMLP&GLOW clubs organized the Info Session in which their representatives had a presentation about this year’s Summer Camps and the...

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April 6th, 2019

Gostronic - session 3

The Gostronic team continued with their work on their 3rd consecutive weekly meeting. The participants had the chance to practice...

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April 6th, 2019

Training on Project Writing by Sefer Selimi

This activity was aimed at the representatives of different NGOs, and young people who are interested to learn more about...

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March 2019

March 30th, 2019

Poetry Night "Projections Under the Same Sky Vol.10"

As usual, towards the end of the month Gostivar Youth Poets Club held their traditional monthly event, this was the...

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March 30th, 2019

Gostronic - session 2

The Gostronic group has continued with their work and they are getting better each week. In today's session, the participants...

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March 30th, 2019

YEP regular weekly meeting

Today YEP members had their regular weekly meeting where they discussed their implemented activities and planned out their future ones.

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March 23rd, 2019

Gostronic - session 1

Today, the newly created robotics group called Gostronic, started its work and will meet regularly to develop innovative and creative...

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March 23rd, 2019

YEP weekly meeting

YEP held its regular weekly meeting with its members. On these weekly meetings president of YEP together with the members...

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March 20th, 2019

Presentation - Meet New Opportunity, Meet EVS!

Erasmus is a gateway to the world. Because of this Volunteers Center Skopje - VCS promoted the Erasmus+ and EVS...

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March 16th, 2019

Meet a Soldier - Discussion Session with a team of soldiers from the US and North Macedonia

Today's event was called Meet a Soldier, which was a discussion session with a team of soldiers from the United...

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March 16th, 2019

"Intro to Robotics" Presentation

This presentation was aimed to inform young people about the purpose of this project and how they can contribute and...

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March 15th, 2019

Meeting of the working group for the formulation of the Strategy of the Local Youth Council of Municipality of Tetovo

A meeting was held by the working group for the formulation of the strategy of the Local Youth Council of...

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March 13th, 2019

YCC Meeting with partner NGOs and associates

Today was held a meeting between Democracy Lab - YCC and our partner NGOs from Gostivar, our associates, regular visitors,...

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March 12th, 2019

Introduction training/Meeting - Strengthening the resilience of local communities to violent extremism in North Macedonia

YCC's collaboration with the Centre for Common Ground an NGO based in Skopje which is implementing the National Counter Terrorism...

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March 9th, 2019

YEP Talks with Aziz Sulejmani

Today the YCC hosted another Yep Talks event, and this time the guest speaker was Aziz Sulejmani - a student...

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March 9th, 2019

Book Promotion - "Pikëbardha" by Sefer Selimi Jr.

YCC had the pleasure to host the first promotion of the book “Pikëbardha” by the author/poet Sefer Selimi Jr. The...

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March 8th, 2019

“Let’s talk about Women and Gender Equality” with civil society activists and Municipal Councilors

Having in mind that March marks the month of efforts for gender equality and that these efforts are focused on...

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March 7th, 2019

Information Session - Educational Exchange Programs and Scholarships in the US

Today, the YCC had the pleasure to host an Information Session that was facilitated by Gazmend Ilazi, Educational Affairs Assistant...

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March 6th, 2019

Creative Workshop for 8th of March with elementary school students

In the wake of March 8 – International Women’s Day, GosYC also organized a Creative Workshop with a multiethnic group...

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March 5th, 2019

"Say it" discussion series - session 3

"Say it" is a series of discussions where participants have the opportunity to discuss various general topics and topics related...

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March 2nd, 2019

Cultural manifestation “Albanian Poetry Day”

YCC in collaboration with Gostivar Youth Council hosted the third edition of the cultural manifestation “Albanian Poetry Day”, which was...

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March 2nd, 2019

My Future

"My Future" was another interesting and well-attended event, organized by YEP, in which high school students had the opportunity to...

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February 2019

February 28th, 2019

Poetry Night "Projections under the same sky vol. 9"

This time in a different way, members of the Gostivar youth poets club decided to make online poetry reading without...

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February 26th, 2019

"Say it" discussion series - session 2

Another session of the "Say it" discussion series with PCV Akshita Sankepally was held. Participants gathered and discussed today’s topic...

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February 23rd, 2019

TechUP Course

Today YEP started with the implementation of the TechUP course and it held its first session of it. The course...

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February 23rd, 2019

Regional meeting of the Union of High School Students

Today, the regional meeting of the Union of High School Students was held at the YCC premises. At this meeting...

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February 22nd, 2019

YEP Movie Night for kids

The Small Foot movie was the choice of the members of YEP and this was another Movie night they successfully...

