A tuition free international
online mentoring programme
Unlock the potential of open education in achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
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HAVE YOU
heard the news
OE4BW 2026 Call is Now Open!
We are excited to announce that the Call for Developers and Mentors for the 9th edition of Open Education for a Better World (OE4BW) 2026 is officially open! OE4BW is a global initiative dedicated to advancing open education, fostering innovation, and creating social...
Welcome to the 8th OE4BW Eduscope!
📅 Dates & Times:Day 1: Tuesday, 18.11.2025 from 13:00 until 18:40Day 2: Wednesday, 19.11.2025 from 11:00 until 18:40 We are delighted to announce the 8th OE4BW Eduscope, taking place online on November 18 and 19, 2025. This annual event celebrates the culmination...
OE4BW strengthens collaboration with ASEF to advance open education
During the 18th ASEFClassNet School Collaboration Conference, held from 6 to 10 October in Maribor, Slovenia, the Open Education for a Better World (OE4BW) programme took centre stage — not only as a partner but as a catalyst for shaping the future of ethical,...
HOW
it works
The programme enrolls mentees from all over the world to, under a guidance of internationally recognized mentors, develop and implement OERs based on the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
The process is person focused, led by the mentee and supported by the mentor through dialogue. Mentee owns the process and takes the main responsibilitiy for defining his/her needs for gaining from the mentoring relationship what is intended.
The role of the mentor is to help the mentee find their own solutions. Mentoring relationship is unique, based on the mentee’s individual needs and the mentor’s area of expertise.
Find more information about the programme in the article by T. Urbančič, A. Polajnar, and M. Jermol titled “Open education for a better world: a mentoring programme fostering design and reuse of open educational resources for sustainable development goals,” available here.
Open Education for Better World mentoring program was awarded by Open Education Global with »Open Collaboration Award for Excellence«.
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WHO ARE
the initiators
The initiators developed the international online mentoring programme Open Education for a Better World (OE4BW), which has been designed to unlock the potential of Open Education in achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The Initiators also manage the programme, which provides an innovative approach to building Open Educational Resources, connecting developers of educational materials with experts volunteering as mentors.
Tanja Urbančič
Tanja Urbančič was Dean of School of Engineering and Management at the University of Nova Gorica, where, among others, she introduced and led the Master’s study program Leadership in Open Education for several years. She also thaught knowledge management, coordinated student’s projects and acted as a supervisor at the undergraduate and graduate level.
Mitja Jermol
Mitja Jermol is holder of UNESCO Chair on Open Technologies for Open Educational Resources and Open Learning and head of the Centre for Knowledge Transfer in Information Technologies (CT3) at Jožef Stefan Institute. He has been doing research and development on artificial intelligence, cybernetics, cognitive systems and e-learning.
ENTREPRENEURSHIP THROUGH
expertise & guidance
KNOWLEDGE IS SPREAD
all around the world
Hub leaders regionally coordinate developers and mentors in designing their OERs. Hubs are responsible for well-defined organizational tasks while following the methodology developed by the OE4BW Initiators and closely cooperating with them.
In 2024/25, the work is organized into 11 Hubs. The cooperation was initiated with Hub Youth, coordinated by Ervin Pfeifer; Hub Sustainability 1, coordinated by Savita Sharma; Hub Sustainability 2 coordinated by Suzana Leben, Hub Health and Well-being 1, coordinated by Fawzi Baroud; Hub Health and Well-being 2 coordinated by Rekha Chavhan; Hub Artificial Intelligence coordinated by Jenni Hayman, Hub Artificial Intelligence 2, coordinated by Edmundo Tovar; Hub Education 1 coordinated by Ajita Deshmukh; Hub Education 2 coordinated by Subha Das Mollick; Hub Education 3, coordinated by Werner Westermann; and Hub Education 4 coordinated by Gino Fransman.
Ajita Deshmukh
Assistant Professor, MIT ADT University
Hub Digital Learning
JENNI HAYMAN
University of Waterloo, Waterloo Climate Institute
AI for Language Learning
REKHA CHAVHAN
SNDT Women's University
AI for Interdisciplinary learning
SNEH BANSAI
Professor and HOD, University Institute of Teachers Training and Research, Chandigarh University
Hub Sustainability
Werner Westermann
Library of National Congress of Chile
Hub Youth
Savita Sharma
Associate Professor at Manav Rachna University
Hub Health and Well-being 1
Subha Das Mollick
Independent media teacher & filmmaker
Hub Health and Well-being 2
Fawzi Baroud
Assistant Vice President for IT · Notre Dame University, Louaize (NDU)
Hub AI for Education
Contact
Jožef Stefan Institute
Centre for Knowledge Transfer in
Information Technologies (CT3)
Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia
email: anja.polajnar@ijs.si
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