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BE OPEN at the Regional Forum on Sustainable Development 2025 at the UN in Geneva

5 April 202525 April 2025Lilia Valieva

On April 2-3, BE OPEN joined the Regional Forum on Sustainable Development 2025 at the UN offices in Geneva. The theme of the forum was “Advancing Sustainable, Inclusive, Science- and Evidence-based Solutions for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its SDGs”. The forum brought together UN governments, international organizations, civil society, academia, youth, the private sector and other stakeholders to discuss strategies for accelerating the insufficient progress towards the SDGs.

BE OPEN Art launches the second regional competition of 2025 to support emerging artists of Oceania

1 April 202528 March 2025Lilia Valieva

BE OPEN Art, an online gallery set up by Elena Baturina’s humanitarian think-tank BE OPEN, continues to run BE OPEN Regional Art, the regional competition for emerging artists aimed to support those whose art best represents their regional, cultural and ethnic identities, for the third year now.

BE OPEN debuts at the 4th annual Sustainability Week Asia conference

28 March 202528 March 2025Lilia Valieva

On March 25, BE OPEN visited Thailand, as The Economist Group’s signature sustainability summit returned to Bangkok for the fourth time. Sustainability Week Asia rounds off a series of global conferences – from Cape Town to New York – which bring together the world’s foremost experts and industry leaders shaping the transition to a more sustainable future.

BE OPEN congratulates the winner of the BE OPEN Cultural Tapestry Open Call to celebrate the richness of diversity and cultural identities

12 February 202512 March 2025Lilia Valieva

BE OPEN announces the winner of #BEOPENCulturalTapestry, a recently finalised creative open call across social media. With open calls, by asking the participants to share their vision with pictures and photographs, BE OPEN aims to support creativity as a universal approach, and build bonds between people around the globe.

BE OPEN Cultural Tapestry was dedicated to celebrating the rich tapestry of human culture, the colourful threads of meaning, identity, traditions and customs, languages and symbols interweaved into a beautiful pattern of the everyday life rooted in sustainable relations, inclusivity and acceptance.BE OPEN encouraged the subscribers to capture glimpses of vibrant kaleidoscopes with each facet reflecting a unique story of a person, community, or even country.

BE OPEN Art launches the first regional competition of 2025 to support emerging artists of South Asia

5 January 202518 December 2024Lilia Valieva

BE OPEN Art continues to run BE OPEN Regional Art, the regional competition for emerging artists aimed to support those whose art best represents their regional, cultural and ethnic identities, for the third year now.

The first stage of the third year of the programme run will cover the countries of South Asia: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Pakistan, Nepal, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka. The stage will traditionally last three months, and the regional winner for South Asia will be announced and awarded 500 euro in early April.

BE OPEN Art congratulates the winners of the Regional Art Competition in Southern Africa

5 January 202518 December 2024Lilia Valieva

BE OPEN Art is ready to announce the results of the last stage of BE OPEN Regional Art in 2024 which covered the countries of Southern Africa: Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

BE OPEN Regional Art is a region-based competition for emerging artists, aimed to support those whose art best represents their regional, cultural and ethnic identities. Throughout 2023 and 2024, BE OPEN expert community have been selecting artists to feature them in the BE OPEN Art gallery, offer greater visibility and encourage the public to vote and thus select the monthly and the regional winners. The winner of each regional stage receives a money grant from the foundation.

BE OPEN Launches BE OPEN Cultural Tapestry Open Call to celebrate the richness of diversity and cultural identities

1 December 202412 December 2024Lilia Valieva

BE OPEN is launching its next global open call across social media. With open calls, by asking the participants to share their vision with pictures and photographs, BE OPEN aims to support creativity as a universal approach, and build bonds between people around the globe.

BE OPEN believes that the ability for creative interpretation is not confined within the art and design industry. The series of online challenges reach out to those creative minds around the globe, who keep their eyes open, see inspiration in everyday life, and are able to transform it with their own unique vision.

BE OPEN presented its sustainability initiatives and celebrated the latest competition winners during COP29 in Baku

21 November 202418 December 2024Lilia Valieva

On November 16, BE OPEN hosted a session during COP29 to talk about the multi-year competition programme in support of the UN SGDs and celebrate the winners of the most recent Design Your Climate Action competition.

At the Extreme Hangout Zone of COP29, the foundation shared the motivation behind its student competition programme that focuses on one goal every year, and has so far covered SDG12: Responsible Consumption and Production, SDG11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, SDG2: Zero Hunger, SDG7: Affordable and Clean Energy and SDG13: Climate Action. The programme aims to encourage creation of innovative solutions by younger creatives, for a more prosperous and sustainable future.

BE OPEN celebrates the winners of Design your Climate Action at COP29 in Baku!

8 November 202411 November 2024Lilia Valieva

On November 16th, BE OPEN will host a session at the Impact Studio in the Green Zone of COP29 in Baku. Starting from 1.30 pm we will be talking about our competition programme in support of the UN SGDs and share our experience of evaluating and awarding the best design ideas from young people around the world.

BE OPEN congratulates the winner of #BEOPENCombinations open call that celebrates everyday creativity and artistic vision

20 October 202412 December 2024Lilia Valieva

BE OPEN announces the winner of #BEOPENCombinations, a recently finalised creative open call across social media. With open calls, by asking the participants to share their vision with pictures and photographs, BE OPEN aims to support creativity as a universal approach, and build bonds between people around the globe.