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Fighting for Civic Transparency with Technology in the Western Balkans

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The goal was to find the best web or mobile ideas for social projects in Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Serbia. From Serbia. The goal of OBJEKTIVno bolje is to stop hateful graffiti in Serbia. This past spring, FTS was on the ground in the Western Balkans, helping organize the Community Boost_r Challenge. Niš 2.0

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Hackathons for Good: Techies, Thinkers, and Activists Unite

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Random Hacks of Kindness (RHoK) is a global-wide community of hackers and social leaders with the common goal of building open technology for a better world. The District of Columbia Public Library has held as series of Accessibility Hackathons. Serbia) in partnership with TechSoup Global and Zasto ne (Bosnia and Herzegovina).

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Nonprofit Technology News for May 2013: Free WiFi in Forbes Magazine and Braille Phones

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Accessibility. Fundacja TechSoup in Poland, in a close partnership with Dokukino and other local organizations from the Western Balkans, has launched open challenges for the best technology-based social projects that address transparency and accountability issues in the the Bosnia and Hercegovina, Kosovo, and Serbia.

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