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'''BONEVET - The first Makerspace in the Balkans '''

What is Makerspace?

A Makerspace is a regional collaborative working space dedicated to making, learning, exploring and sharing by using technological tools. This space is open for everybody including kids, adults, entrepreneurs, makers, etc., who have access to variety of technological equipment such as 3D printers, laser cutters, CNC machines, soldering irons, sewing machines and many other. BONEVET Makerspace helps people to improve critical, creative and logical skills. With a focus on education, science, technology, engineering, problem solving and math, this Makerspace is also focused on electronics, 3d printing, 3D modeling, coding, robots and woodworking.

History

Vllaznim Xhiha is the founder of BONEVET Makerspace. He was born in Kosovo and has a professional experience in engineering. His idea was to turn BONEVET into a community center which is dedicated especially to empowering and training Kosovo’s youth in programming, coding, manufacturing and woodworking. This space is the first of its kind in Kosovo and in the region. The first concept of creating a makerspace such as BONEVET, was made at October, 23rd 2013. BONEVET was officialy open in November 2014 with it own mission of educating young generations of Kosovo and providing them a stimulating environment for learning, design, creating and building

Mission

BONEVET Makerspace is a non-profit center, with a key mission to be a place where people gather to learn, create and turn their ideas into practice. This makerspace aims to share resources, knowledge, projects by making and building. BONEVET has advanced technological tools which can be used by its own members and community to design, build and create innovative prototypes. BONEVET Makerspace wants to generate a vibrant community who have ideas and resource sharing among its makers, which will foster character building traits like grit, creativity, open-mindedness, social responsibility and most importantly team work.

Location

Location of BONEVET BONEVET Makerspace is located in the heart of historic old town Gjakova, Str. “Vëllezërit Frashëri” 50000, Kosovo. The makerspace operates through several spaces such as CAD-CAM, 3D Printing Space, MakerKids, Multipurpose/Conference Room, Mechanics Space, PCB and Robotics room. (700 m² overall)

Social Channels and Contact Details

Email: info@bonevet.org

Working Hours: Monday-Friday / 9 A.M. - 9 P.M.

Phone Nr. +386 49 814 468

Official Website:https://www.bonevet.org/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BoneVetMakerspace/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKeONEPh9Fjguu9IQLS5mQg

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bonevet/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bonevetmakerspace/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/BONEVETMAKE

Pinterest: https://de.pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=bonevet&rs=typed&0=bonevet%7Ctyped

Snapchat: BONEVET

BONEVET logo concept

BONEVET has a large community who are keen on creativity, logical solutions and innovative ideas. The mission of the makerspace is defined also in the logo of the organization which includes these three elements:

• “Think outside the box” which stands as an open-mind symbol, • Rubric’s Cube which means creativity and

• Metal nut for building.

Tools

At BONEVET you can find these equipment/tools among many others:

• CNC Router

• CNC Tormach

• Grinders

• Laser Cut

• 3D Printers

• Soldering MIG/TIG

• Oscilloscopes

• Compound Miter Saw

• Vaccum Dust Extraction

• Band Saw

• Table Saw

• Compressor

• Drill Press

• Disk and Bels Sander

• Hammers

• Palm Sanders

• Drills

• Chisels

• RaspberryPi-s

• Arduino kits

• Robots

• littleBits

BONEVET Classes

BONEVET Makerspace provides classes in several fields of technology. Each type of class is adapted in appropriate age, from age 8-16 and 16+. Based on the gender criteria, BONEVET creates groups divided in 50% males and 50% females. BONEVET Makerspace currently is providing these classes:

• littleBits

• Scratch

• Arduino

• Robotics

• 3D Printing with Blender or Inventor

• Programming with Ruby

• CNC Mechanics

• Internet of Things

• Wordpress

• Electronics

• Interactive English class

All the classes last at least six weeks, and after that the participants get awarded with the certificate which proofs the attendance and the gain of experience in the course. BONEVET currently has 543 individuals with different backgrounds that have graduated in the afore-mentioned training courses. If you want to apply for courses and training you can visit this link: http://www.bonevet.org/currentclasses/

