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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. Image: Community Boost_r Facebook.

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Upwardly Global: Bridging the Opportunity Gap for Skilled Immigrants

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Although that plant was considered a model employer for refugees at the time, Jane met employees who included a former engineer from Iraq and a surgeon from Bosnia. All images used with permission of Upwardly Global © 2017. at their full potential. spanhidden.

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Hackathons for Good: Techies, Thinkers, and Activists Unite

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(Serbia) in partnership with TechSoup Global and Zasto ne (Bosnia and Herzegovina). Image credit: Hackathon, hackNY. The ReStart Challenges. are a TechSoup initiative in the Central and Eastern European region that supports citizens to harness technology and create a more open society.

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Nonprofit Technology News for May 2014

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Our TechSoup Global partners there are also working hard on disaster relief in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia through the Community Boost r program and also a project called Mapa Poplava. Images: Image one: Fog & The Bridge: Mohit Hingorani / CC BY. Image two: Crowdfunding: Lulu Pinny / CC BY. Image five: NTEN.

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

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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. Image: Digital Wallet, Shutterstock.

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Nonprofit Technology News for November 2013

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We are testing it out at hackathons this month in San Francisco and also in Sarajevo in Bosnia. Images: TechSoup Global and Nominet Trust. Hacker Helper is currently in beta. We will be launching the full version of the site in March at NTC, at a hackathon we are co-producing with Code for America.

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Nonprofit Technology News for April 2013

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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. Image: Digital Wallet, Shutterstock.

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