On July 4, 2016, Bosnia and Herzegovina signed the Agreement on the Establishment of the Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO) at the Summit of the Prime Ministers of the Western Balkan Countries in Paris. The RYCO’s mission is to support regional exchange of youth and their ideas, underlying future cooperation based on the values of co-existence, tolerance and respect for human rights and differences, intensification of regional cooperation of both youth and institutions dealing with youth, as well as securing the implementation of joint youth programmes on the principles of democratic governance, sustainable economic development, education and innovations, and youth cooperation coordination on the Western Balkans.