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Hundreds of Children Take Over City Hall to be ‘Mayor for the Day’ with Support from Elena Baturina’s BE OPEN Foundation

20 December 201718 March 2019Ekaterina Vekova

Friday 1st December saw hundreds of London school pupils, representing more than one million children from across the capital, come together to share their ‘Mayor for the Day’ ideas as part of the London Children’s Festival, developed by social mobility charity the Mayor’s Fund for London in partnership with BE OPEN, the think-tank founded and run by philanthropist and Mayor’s Fund for London Trustee Elena Baturina.

For several weeks since the beginning of the new school term, schoolchildren from eight London primary and secondary school considered how they would make the world’s greatest city even better for themselves, their fellow pupils, families and communities if they were ‘Mayor for the Day’. Each school created a short film and advertising campaign to promote their recommendations before presenting them at the Festival to an influential panel comprising Deputy Mayor of London, Joanne McCartney, the Children’s Commissioner for England Anne Longfield OBE, teams of Mayor’s Fund for London and BE OPEN.

Elena Baturina’s BE OPEN Helps Children Take Over City Hall as ‘Mayor for the Day’

19 December 201718 March 2019Ekaterina Vekova

Over a thousand schoolchildren from across the capital have been considering how they would make their city even better if they were “Mayor for the Day” as part of the London Children’s Festival developed by the Mayor’s Fund for London in cooperation with Elena Baturina’s BE OPEN foundation, the lead supporter of both the London Children’s Festival and the City Pitch programme.

Focusing on Mayoral priorities such as: ‘Jobs, Skills and Education’, ‘Environment, Health and Food’, ‘Crime, Safety and Travel’ and ‘Housing, Play and Public Spaces’, the London Children’s Festival asks children and young people, aged 9 to 14, to consider how they connect to and interpret these themes and explore their ideas and vision relating to the future of London.

The Winner of #BEOPENUrbanPattern Open Call

17 November 201718 March 2019Ekaterina Vekova

The #BEOPENUrbanPattern open call was held by the BE OPEN creative think-tank between the 25th of August and the 10th of October in social media. Over that period of time, more than 200 amazingly creative visuals were posted as entries to BEOPEN’s Instagram page. The participants came from such remote parts of the world as India, United States, the UK, Italy, Belgium, France, Serbia, Russia, etc.

The open call was focused on ways of visualizing everyday urban landscapes as a way to celebrate people’s ability to creatively interpret the reality around them.

Project ‘Discovery in a Week’ Continues in London Schools

15 September 201718 March 2019Ekaterina Vekova

Scientific Initiative Designed by Elena Baturina’s Foundation ‘Noosphere’ continues to introduce Young Londoners to Astronomy

The astronomical educational project ‘Discovery in a Week’, developed by Russian charity foundation ‘Noosphere’ continues in London schools in 2018 in cooperation with the Mayor’s Fund for London.

Announcing the New #BEOPENUrbanPattern Open Call

25 August 201718 March 2019Ekaterina Vekova

The majority of people in the world live in cities, and our numbers are growing fast. In our cities we all have our beloved spots and power places, we see their beauty even if others may not. This time we ask you to share your love and your unique vision of your cities revealed in the form of urban patterns – the patterns that our cities create around us for us to capture.

‘Creativity Works’ Programme for Young Londoners Supported by BE OPEN

23 June 201718 March 2019Ekaterina Vekova

72% of young people taking part in Creativity Works, an arts-based employability programme that aims to improve access to employment for young Londoners from disadvantaged backgrounds, have found a job or returned to education or training.

The international cultural and social think-tank BE OPEN, founded by philanthropist and entrepreneur Elena Baturina, joined forces with the Mayor’s Fund for London in 2015 to support Creativity Works and help young unemployed Londoners play a greater part in the future of the capital.

The ‘Discovery in a Week’ Initiative

22 June 201718 March 2019Ekaterina Vekova

Students from 15 London schools are set to search for as yet undiscovered stars as part of the Mayor’s Fund for London Discovery in a Week initiative. More than 20 London schools have already been involved into the project.

The scientific project, designed by Noosphere – the charitable organisation founded by Russian philanthropist Elena Baturina – in association with the Mayor’s Fund for London and supported by the BE OPEN creative think tank, is devised to introduce young people from across London to the fascinating world of astronomy.

BE OPEN Announces the Winner of #DesignDetails Open Call

31 May 201718 March 2019Ekaterina Vekova

The BE OPEN Foundation is happy to announce the winner of its spring, global open-call BE OPEN DESIGN DETAILS, which saw several hundred visual entries via Instagram in the four weeks till May 10.

The project called on creative individuals all over the world to try to address the ability to change the way we see the everyday world around us. Using the hashtag #BeOpenDesignDetails the open call aimed to explore the way a creative approach is able to transform the ordinary into the unique and the small into great. The challenge presented the perfect opportunity for creative minds that can find inspiration, and see the unexpected, in the most customary things around us.

#DesignDetails Open Call Shortlist Ready

29 May 201718 March 2019Ekaterina Vekova

Dear friends,

we are happy to present you the finalists of our #BeOpenDesignDetails open call. They have been chosen by the BE OPEN Community jury from the submissions with the highest ratings of likes by Instagram users. The challenge was dedicated to the details and to the ways in which the most customary, little things around us mend and blend into our designs.

BE OPEN’s New Global Open Call #DesignDetails

28 March 201718 March 2019Ekaterina Vekova

BE OPEN, a creative think tank founded by the international entrepreneur and philanthropist Elena Baturina, is launching its next global open call for visual responses that address the creative ability to change the way we see the usual world around us.

The open call named #BeOpenDesignDetails aims to explore the way creative approach may transform the small into great. It is open for submissions from April 4 to May 10 2017.