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BE OPEN is a creative think tank whose mission is to promote people and ideas. It is a cultural and philanthropic initiative that aims to harness the brainpower of the global creative minds in the arts, education, design, business, and media – and asks them to imagine and then build solutions for the future.
Overview
Employees
51-200
Founded date
2012
Mentions in press and media 11
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| Oct 10, 2025 | BE OPEN launches Design Equality with Innovation: competition for students focused on the UN Sustainable Development Programme | LUGANO, Switzerland, Oct. 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- DESIGN EQUALITY with Innovation is the 7th international competition in the SDGs-focused programme by the socio-cultural initiative BE OPEN and its partners. The competition is open to stud... |
| Jul 7, 2025 | BE OPEN Art: the winners of the Oceania regional competition revealed | LUGANO, Switzerland, July 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- BE OPEN Art, an online non-profit gallery set up by Elena Baturina's humanitarian think-tank BE OPEN, announces the winners of the 2nd stage in this year's BE OPEN Regional Art, the competit... |
| Mar 28, 2025 | BE OPEN debuts at the 4th annual Sustainability Week Asia conference | LUGANO, Switzerland, March 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- 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 glo... |
| Oct 18, 2024 | BE OPEN launches DESIGNING FUTURES 2050: international competition for young creatives focused on the UN Sustainable Development Programme | LONDON, Oct. 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Designing Futures 2050 is the 6th international competition held by philanthropic educational initiative BE OPEN and its partners. It is open to students, graduates and young professionals. The competit... |
| Oct 19, 2023 | Submissions open for BE OPEN's Design Your Climate Action: international competition for young creatives focused on SDG13 | LONDON, Oct. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Design Your Climate Action is an International competition developed by humanitarian educational initiative BE OPEN and its partners. It is open to all students, graduates and young professionals who sp... |
| Oct 13, 2023 | BE OPEN Art congratulates the winners of the Regional Art Competition in Southeast Asia | LONDON, Oct. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- BE OPEN Art, an online art gallery set up by BE OPEN think tank, a humanitarian initiative founded by international businessperson and philanthropist Elena Baturina, is running a new competition for eme... |
| Jul 27, 2023 | BE OPEN Art launches the third stage of the regional competition to support emerging artists of Southeast Asia | LONDON, July 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- BE OPEN Art, an online art gallery set up by BE OPEN think tank, a humanitarian initiative founded by international businessperson and philanthropist Elena Baturina, is running a new competition for eme... |
| Dec 5, 2022 | BE OPEN Launches #BEOPENStaringAtTheSun Open Call to support UN's SDG7: Affordable and Clean Energy | LONDON, Dec. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BE OPEN, a creative think-tank founded by the international entrepreneur and philanthropist Elena Baturina, is launching its next global open call across social media. With open calls, by asking the part... |
| Aug 31, 2022 | BE OPEN Launches #BEOPENCleanEnergy Open Call to support UN's SDG7: Affordable and Clean Energy | LONDON, Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BE OPEN, a creative think-tank founded by the international entrepreneur and philanthropist Elena Baturina, is launching its next global open call across social media. With open calls, by asking the par... |
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FAQ about BEOPEN
When was BEOPEN founded?
BEOPEN was founded in 2012.
What has the press written about BEOPEN?
Parsers VC has collected 11 articles mentioning BEOPEN, among them “BE OPEN launches Design Equality with Innovation: competition for students focused on the UN Sustainable Development Programme” (Oct 10, 2025) and “BE OPEN Art: the winners of the Oceania regional competition revealed” (Jul 7, 2025).
Is BEOPEN still active?
Yes, BEOPEN is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Sep 8, 2026.