The Skopje and Pristina events are very close to the Tirana BSP (3-4 March) if anybody wants to spend a few days in the Balkans https://forum.openlabs.cc/t/debian-bug-squashing-party/722/40 -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [FLOSSK] Call for BalkanConnect2018 Hackathons Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2018 13:13:54 +0100 From: Besfort Guri FLOSSK <[email protected]> To: general <[email protected]>, members <[email protected]> CC: Milena Stefanovic <[email protected]> Dear all,____ ____ It is our pleasure to invite you to participate in the policy hackathons*#BalkanConnect2018, *which will be held in*Sarajevo *(26-27 February),*Belgrade *(3-4 March),*Skopje *(8-9 March)**and*Pristina *(10-11 March).____ * *____ The goal of this regional project is to inspire innovative ideas on how to change the Balkan political and social environments. Participants will have the opportunity to meet world-renowned experts, to influence policy making in an innovative way, and to be funded to develop their solutions.____ ____ Policy hackathon is a competition in which participants produce creative proposals on what should be changed and how to make those changes, in order to improve the functioning of our societies. Policy hackathons #BalkanConnect2018 are *competitions for the best digital policy tool* for influencing the challenges faced by the region. Competitors will design and outline an original digital policy tool, and explain how it can affect the problem identified by the team within one of three topics: Dream green; Hack the corruption, law rulz; and Read between the lies. *To participate in this competition, programming skills are not necessary*. ____ ____ If you would like to learn more about policy hackathon in your country, you can meet and talk with the organisers at the Info Day <http://hackathons.balkanfund.org/#info> (Belgrade, 2 February; Skopje, 9 February; Pristina, 10 February, Sarajevo, 13 February).____ ____ For more information, please visit the webpage hackathons.balkanfund.org <http://hackathons.balkanfund.org/>.____ ____ *We are inviting all interested applicants to apply here <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdwEA7dICgIXRXVjZiyXOu6gIjumGEQiBGggkE2NREY0CPA5g/viewform> by February 18. All applicants will be informed about the final selection by February 23.*____ The policy hackathons are organised by the European Fund for the Balkans, as part of marking the first 10 years of its work. The partners for this project are Mozaik Foundation (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Free Libre Open Source Software Kosova (Kosovo) and Mladiinfo International (Macedonia). ____ ____ Best regards, -- *Besfort Guri* /Board Member/ *FLOSSK (Free Libre Open Source Software Kosova)* +386 (0) 49 877 575 <tel:+386%2049%20199%20992> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> | www.flossk.org <http://www.flossk.org>
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