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Using Technology to Build a More Accountable Bosnia and Herzegovina

Tech Soup

"), 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. In the meantime, social media and new technologies continue to drive the work of these organizations building a stronger civic society in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Fighting for Civic Transparency with Technology in the Western Balkans

Tech Soup

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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Upwardly Global: Bridging the Opportunity Gap for Skilled Immigrants

Tech Soup

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. The organization was originally founded to fill a specific gap in immigrant and refugee services after Jane Leu, UpGlo's founder, took a tour of a poultry plant.

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Hackathons for Good: Techies, Thinkers, and Activists Unite

Tech Soup

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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Win 2 Tickets to the Global Fund for Women 20th Anniversary Gala

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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the Honorable President of Liberia, as well as women leaders from Colombia, South Africa, Malaysia, Liberia, Bosnia/Herzogovina and Egypt will be honored at the event. The winners will be drawn on May 1, and a selection of stories will be published on the gala's web site.

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The Future of Fundraising, Part Two

Tech Soup

which means "enough," began online and moved offline to solidify a movement to create a better Bosnia and Herzegovina. The power of technology and social media to create change is real as evidenced by movements like the Arab Spring.

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Nonprofit Technology News for May 2014

Tech Soup

Europe’s highest court in a ruling against Google has decided that search engines should allow online users to be “forgotten” after a certain time by erasing links to web pages unless there are particular reasons not to erase that information. It’s storm season in the US and also in the Balkans of Eastern Europe.

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