Annual Memberships

Each maker from the age of 8 to 108 years old can be an annual member in BONEVET, and by that membership, he/she gets the permit to use all the tools and equipment of BONEVET. With the membership, all the members can use BONEVET’s space every working day, for a year. They can make projects, use tools, and participate in several workshops, projects and events which are organized at BONEVET. By paying the fee and becoming a member, the member also get a 50 % discount to all the BONEVET’s courses. Currently, BONEVET has 44 annual active members.

Past Events

 Lectures/Presentations 

Public presentations at BONEVET Makerspace are informal and inspirational sessions for different topics but mostly are focused in the technology field. The main purpose of organizing this kind of interactive lectures is to inspire makers, by sharing success stories and empower them to follow their dreams. BONEVET aims to trigger the creativity of the young generation by giving inspirational examples of people from different backgrounds who have experienced failure and success. Since its foundation this makerspace aspired to discuss topics that are attractive for makers. Below you may find a list of speakers that have been in BONEVET.

TOPICS/SPEAKERS:

• The mysterious number of PI / QËNDRIM GASHI,

• The development of Science during Digital Revolution / ALBAN RRUSTEMI,

• Light without formulas / ARDIAN GOJANI,

• Change the world Watt per Watt / KUSHTRIM XHAKLI,

• Change maker journey / MENTOR DIDA,

• Robots: Easier, faster, safer / BARDH HOXHA. BONEVET Makerspace is always open for everyone who has an interesting topic that want to share with makers and the community. The applying form is: http://www.bonevet.org/presentations/

 Crowdsourcing week 

Crowdsourcing week was an event supported through the partnership between BONEVET and Crowdsourcing Week Summit. This event was held in October 1st, 2015 in Gjakova, KOSOVO. Through this week, many local and international speakers gathered in BONEVET for this one-day conference to share how crowdsourcing is reshaping industries and transforming organizations nowadays. Speakers that attended this marathon week were: Roberto Esposito, Georg Fankhauser, Etienne Verbist, Mimoza Kusari-Lila, Epi Ludvik Nekaj, Kushtrim Xhakli, Vllaznim Xhiha, Georges L.J. Labreche, Leke Zherka, Emanuele Musa, Altin Ukshini, Çelik Nimani. The main reason why crowdfunding campaign has been launched in BONEVET was to gather funds for makers that are unable to pay for the training courses and membership fees in BONEVET. Considering the financial difficulties that many individuals of Kosovo have, the Crowdfunding Campaign created an opportunity for them to be part of Makerspace classes. This crowdfunding campaign in BONEVET Makerspace had successfully completed the goal of gathering 4.000 Euros and managed to gather 6,250 Euros in total. It ended in October 23, 2015.

 DIGI Gjakova 

Digi Gjakova was a competition that intended to make smart solutions for the problems of the city of Gjakova in Kosovo. This event held in BONEVET in November 21-22, 2015, with 16 teams and over 60 participants. They became a part of a race where they had as task to work the whole weekend to create solutions for e-Recruitment, e-Request and e-Spending. The participants created platforms with the aim to help their citizens and the Municipality of Gjakova in making the old and long processes, short and easy accessible. They worked 28 hours non-stop and created several prototypes of applications. The jury of DIGI Gjakova contest that choose the best three applications was: Mimoza Kusari-Lila, Shqipe Neziri Vela, Enis Toçilla and Arber Lleshi. After the applications were ready, the teams only had 3 minutes to pitch their ideas and explain all their platform and how they will solve one of the presented issues in e-Spending, e-Recruitment and e-Request. From 60 participants, 3 teams won the award of 4.000 euros each.

