Global initiative to foster creativity and innovation
BE OPEN will present its sustainability-focused competition programme during the Young Energy Researchers Conference and other events of the World Sustainable Energy Days (WSED) that will start on February 24 in Wels, Austria.
The WSED presents policies, technologies and business models which increase competitiveness and make energy more affordable. The event is a leading annual conference on the energy transition and climate neutrality with participants from more than 60 countries.
The International Student Energy Summit (SES), the world’s biggest and most diverse youth energy event, starts today in Manaus, Brazil, in the heart of Amazonia, hosted by the Federal University of Amazonas in collaboration with Student Energy.
BE OPEN is proud to be a partner in this internationally significant event. BE OPEN and SES are united by the ambition to harness the power of youth-led change to impact communities worldwide. The event brings together young changemakers from across the globe to accelerate the just transition, and creates space for young leaders, industry experts, government officials, policymakers, and private sector representatives to share knowledge and collaborate on solutions to the critical energy issues affecting by vulnerable communities worldwide.
BE OPEN continues to run BE OPEN Regional Art for the fourth year in 2026. The regional competition for emerging artists aims to support those whose art best represents their regional, cultural and ethnic identities, for the third year now. For the purpose, the BE OPEN expert community selects 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.
Aiming to showcase young talents, every month for the past six years, BE OPEN Art has been inviting art enthusiasts to choose the best artist among those 20 exhibited in the gallery. The artist whose works gains the majority of votes throughout the year becomes the Artist of the Year.
The regional competition for emerging artists BE OPEN Regional Art, developed by Elena Baturina’s humanitarian think-tank BE OPEN, is proud to announce the winners for the Western Africa region. October to December became the months of celebration of young artists from Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha.
ELENA BATURINA’S FOUNDATION LAUNCHES DESIGN EQUALITY WITH INNOVATION: A GLOBAL STUDENT COMPETITION IN SUPPORT OF SDG#5
Cyprus Mail
October 2025
ELENA BATURINA’S FOUNDATION LAUNCHES DESIGN EQUALITY WITH INNOVATION: A GLOBAL STUDENT COMPETITION IN SUPPORT OF SDG#5
EU Policies
October 2025
GLEICHBERECHTIGUNG DURCH INNOVATION GESTALTEN: WETTBEWERB FUR STUDIERENDE ZUM SDG#5, INITIIERT VON ELENA BATURINAS THINKTANK BE OPEN
Gailtal Journal
October 2025
UM IDEEN JUNGER MENSCHEN ZUR GLEICHSTELLUNG DER GESCHLECHTER ZU UNTERSTUZEN, STARTET BE OPEN DESIGN EQUALITY WITH INNOVATION
Region News
October 2025
BE OPEN STARTET „DESIGN EQUALITY WITH INNOVATION“: EIN WETTBEWERB FUR STUDIERENDE UND ABSOLVENTEN MIT FOKUS AUF DAS UN-NACHHALTIGKEITSPROGRAMM
Steirische Wirtschaft
October 2025
ELENA BATURINA RECEIVED AN AWARD FOR SUPPORTING YOUNG PEOPLE’S CREATIVITY AND INITIATIVE IN PURSUIT OF A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
Modern News
November 2025
THE WORLD FUTURES CONFERENCE ANNOUNCED RECOGNITION FOR ELENA BATURINA AND BE OPEN THINK-TANK
Fairpress Balkans Insights
November 2025
WHY EDUCATION FOR FUTURE LEADERS HOLDS THE KEY TO A SAFER AND MORE SUSTAINABLE PLANET
ILife News
November 2025
From December 8 to 12, BE OPEN attended the 7th session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-7) held by the UN Environment Programme in Nairobi, Kenya. The foundation took that opportunity to reward and celebrate the winners of the Designing Futures 2050 competition finalized earlier this year.
UNEA is the world’s highest decision-making body on the environment, and it is critical for addressing the shared environmental threats. The Assembly brings together ministers, intergovernmental organizations, multilateral environmental agreements, the broader UN system, civil society groups, scientists, activists and the private sector to shape global environmental policy.
In November 2021, the UNESCO General Conference unanimously adopted 2 December as “World Futures Day” (WFD). Over the years, key milestones recognizing the importance of anticipatory decision-making have been met, such as the Secretary General’s Our Common Agenda, the adoption of the Pact for the Future along with the Global Digital Compact and the Declaration on Future Generations.
The regional competition for emerging artists BE OPEN Regional Art, developed by Elena Baturina’s humanitarian think-tank BE OPEN, is proud to announce partnerships established for the Western African region.
BE OPEN Regional Art finishes the 2025 programme by continuing to select those artists whose art best represents their regional, cultural and ethnic identities to feature them in the BE OPEN Art gallery and offer support and greater visibility. The 12th stage of the programme is covering Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha.
