June 7, 2026
News/Events Success Stories The Secretariat WBF-IVF Fellowship

Western Balkans – Visegrad Fellowship (3rd Call) closes with 148 applicants

Today, the Western Balkans Fund and the Visegrad Fund officially closed the third Call for Proposals of the Western Balkansโ€“Visegrad Fellowship Programme, marking another important milestone for academic and scientific.

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Gender Equality Fund News/Events Success Stories Swiss Cooperation Programme The Secretariat

Montenegrin Presidency 2026: Commited to boost further regional cooperation

Remarks of Ms. Vana Vojinovic, representing the Montenegrin 2026 Presidency of the Western Balkans Fund, at the kick-off of the second stage of cooperation between WBF and Swiss Government. AS.

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Gender Equality Fund News/Events Success Stories Swiss Cooperation Programme The Secretariat

Press Release l WBF-Switzerland kick-off the 2nd phase of the cooperation programe

Tirana, 8 May 2026 | Today, at a ceremony organised at the Swiss Embassy in Tirana, the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and the Western Balkans Fund officially.

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Lead Balkans News/Events Success Stories The Secretariat

#LeadBalkans inspires | “Success” Storytelling puts successful diaspora leaders on the spotlight

During the evening session of the #LeadBalkans โ€“ Regional Leaders of Diaspora Conference, the spotlight turned to seven diaspora leaders whose professional journeys reflect the scale of Western Balkans talent.

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Education & Research News/Events Podgorica Success Stories

A regional platform for childhood cancer survivors

Childhood cancer is not just a medical battle fought in hospital rooms, itโ€™s a test of courage that reshapes entire families. While chemotherapy and surgery attack the disease, itโ€™s the.

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News/Events Sarajevo Success Stories The Secretariat

WBF Champion of Regional Cooperation 2025 | Women Leadership Category

๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ฌ๐ฒ๐œ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ โ€œ๐’๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌโ€ With 1,200 public votes cast and the decision of our professional jury, we are proud to announce the winner: Centar za psiholoลกku podrลกku Sensus. Based.

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News/Events Success Stories The Secretariat

WBF Champion of Regional Cooperation 2025 | Innovation Category

๐Š๐จ๐ฌฬŒ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐š๐ฌฬŒ๐ค๐ข ๐Š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐› ๐Ž๐‹๐˜๐Œ๐ | ๐๐ข๐ค๐ฌฬŒ๐ข๐œฬ With 1,200 public votes casted and the decision of our professional jury, we are proud to announce the winner: K.K. Olymp. Based in Nikลกiฤ‡, with.

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News/Events Success Stories The Secretariat

WBF Champion of Regional Cooperation 2025 | Grassroot and Community Engagement Award

๐ˆ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐’๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ฒ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž โ€œ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐Š๐จ๐ค๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ขโ€ Based on almost 1,200 public votes casted and the decision of our professional jury, we are proud to announce the winner of the.

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7th Call for Proposals Cultural Cooperation Education & Research News/Events Prishtina Success Stories

Astronomy as an engine of regional cooperation

Just one day after hiking up to 2,000 m, a WBF project reached even higher, straight to the stars! Thanks to the initiative of the Astronomy Club of Kosovo and.

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7th Call for Proposals Cultural Cooperation News/Events Skopje Success Stories

“Father and Father” drama in Prilep

โ€œFather and Fatherโ€, seemingly a drama about the ordinary struggles of a family, gradually reveals a shocking story and a profound social trauma: A wound left unhealed, holding its characters.

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Belgrade Education & Research MOVE Grants News/Events Success Stories

Promoting paralympic sports and athletes regionally

Empowered by a WBF Move Grant, Darko Petroviฤ‡ from ฤŒaฤak, a long-standing advocate for persons with disabilities, conducted an in-depth regional analysis on the challenges and current state of Paralympic.

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7th Call for Proposals Cultural Cooperation Education & Research News/Events Skopje Success Stories

Danica, Sara and Matea: Youth People, key to Europeanisation of the Balkans

Danica Sretkovska, Sara Neskovska, and Matea Kargovska are three young activists and researchers, actively engaged in leading civil society organisations in North Macedonia. They participated in the project โ€œYouth for.

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