The winners: Best e-Recruitment - Def Freaks Team (Granit, Albi, Blin, and Granit)

Best e-Request - Tropical Team (Timur, Elvarisi, Ardian and Xhansel)

Best e-Spending - Krijon XXI Team (Durim and Gazmend)

 Open Day 

Open Day for the community was scheduled at BONEVET to allow individuals of all ages to participate in the events that BONEVET has regularly. These workshops during the Open Day generated a huge interest, not only on participants that wanted to attend workshops, but also for visitors who were locals or internationals desiring to learn more about BONEVET Makerspace. These workshops during the Open Day for the community started with a group of participants aged 10 to 18 that learned by doing using littleBits and Arduino. Later on it continued with the Hour of Code organized only for girls of ages above 14, and they learned first steps of coding using the Ruby Programming Language. The workshop with the 3D modeling with Blender ended this streak of workshops by showing how 3D Printing works and how to 3D model.

 Genuino Day 

Arduino Day is a worldwide birthday celebration of Arduino and Genuino. It's a 24 hours-long event – organized directly by the community, or by the Arduino founders – where people interested in Arduino and Genuino get together, share their experiences, and learn more. BONEVET Makerspace on April 2nd, 2016 organized many activities honoring this event. This event was open for all the individuals that wanted to work in groups and realize small scale projects with Arduino. This day took about 20 participants in the workshop, including here members from Girls Coding Kosova, Prishtina Hackerspace, and lots of youngsters interested in technology fields. The participants had the opportunity to hear a lecture from Berat Bejtullahu, mentor of Arduino at BONEVET, and afterwards they worked on their very first projects using the Arduino modules. Arduino Day 2015 featured BONEVET makers among 266 events and 71 countries.

 World's Creativity & Innovation Day 

April 21 it is the World’s Creativity and Innovation Day. According to history, this day was chosen as a time to encourage people to use their creativity to make the world a better place and to make their place in the world better too. First celebration of this day happened in April 2002. This event is a time to inspire new action, create novel ideas, make new decisions; to solve problems in new ways, using a new pair of eyes. This is why in April 21st, 2016 BONEVET Makerspace joined the celebration. BONEVET Makerspace organized a presentation with the renowned writer and publicist, Mr. Agim Byci with a topic full with riddles and small exercises that link the attenders directly to the parts of the brain responsible for the development of creativity and innovation. Critical thinking, effective communication and motivation were other key factors discussed during this presentation, and of course focusing on what makes these attributes better.

 European Maker Week 

European Maker Week is an initiative promoted by European Commission and implemented by Maker Faire Rome in collaboration with Startup Europe. It is a one week event where activities are organized based on the themes of technology and creation. This event exists since year 2012. The aims of European Maker Week are two folds: • To create awareness about the importance of the maker culture to foster an education of creativity and innovation in all schools across Europe. • To build bridges between local authorities and media and the main players of their own local makers ecosystems. On May 30th 2016, BONEVET Makerspace was accredited to be part of this important event. During the whole week in BONEVET were planned activities from fields of science, technology, arts, crafts, etc. Each day had its own topic, and was filled with workshops and interactive lectures.

Below you may find full agenda:

• Monday, 30th of MAY - 3D Printing day, Building 3D printers, 3D modeling and design workshop.

• Tuesday, 31st of MAY - Software Programing and Design Day, Ruby, Wordpress classes and Mobile Programming workshop.

• Wednesday, 1st of JUNE – Maker Kids and Electronics Day, Scratch programming, Arduino and littleBits.

• Thursday, 2nd of JUNE - Open Source day, open data workshops and learning how to edit maps online workshop.

• Friday, 3rd of JUNE – Mechanics, Woodworking, Arts & Crafts Day, several workshops on creative methods of working with wood, handmade cards and anime cartoons.

This event gathered more than 500 makers in BONEVET where were held 5 lectures and 13 workshops. Each of this activities was free and with no experience required.

