“Open Education for a Better World” (OE4BW) international mentoring program which was developed and is managed by prof. dr. Tanja Urbančič, dean of School for Education and Management at University of Nova Gorica and mag. Mitja Jermol,  UNESCO Chair on Open Technologies for Open Educational Resources and Open Learning at Jožef Stefan Institute, was rewarded with the Open Collaboration Award for Excellence by Open Education Global Community,  which provides annual recognition to outstanding contributions in the Open Education community.

Open Collaboration Award for Excellence is given to successful environment that fosters the collective production of open resources and open practices with a shared goal. An interchange of ideas supported through technologically mediated collaborative platforms, encouraging new opportunities for people to form ties with others and create things together; encouraging diversity of goals, backgrounds and cultures. These might include communities of practice, joint project ventures, multi-institutional collaboration, multinational cooperation.

This award recognizes a collaborative effort and is dedicated to everyone involved in the program. Thank you all!

More information is available at the OE Awards website.