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February 19th, 2019

"Say it" discussion series - session 1

"Say it" is a series of discussions facilitated by the Peace Corps Volunteer Akshita Sankepally and implemented by YEP. The...

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February 11th, 2019

Panel discussion "Science Needs Women" - International Day of Women and Girls in Science

This event was actually an open debate/discussion and it was organized by the Gostivar Youth Council to mark the international...

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February 7th, 2019

"Let's Talk About Culture, challenges and opportunities" with the Minister of Culture, Mr. Asaf Ademi

For this month’s event of the Let’s talk about debate series, our guest was the Minister of Culture Mr. Asaf...

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February 6th, 2019

YMLP & GLOW "Leadership" Workshop

The Leadership workshop was organized by YMLP and GLOW clubs Gostivar. The participants had a lot of fun while learning...

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February 2nd, 2019

YEP Meeting

Another regular weekly YEP meeting was held today. Members of YEP used this meeting to talk about the next projects...

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February 1st, 2019

Presentation on topic: “Detecting different disorders in early childhood”

At our center was held a presentation on the topic of Detecting different disorders in early childhood. This presentation was...

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January 2019

January 31st, 2019

Projections under the same sky Vol.8

Gostivar Youth Poets Club organized their monthly regular event “Projections under the same sky Vol.8” It was a really special...

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January 29th, 2019

Regional Consultative Meeting on National Standards for Quality of Youth Work and the National Youth Work Portfolio

What should be done to ensure quality youth work? How can youth organizations and youth workers know what skills they...

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January 28th, 2019

Second session of the Music-Therapy, Psycho-Social Workshop for Children with Special Needs and Their Parents

Today, at the YCC premises it was held the second session of the Psycho–Social Workshop, which was implemented by the...

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January 17th, 2019

Art Showcase and Certificates awarding ceremony - Creative expression program final activity

Today YCC held the certificates awarding ceremony for our participants who successfully passed the Creative Expression program. They actively participated...

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January 8th, 2019

YEP Movie Night 2019

This was the first working day and the first event in 2019 after the holidays. For today YEP organized, Movie...

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December 2018

December 28th, 2018

Promotion of the book (monograph) “Construction system of the houses in the ‘Upper Reka’ Region”

We are glad that today for the first time at YCC we were able to host a book promotion. It...

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December 26th, 2018

OYART Exhibition

The “OYART Exhibition” was a continuity of the two-day Painting/Art Workshop which was previously implemented at YCC by OYA, where...

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December 26th, 2018

Music-Therapy, Psycho-Social Workshop for Children with Special Needs and Their Parents

Today we were honored to host the first session of the Psycho–Social Workshop, which was implemented by the local NGO...

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December 22nd, 2018

“Game Development” Presentation

The IT User Group Gostivar continued implementing their activities at YCC and this time they held a presentation on “Game...

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December 22nd, 2018

Team Building workshop

Today we had the opportunity to host another interesting and well-attended activity organized by the YMLP&GLOW Club – Gostivar. This...

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December 22nd, 2018

Painting/Art Workshop - OYART

We are glad to announce that for the first time at YCC, we were able to host a Painting/Art Workshop,...

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December 18th, 2018

Strengthening the Resilience of Local Communities to Violent Extremism in North Macedonia

YCC had the opportunity to host a coordinative meeting on “Strengthening the Resilience of Local Communities to Violent Extremism in...

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December 15th, 2018

YEP Talks with Merita Dema

It was another event of the YEP Talks, a series of Motivational Talks for Youth where this time the guest...

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December 13th, 2018

“Let’s Talk About… Perspectives for youth in Gostivar” with the Mayor Arben Taravari

On the second event of the series of debates already known as Let’s Talk About… we were honored to host...

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December 12th, 2018

Focus Group

Today we were able to help organize a focus group consisting of 8 male and female students from the Economic...

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December 11th, 2018

Visit by the British Embassy Officials

YCC was truly honored to host the British Embassy Officials, which on their visit to our city were also guests...

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December 8th, 2018

Web Scraping with Python

Youth and Community Center hosted a presentation on “Web Scraping with Python” that was facilitated by Veton Kaso and was...

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December 7th, 2018

Visit by the U.S. Embassy Skopje Officials

Today, we were honored to host the U.S. Embassy Skopje officials, which now as one of our main donors and...

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December 7th, 2018

Coffee Table Debate

YMLP&GLOW Club Gostivar, continued organizing their events at the premises of the Youth and Community Center. This time, we hosted...

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December 6th, 2018

YCC’s New Year Decoration Party

On this occasion, we had the pleasure of organizing the YCC’s New Year Decoration Party to which all of the...

