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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. The site will then publish responses from local officials and encourage further transparency. Students, professors, and deans will be able to express their opinion and report any problems in their school or university.

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Hackathons for Good: Techies, Thinkers, and Activists Unite

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meets LinkedIn for students. 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. Another project at the Saturday Hackathon 4 Good was Qeyno , which is described as Khan Academy.

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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. Team Confufish Royale from Australia developed an app called Foodbank Local that allows businesses to easily donate excess food. Find more on this project here.

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