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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
October 19th, 2022
Trade Chamber Meeting
We hosted representatives of different local businesses for the purpose of a meeting organized by the Trade Chamber.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
June 17th, 2022
Workshop Peer Act
The second Peer Act Workshop was supported by Volunteers Center Skopje – VCS and European Peer Training Organization – a...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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