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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.

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10NTC: Are Nonprofits the New International Correspondents?

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We ate at Six Feet Under , a delightful seafood restaurant overlooking the famous Oakland Cemetery. TechSoup's Carlos Bergfeld was there too, as well as TechSoup forum host Robert Weiner. The discussion wandered from writing to advocacy to curating to poetry to copyright.

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Hackathons for Good: Techies, Thinkers, and Activists Unite

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or Code for Oakland ). Serbia) in partnership with TechSoup Global and Zasto ne (Bosnia and Herzegovina). There are many different types of hackathons: from company hackathons (such as Facebook's All-Night Hackathon ) to government improvement hackathons (like #HackWeTrust. The project is run by Fundacja TechSoup and Dokukino.