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December 5th, 2018

High school students Play Rehearsal

Today at YCC we hosted a large group of high school students and their professors, which were having their general...

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December 1st, 2018

YEP Kids Movie Night

Youth Empowerment Platform (YEP) continued implementing the series of events known as YEP Movie Night. This time, our aim was...

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November 2018

November 30th, 2018

Poetry Night "Projections under the same sky Vol.6"

Named "Projections under the same sky Vol 6" was the event to celebrate the 6 months of the existence of...

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November 26th, 2018

Music Therapy and Psycho – Social Workshop for Children with Special Needs and their Parents

Today we were honored to host the first session of the Psycho–Social Workshop, which was implemented by the local NGO...

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November 24th, 2018

YEP Meeting and Game Night

YEP, held its regular meeting and it was about planning its next activities. This Saturday YEP also organized a different...

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November 24th, 2018

GLOW Henna & Karaoke Night

GLOW club prepared a very nice event called Henna and Karaoke night. Girls came here and started to paint decorations...

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November 23rd, 2018

Presentation on Erasmus+ Program

For the first time at YCC, we had an Erasmus+ presentation. This presentation was aimed at youth to find out...

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November 17th, 2018

YEP Talks with Sam Blurton

This time the guest speaker at the YEP Talks event was Sam Blurton. He talked about his experience as a...

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November 12th, 2018

Meeting - Visit by the U.S. Embassy in Skopje and the Department of State Officials

Today we had the second visit this month by the U.S. Embassy and the Department of State officials. Our executive...

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November 12th, 2018

"Let's Talk About… debate series" with Ivana Tufegdzic and Blazhen Maleski

On the first event of the "Let's talk about...debate series our guests were Ivana Tufegdzic, the youngest member of the...

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November 10th, 2018

"Identity Symbols" Workshop

After today's Movie night, it was time for the workshop named Identity Symbols organized by YMLP and GLOW. This workshop...

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November 10th, 2018

YEP Movie Night

Youth have spent a great time here today, thanks to the beautiful movie which they chose to watch. Wonderful atmosphere...

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November 3rd, 2018

YEP meeting - Debate Club, Prove us Wrong activity

Prove us Wrong activity was organized by YEP and its members. In this very interesting and dynamic debate participated a...

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November 2nd, 2018

Visit by the U.S. Embassy and the Department of State Officials

The YCC today was visited by representatives from the US Embassy in Skopje and the Department of State Officials. Despite...

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October 2018

October 31st, 2018

Halloween Party – Spooky Trivia Night

The YMLP&GLOW Clubs – Gostivar, utilized YCC’s space to organize a Halloween Party and Spooky Trivia Night, where a lot...

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October 26th, 2018

Poetry Night “Projections Under the Same Sky Vol.5”

YCC had the pleasure to host the fifth installment of the Gostivar Youth Poets’ Club, Projections Under the Same Sky....

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October 22nd, 2018

“Strengthening the Capacities of the Competent Institutions to Provide Effective Protection on the Victims of Gender-Based and Domestic violence, according to Istanbul Convention”

Youth and Community Center hosted a two-day training, on “Strengthening the Capacities of the Competent Institutions to Provide Effective Protection...

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October 16th, 2018

YCC Movie Night

We are proudly announcing that today at YCC we organized our very first Movie Night, with the idea of continuing...

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October 13th, 2018

YEP Talks with Arianit Xhaferi

Youth Empowerment Platform (YEP) implemented their second event of the series of motivational speeches called YEP Talks in which influential...

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October 9th, 2018

“Life Challenges” Play - Meeting and rehearsal with high school students

Youth and Community Center had the opportunity to host high school students, their professors, and coordinators for two days in...

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October 1st, 2018

Speaker Event with Mr. Paul Turner

Democracy Lab – YCC in partnership with US Embassy in Macedonia organized a presentation on the topic of Preventing Violent...

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September 2018

September 21st, 2018

IMPROV with GLOW and YMLP clubs

Gostivar’s YMLP&GLOW Clubs continued implementing their activities at the Youth and Community Center. This time they were able to organize...

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September 18th, 2018

YEP Talks with Visar Ademi

YEP – Youth Empowerment Platform in collaboration with YCC – Gostivar organized a speaker event, it was the first, of...

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September 17th, 2018

Become a Leader

Local youth clubs YMLP and GLOW organized an event called “Become a Leader” where all high school students were invited...

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September 11th, 2018

YCC Opening Ceremony

On September 11, the Youth and Community Center  hosted its opening ceremony, inviting local members of the community and its...

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