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Fighting for Civic Transparency with Technology in the Western Balkans

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Through technology, data, and resource-sharing, Community Boost_r seeks to empower Balkan citizens to voice their opinions, demand solutions to everyday problems, and stay informed on accountability and transparency issues. This past spring, FTS was on the ground in the Western Balkans, helping organize the Community Boost_r Challenge.

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Hackathons for Good: Techies, Thinkers, and Activists Unite

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Microsoft's International Women's Hackathon challenged female developers to combat issues like human trafficking through new mobile apps and web programs. The events challenged participants to brainstorm and code mash-ups of WorldCat, the world's largest bibliographic database, with other web services.

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Nonprofit Technology News for November 2013

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The tool will allow hackers and coders to get up to speed before the hackathon by reading problem statements written from the perspective of the people who are working to solve social problems on the ground: NGOs and activists. They can go straight to work to create useful apps and other tools for solving social problems.

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