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Using Technology to Build a More Accountable Bosnia and Herzegovina

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"), have risen as leaders in grassroots organizing and civic activism in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). was the pre-election campaign in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2006. The civic movement he started, Dosta! “Enough!” ” in Serbian), and its parent organization, Zašto ne? "Why not?"),

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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. The submitted projects were shared in a project gallery on the Community Boost_r website where the public could vote on their favorite project. Based on the number of votes, seven projects from each country were chosen.

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Hackathons for Good: Techies, Thinkers, and Activists Unite

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When you hear the term "hackathon," you might imagine a group of coders getting together to break into a protected website or engaging in some other shady activity. AT&T is very active in the hackthon space, holding weekend events for mobile app creation. Library Hackathons. The ReStart Challenges.

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Interview with Zainab Salbi, Founder of Women for Women International

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You can also listen to the interview on the Big Vision Podcast site , download it from iTunes , or play it on the little player below: Zainab Salbi: Women for Women International aims at helping women move from victims, to survivors, to active participants. Our country director in Bosnia was a survivor of the four-year siege of Sarajevo.

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Solutionary Women: Heddy Nam

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Later, they learned that it happened again and again – in the cases of Cambodia, Bosnia and Rwanda - and it was still happening but nobody was doing anything about it. Politicians do have a responsibility to improve society as public servants, but ordinary people also have an individual responsibility to be informed and engaged citizens.

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