Press Release – BeOpenFuture

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 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.

BE OPEN launches DESIGNING FUTURES 2050: international competition for young creatives focused on the United Nations Sustainable Development Programme

2 October 202418 October 2024Lilia Valieva

Designing Futures 2050 is the 6th international competition held by philanthropic educational initiative BE OPEN and partners. It is open to students, graduates and young professionals. The competition aims to encourage creation of innovative solutions by younger creatives, for a more prosperous and sustainable future, and the focus of the competition is the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Programme.

BE OPEN Art congratulates the winners of the Regional Art Competition in Central America

1 October 202418 October 2024Lilia Valieva

BE OPEN Art continues with a competition for emerging artists, aimed to support those whose art best represents their regional, cultural and ethnic identities – BE OPEN Regional Art.

Throughout 2024, BE OPEN expert community continues selecting artists to feature them in the BE OPEN Art gallery and offer greater visibility. The third stage of the second year of the programme run covered the countries of Central America: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama.

BE OPEN Art launches the last regional competition of 2024 to support emerging artists of Southern Africa

30 September 202418 October 2024Lilia Valieva

The fourth stage of the second year of the BE OPEN Regional Art ccompetition programme run will cover the countries of Southern Africa: Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

BE OPEN Art congratulates the winners of the Regional Art Competition in the Middle East

4 July 202424 July 2024Lilia Valieva

BE OPEN Art completed the second stage of the competition for emerging artists, aimed to support those whose art best represents their regional, cultural and ethnic identities – BE OPEN Regional Art.

Every month of the 2^nd quarter of 2024, works by 20 emerging artists from the countries of Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen were posted at the online gallery for the public to select the Regional Artist of the Month.

BE OPEN Art launches the third regional competition of 2024 to support emerging artists of Central America

1 July 202424 July 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. Throughout 2024, BE OPEN expert community will continue selecting those artists who best represent the artistic tradition of a certain region to feature in the BE OPEN Art gallery and offer them greater visibility.

BE OPEN spoke of the foundation’s insight into Education for Sustainable Development at the MED9 and UNECE summits in Cyprus

30 June 202424 July 2024Lilia Valieva

On June 27 and 28, BE OPEN Foundation took part in the panel sessions of the MED9 Ministerial Summit for Education for Sustainable Development and the UNECE Forum on ESD: Empowering Youth for Sustainable Futures, two of the most important education and sustainability focused events in the global agenda.

BE OPEN congratulates two more winners in Design Climate Action competition: Public Vote and Founder’s Choice Prizes

26 June 20245 July 2024Lilia Valieva

The competition awards two prizes outside the main three: the Public Vote prize, allocated as a result of an open online vote, and the Founder’s Choice prize awarded by the Founder of BE OPEN Elena Baturina, international philanthropist and businessperson.