 Summer Camp 

Summer Camp at BONEVET is an educative platform for kids of Kosova and Diaspora in the ages from 8 to 18, that enables participant’s professional training in the fields of Science and Technology, with a special focus on learning, hands on working, making, having fun and socializing. Those who like to play, tinker, do arts and create, during these summer months had the time to do such activities. The classes that feature Summer Camp are littleBits, Scratch, Robotics and Arduino. Side to side with these classes, makers learn and make different activities like 3D printing, programming, create video-games, play Minecraft, and many other creative things. The basic key points in summer camp are: professional courses, new friendships, fun and celebration, creation by bringing ideas to life. Summer Camp at BONEVET generated huge interest in the community with many applications, and 32 young makers starting first week in the classes mentioned above.

 Awards 

3 Best #ChainReaction Challenge Winners That Changed How We Think About Collaboration

littleBits are a platform of easy-to-use electronic building blocks empowering everyone to create inventions, large and small. This little blocks help children learn electronics and make several projects through them. Their mission is to empower the young generations to have a creative confidence and curiosity to always ask why; To test ideas without fear and to use their hands for solving real-world problems. With littleBits, children learn how to be more than just consumers of technology, they became inventors. At BONEVET Makerspace, Edona as a mentor, teaches classes of littleBits for children aged 8 – 12. In June 9, 2016 her class got an award as the second best ChainReaction in littleBits. ChainReaction challenges are electonic projects that work step by step like a chain and are functional by bits. The project was called “Tea anyone?”. Most of the time Edona and her kids try to find cute ways to speed up the work routine. “At BONEVET we drink a lot of tea so we wanted to create a invention that would make this process of making tea more fun.” – she says.

Genuino

Genuino day is a event that brings together Arduino people around the world. There are 331 events that were held in 68 counties in 2016. This day is an annual event and BONEVET joined this event since 2014. Arduino initiators awarded BONEVET with certificate for the excellent organizing Genuino day in years of 2014 and 2015.

Global Enterpreneurship Week

Global Entrepreneurship Week is the world’s largest celebration of the innovators and job creators who launch startups that bring ideas to life, drive economic growth and expand human welfare. Since this event is an annual technologic type, in November 17-23, 2014 ICK became a part of GEW, and organised it for the first time in Kosovo. ICK staff awarded BONEVET with an Acknowledge in honor of participation in this huge technological event.

Events that BONEVET attended

 Exhibition and Conference on Educational Technology 

On June 18th, 2014 the BONEVET team participated in the event “Exhibition and Conference on Educational Technology 2014” organized by the Basic Education Program (BEP) and the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology which took place at Hotel Victory, Prishtine. BEP, The Basic Education Program aims to improve the capacity of Kosovo’s schools to provide relevant skills for its students. This event was organized in order to give the participants such as BONEVET the opportunity to display modern teaching and learning aids which have the power to revolutionize the Kosovar educational system. The BONEVET team was provided with a stand of display which was used to demonstrate some of the kits that will be used in the BONEVET makerkids such as: littleBits, Arduino, Raspberry PI, mini-solar panel etc.

 DOKU:Tech 

DOKU:TECH is an inspirational and interactive annual event which brings together individuals and tech talent to meet with top-tier international future makers, executives and thinkers. BONEVET participated in DOKU:Tech in August, 2014 with a 3D Printing Workshop showing to attenders hands-on experience on 3D Modeling, 3D Printing and other Makerkids tools.

 CODE Fest 

CODEFEST 2016 Marathon is a 32 hours long marathon of coding and fun with regional and global mentors. This marathon supports challenges of developing your own prototype from scratch based on an idea that aplicants have. BONEVET makers, Granit and Ajri participated in this race with their project called MakersNetwork. They developed a prototype of the MakersNetwork, a web application that will be used from makers at our Makerspace and all around the world for sharing projects, collaborating on projects, networking and benefiting financially

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