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👥 On our website you can find information on becoming a member of FLOSSK and/or Prishtina Hackerspace, presenting a topic or workshop as well as contributing books, equipment, and financially.

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👨🏼‍💻️ Me mijëra programerë dhe entuziastë të teknologjisë për dy ditë bëhen bashkë në Universitetin e Brukselit dhe zhvillojnë takime, prezantime dhe punëtori në dhjetra dhoma në të njejtën kohë, me tema nga më të ndryshmet: Containers; Cloud computing; Big data and Data science; Embedded, Mobile and Automative; Graph systems and algorithms; Programming languages; Software composition; Web performance, etj.

Edicioni i sivjetëm parasheh 659 folës dhe 717 sesione. 📅 Orarin e gjeni këtu: https://fosdem.org/2021/schedule.

FLOSSK çdo vit merr pjesë në FOSDEM dhe këtë fundjavë e ndjekim 🍻 bashkë në live stream https://fosdem.org/2021.

#FOSDEM2021

EqualiTECH was held this weekend on 11-13 December with five teams and five mentors. The teams consisted of three to four people. EqualiTECH began at 17:45 on Friday with Philip Merrell from CRD and Arianit Dobroshi from FLOSSK opening the event.

A keynote was held by Marcin de Kaminski, Director Human Rights Defenders at the Risk Department. The event continued from 9:30 on Saturday when teams had around seven hours during the day to work with each other to develop their ideas. EqualiTECH mentors were also available to answer the teams’ questions. The participants were free to work in their virtual rooms for as long as they wanted. On Sunday, EqualiTECH began at 9:30 with teams getting ready for their first presentations. After they were advised by the staff and mentors, they continued to prepare for their final presentations which would happen at 17:00.

Overall, there were 16 people aged 18-40 who participated in the hackathon. Three other people confirmed their participation but showed up only on the first day. There were eight tech people and eight activists participating in the hackathon who were from Kosovo, Albania, Macedonia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The teams were: ATA Group, Space SyntaKS, id3, InterTeam, and Northerners.
– ATA Group’s idea (yourtransitneeds.com) is to create an informative platform that will help immigrants navigate themselves to find shelter, food, etc. while they transit in different places.
– Space SyntaKS wants to create a tool (safometer) where people can evaluate how safe a certain place is. Their target group is women but this tool can be used by anyone who doesn’t feel safe.
– id3 group thought of creating a platform (beproud) that will close the gap between the LGBTQI community and psychologists. In this platform, the community can find the closest psychologists and get the proper care.

–InterTeam wanted to create an AI assistant (Ruby) that will show human rights organizations’ information in the Western Balkans.
–Northerners’ aim is to create an online website that will serve as a communication tool to connect communities without prejudice and discrimination. This platform will focus on young people with different identities.

The winning teams were ATA Group and Space SyntaKS. They will be awarded with 2,500Eur and 1,500EUR to help them finalize their solutions within six weeks.

Let’s meet EqualiTECH mentors that will be with us for all three days of the event 👇:

⚫ Yll Rugova is an information designer, typographer and everythinologist. An expert on information architecture and design of materials with larger quantities of content.

⚫ Rina Fetahaj is a sustainability manager at Sustainability Leadership Kosova. Rina is passionate about everything Sustainability related, focusing on increasing awareness about the Circular Economy, Climate Action and a just society!

⚫ Douglas Arellanes is a member of the board of the Prague Civil Society Centre, an NGO that supports the development of civil society in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. He advises on tech issues for the Centre.

⚫ Besfort Guri is a FLOSS activist and Member of the Executive Board at NGO FLOSSK. He runs a company (OPS – In), focused in Geographical Information Network and Web Development.

⚫ Ivan Duric works on the development of activist network, Human Rights Program and Regional Exchange Program at YIHR Serbia.

Apply until Sunday to win the chance to be mentored by our amazing guests! 🎊

EqualiTECH – HUMAN RIGHTS HACKATHON