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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. The site will then publish responses from local officials and encourage further transparency. From Serbia. The site will publish the problem in hopes that it will pressure local government officials to solve them.

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Hackathons for Good: Techies, Thinkers, and Activists Unite

Tech Soup

Serbia) in partnership with TechSoup Global and Zasto ne (Bosnia and Herzegovina). The challenges invite social activists and techies to create web-based tools to tackle local issues. The project is run by Fundacja TechSoup and Dokukino. The ReStart Challenges. The ReStart Challenges. Image credit: Hackathon, hackNY.

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

Tech Soup

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.

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Nonprofit Technology News for May 2014

Tech Soup

Team Confufish Royale from Australia developed an app called Foodbank Local that allows businesses to easily donate excess food. 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.

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Diversify Your Year-End Campaigns: How To Be Mindful And Inclusive Of Cultural Traditions

Bloomerang

By expanding out from the homogeneous group we also demonstrate acts of leadership within that more numerous portion of the local and national population. It’s a wonderful festival to include in your year-end calendar and one to help cement your nonprofit’s relationship with your local Jewish community. There are 7.5

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Nonprofit Technology News for April 2013

Tech Soup

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.

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