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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. Three project winners were chosen from each country: From Bosnia and Herzegovina: Centar 72 aims to solve community problems within 72 hours. Šta se može uraditi? translates to "What can be done?"

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Nonprofit Technology News for May 2014

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The Microsoft Imagine Cup is a student competition to create innovative IT projects and ultimately bring those ideas to market. Very sophisticated for a student team. The New York City-based nonprofit Spare Change is developing a smartphone app that will soon launch. Find out more on this new service here.

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Beijing 2008 Olympics Potential Catalyst for Human Rights

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Requests for change are coming from within China as well. According to the Students for Free Tibet International 's blog, the Chinese government arrested a Chinese activist, Yang Chunlin, who had collected 10,000 signatures for a petition entitled, “We want human rights, not the Olympics.”

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Solutionary Women: Heddy Nam

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I came across her work while researching examples of nonprofits using the social web for social change for NetSquared and am looking forward to meeting her in person when she speaks at the NetSquared Conference next week. Heddy also writes for the Global Youth Fund blog. They would rather opt for MTV.

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